216 School Tennis - No Courts - No Problem!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009: 12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Tampa Convention Center: Ballroom A
Speakers: Robert Pangrazi, Professional Advisor, Gopher Sport-Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and Jason Jamison, United States Tennis Association, Avondale, AZ
Teachers will experience how to safely introduce the healthy, lifetime sport of tennis to large numbers of children without using courts and in limited space. This active session will feature examples and highlights of the USTA’s “A Physical Educators Guide to Teaching Tennis”. Emphasized will be large group management, station activities, fun and challenging group games appropriate for multiple grades levels and how to teach tennis on any flat surface.