{"id":4642,"date":"2020-10-07T09:36:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T22:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ranelagh.com.au\/?page_id=4642"},"modified":"2020-10-07T09:46:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T22:46:34","slug":"anz-hot-shots","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ranelagh.com.au\/anz-hot-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"ANZ TENNIS HOT SHOTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-697 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ranelagh.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Hotshots-spread-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ranelagh.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Hotshots-spread-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ranelagh.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Hotshots-spread-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ranelagh.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Hotshots-spread.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ranelagh.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Hotshots-spread-510x382.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ANZ Tennis Hot Shots (ANZTHS) is Tennis Australia\u2019s official development program designed especially for children. This program is based on a\u00a0learning-through-play\u00a0philosophy, and playing the game of tennis is the central feature of each session. Smaller courts, lighter racquets and low compression balls that don\u2019t bounce too high make learning tennis fun and easy for primary school-aged children. The ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Program is divided into 4 stages of development:<\/p>\n<h4>Launch Pad Stage (ages 3\u20135)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Court size: variable<\/li>\n<li>Tennis ball: red ball (25% compression)<\/li>\n<li>Recommended racquet size: 19\u201323 inches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00a0Launch Pad Stage\u00a0introduces children to tennis through games and fun activities. Children learn the basics of tennis, including how to serve and rally, and the lower compression red ball is larger than the standard yellow with a limited bounce.<\/p>\n<h4>Red Stage (ages 5\u20138)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Court size: 3 m \u00d7 8.23 or 6 m \u00d7 10.97 m<\/li>\n<li>Tennis ball: red ball (25% compression)<\/li>\n<li>Recommended racquet size: 21\u201323 inches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00a0Red Stage\u00a0is for beginning players. The red ball is larger than a standard yellow ball and doesn\u2019t bounce as high, making it a breeze for even the youngest players to hit comfortably. The courts and nets used in the Red Stage are also much smaller than standard courts, so it is easier for the players to cover the court.<\/p>\n<h4>Orange Stage (ages 8\u201310)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Court size: 6.4 m \u00d7 18.29 m<\/li>\n<li>Tennis ball: orange ball (50% compression)<\/li>\n<li>Recommended racquet size: 23\u201325 inches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After mastering the Red Stage, children move on to the\u00a0Orange Stage, where the ball bounces a little higher and the court is a bit bigger.<\/p>\n<h4>Green stage (ages 9+)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Court size: 10.97 m \u00d7 23.78 m (full court)<\/li>\n<li>Tennis ball: green ball (75% compression)<\/li>\n<li>Recommended racquet size: 25\u201327 inches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The ball used in the\u00a0Green Stage\u00a0has a greater bounce than the earlier stage balls and children play on a full-size court.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ANZ Tennis Hot Shots (ANZTHS) is Tennis Australia\u2019s official development program designed especially for children. This program is based on a\u00a0learning-through-play\u00a0philosophy, and playing the game of tennis is the central feature of each session. Smaller courts, lighter racquets and low compression balls that don\u2019t bounce too high make learning tennis fun and easy for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranelagh.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4642"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranelagh.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranelagh.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranelagh.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranelagh.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4642"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ranelagh.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4647,"href":"https:\/\/ranelagh.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4642\/revisions\/4647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranelagh.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranelagh.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}