Explore our Website

Enquire Now Visit Us
Prep (Ages 7-13)

Tennis

We have a number of 11+, 13+ and 16+ Scholarships available.

Scholarships offered include Academic, Music, Sport, Art, Drama & Performing Arts (including technical theatre) and Design Technology.
 

Tennis at King's College Prep School

During the Summer Term, pupils from Years 3 to Year 8 play tennis in PE lessons on six Astro turf pitches and four hard courts enclosed in the former walled garden, and children can use these courts in their break times and in games sessions.

Regular fixtures are played by our girls' Under 13 and Under 12 pairs against other prep schools. They also enter into the AEGON Under 13 Team Tennis competition for both boys and girls where we have enjoyed much success and hotly contested matches over the past few years. Girls' Under 10 and Under 11 pairs are also encouraged to play matches against local schools once they are capable.

For the younger pupils from Year 1 to Year 4, short tennis coaching is available all year round by keen and well qualified coaches, either in our Sports Hall or on the outdoor courts during the Summer Term. For those more enthusiastic about the sport, Blackbrook Tennis Centre in Taunton provides additional specialist coaching.

Tennis is a developing sport at King's Prep. We offer lunch time sessions from Pre-Prep right through to Year 8, and then onto King's College. During the winter months we train outdoors when possible, but if this is not possible, we can adapt the sessions and move into our Sports Hall.

 

Weekly Coaching

Tennis is a popular sport in the Summer Term, with opportunities to develop skills throughout the year. We have a Head of Tennis at King's College, Ben Thomas and two specialist coaches, Derek Blackmore and Kerry Quirk.

Between them, they have kindly offered to run specialist coaching sessions with our pupils on a weekly basis. They are currently offering the following sessions:

Mondays (6.30pm - 8.30pm at King's College)
This is a high performance tennis session focusing on technique, fitness and tactics. This will be led by Derek every Monday and involve an hour of small group lessons. Pupils will be grpuped as per playing standard. These sessions are not compulsory and will incur a termly charge of £110 per pupil. If you are interested, please email Ben at BCThomas@kings-taunton.co.uk.

Wednesdays (12.30pm - 1.15pm)
Red ball tennis for Pre-Prep sessions are aimed at our younger pupils and designed to help develop their general motor skills. These sessions are booked through our Head of Pre-Prep, Claire Luckhurst CLuckhurst@kings-taunton.co.uk.

Thursdays (5pm - 6pm at King's College)
These small group sessions take place at the King's College Tennis Hub. Please contact Ben at BCThomas@kings-taunton.co.uk to book your place.

Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram Watch us on YouTube Contact Us