The Bal100n Tennis Challenge
The Bal100n Tennis Challenge is a fun filled lockdown tennis challenge for all ages…all you need to do is see how long it takes to rally to 100 with a balloon!
Balloon Tennis is a fantastic way of developing coordination and was something Judy Murray used to play a lot with Andy and Jamie. As you’ll see below Andy is still a decent Balloon Tennis player when he took on our daughter Phoebe a few years ago.
To give you a bit of inspiration for the Bal100n Tennis Challenge, here’s our Ned and I giving it a go with Stanley as timekeeper and Phoebe on video duties…a family affair! The focus for this drill is all out speed - if we get a chance we’ll do another Balloon Tennis one where the emphasis is more on movement.
It has been brilliant to see so many people give the challenge a go and we wanted to share some of the fantastic efforts of pupils and their parents.
First up we have an epic and dramatic encounter inspired by Rocky and accompanied by Eye of the Tiger!! And very fast too - 57 seconds…
Not only was the one above brilliant it was very very fast. I didn’t think it could be beaten - but then this video came in. The Bal100n Tennis equivalent of Usain Bolt…somewhere between 53 and 54 seconds for a rally of 100!
What’s been brilliant has been seeing so many pupils having Balloon Tennis fun! The video below is a fantastic example - lots of fun and lots of giggling…great stuff.
I’ve played Balloon Tennis a lot with our kids (and they’ve played a lot with their Granny Sarah and Grand Peter too!) so as this video shows Phoebe was well placed to take on Andy Murray a few years ago…and keep an eye out for a very young Stanley bumping into the net post!
