Wimbledon activity sheet & tennis challenge for kids at toucanBox
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Wimbledon activity sheet & tennis challenge for kids at toucanBox
Entertain the kids for FREE
Crack out the strawberries and cream, and dust off your posh hat, the Wimbledon tennis championships are upon us. To celebrate this Great British institution, toucanBox have come up with a few ways kids can get engaged in all the fun. Parents can download a free printable activity sheet to keep their kids busy when a match inevitably gets rained off, or test their skills in the toucanBox tennis challenge.
Mark Allen, toucanBox fantastic lead designer, is also a former a tennis coach. He designed a fun trick shot challenge for the toucanBox team a few summers ago and it went down a treat.
So now we are challenging you and your audience to take part in the 5-step trick shot series. So grab a racket, a tennis ball and find an open space to see how many you can master. Oh, but wait, don’t forget to post a link to this free entertainment first. More details available on the toucanBox blog.
1: THE DJ
First things first, get the ball bouncing at a regular pace on the strings of the racket. Got it? Now, each time, using your other hand, pass it under the ball as it bounces in the air. How many can you do? Steve did… well, not that many.
2: BODY PARTS
Between each regular bounce, instead of using your racket to keep the ball up, use a body part. Start with your knees or head, and then experiment. How about your shoulder, or nose?
3: FISH AND CHIPS
Now we’re getting a little tricky. Bounce the ball on the rim, shout “FISH!”. Bounce it on the strings. “AND!”. Then bounce it on the rim again. “CHI… oh it fell on the floor. Again.”
4: THE WORLD
The ball is the world, and the racket is the moon. I think. Bounce the ball up and see if you can orbit it before you bounce it up again.
5: THE HOTDOG
And here we go, the grand finale. Bounce the ball up in the air, put the racket through your legs, and keep the ball in the air. Fiona became a master of it in mere seconds. And now she’s playing internationally.