Red Awards

The LTA Mini Tennis Red Awards have been designed for players between the ages of 5 and 8 years old to help mini players take part in exciting exercises with regular rewards which encourage them to develop their tennis skills at a pace that suits them.

Mini Red players progress through different levels by aquiring new skills and taking part in exercises. There are four levels in Mini Red: Red 5, Red 10, Red 15, Red 20.

Within each of the four levels, Mini Red players learn and are tested on four important skills:

• Rally - Learning and developing rallying skills
• Serve - Learning and developing serving skills
• Come to the net - Learning and developing movement forwards and volleying
• Score and Compete - Learning the rules, how to score, how to compete and fair play

The LTA Mini Tennis Red Awards can be completed with a sponge or a felt ball.

Within the Mini Tennis Red Awards there are:  

• Key teaching points - these are technical points to be aware of, which can be built into lessons as areas of development, but they should not all be used at the same time.
• Movement - movement skills are vital for development and are written into each Awards skill exercise.
• Mental skills - are vital for all round game development and are written into each Awards skill exercise.