Dino Tennis Kids Program (New!)

With our unique program we aim to take engagement to a whole new level with our interactive and thematic approach towards your kid’s learning experience for tennis. Through the employment of our unique Dino characters, your little ones will be engaged through their unique personalities and storyline, improving their capacity to learn and pick up tennis skills!

Our Dinos; Toby, Vale, Steve, and Tina all have their own individual values, backstories, and personalities that contribute towards a dynamic and interactive environment within our camps.
Each Dino has their own motivations, characteristics, and even insecurities based off their nature and past experiences. The Dinos are intentionally structured to be more relatable for children, allowing them to understand the lessons and instructions more clearly as they can make connections more easily.
Apart from our Dinos, the Dino Coaches at Dino Tennis are proactive and enthusiastic about teaching tennis to your kids in a responsible and safe environment. Utilising tried-and-tested lesson plans, tennis formulas, and children-specific training techniques, our Dino Coaches are ready to guide your kid along their exploration in the sport of tennis! Dino Coaches understand the intrinsic and extrinsic values that are inculcated through learning tennis at a young age. While extrinsic benefits such as learning how to play tennis, getting in some quality exercise, and socialising with other children is important, intrinsic benefits such as developing sportsmanship, empathy for others, determination, discipline, and instilling an active lifestyle are critical benefits as well! Dino Coaches aim to develop your kid in a holistic way, ensuring that they finish the camp as better and more resilient individuals that are ready to take on any challenge; come what may!

Story Of The Dinos

Vale the Velociraptor

Moves around the court lightning quick.
Scavenger, carnivore.
Smallest dino of the four.
Cunning and intelligent personality.
Insecure about his smaller stature.
Vale is the middle child of a family of Velociraptors that pride themselves with their ability to think outside the box, believing that everything and anything can be overcome if you put a little elbow grease and thoughtfulness into it.
Vale’s elder brother is a sprinter on his school’s track team and her younger sister is a wizard with anything that has to do with computers. Vale’s parents are fully supportive of her passion for tennis as long as she gives it her 100%.
Vale does not want to lose out to her overachieving siblings, hence, she is deeply driven to become the fastest and wittiest tennis player to ever grace the court.
Vale has a quiet and unassuming personality that hides her cunning and creative playstyle on court. She is acutely aware of her limitations due to her stature, as well as her advantages when it comes to speed.
Vale’s crux lies with her insecurity about her size, so much so that she measures to check her height every fortnight secretly at home. Vale is ready to work hard and fulfil her dream of becoming the best tennis player in Dinoland to prove everyone who has ever doubted her wrong.

Toby the T-Rex

Plays aggressive tennis well.
Apex predator, carnivore.
Biggest dino of the four.
Assertive and confident personality.
Insecure of his small and weak arms.
Toby is the youngest of a family of Tyrannosaurus Rex that prides themselves with strong and powerful values, believing that everything and anything can be overcome if you approach the problem with enough confidence and tenacity. Toby’s decision to pursue tennis instead of dabbling in the family legacy of rugby drew criticism from all members of his family, but this only pushed Toby to prove his ability in tennis with more determination than ever before.
Toby has an outgoing and adventurous personality, he plays tennis with great passion as he vividly demonstrates with his unrivalled spirit on court. However, his crux lies with his insecurity about his weak arms that he feels does not fit into his strong personality, so much so that he does an extra set of bicep curls secretly in his bedroom every night. Toby hopes to become the number one tennis player to prove to his family that his choice to pursue tennis is his destiny.

Steve the Stegosaurus

Excellent defensive player on the court.
Armoured, herbivore.
Heavily built dino.
Friendly and shy personality.
Held back by his clumsy nature.
Steve is the eldest of his family of stegosaurus that are incredibly protective of one another, believing that family always comes first and to always prepare for a rainy day.
Steve is as affectionate as he is protective of his baby twin sisters that he loves unconditionally. Steve’s parents were initially hesitant of his choice to pursue tennis, initially suggesting that he should pursue bowling instead as it was safer. However, Steve’s insistence and passion for the sport convinced them otherwise and they finally agreed to fully support Steve with the condition that he puts safety as his top priority.
Steve wishes to prove to his parents that tennis is his passion, showcasing his grit and determination through his air-tight defence on the court.
Steve is probably the friendliest dino you will ever meet once you get past his shy exterior. His crux is that he can be clumsy at times given his heavy build due to the extra protection he carries around on his back, but he tries his best to not let that hinder his movement on the court.
Steve is rearing to become the best ever defensive player on court, outlasting any other dino to have ever picked up a tennis racket.

Tina the Triceratops

All rounded player on court.
Large, herbivore.
Heavily built dino.
Vain and jovial personality.
Conscious about her looks (especially her three horns).
Tina is the only child of her family of triceratops. Although she is the only child, Tina’s parents are surprisingly pretty relaxed with her; supporting her in whatever she pursues without any hesitation. Her family values the pursuit of personal development and balance; focusing on a middle ground for everything.
Tina, however, feels pressured that her parents expect her to succeed in tennis instead of truly valuing the journey and growth she experiences with the sport, a sentiment that is not totally unfounded on the part of her parents.
Tina wishes to be free from expectations and fully embrace her passion for tennis, showcasing her well-rounded and adaptive playstyle on court to secure victories.
Tina’s infectious jovial personality can instantly light up any room, her ability to inject fun and liveliness into any situation is certainly welcomed on the court.
Her crux is her crippling anxiety surrounding her looks, especially so for her three prized horns on her head. Even while playing tennis, she feels the urge to sneak a glance at herself in assurance that her horns are exactly where they should be.
Tina is driven to become the best all-rounded player on court, much like her idol; Serena the stegosaurus.

What Our Dino Coaches Will Teach

Vale the Velociraptor – Movement

For the first lesson with Vale, she will be introducing the most basic and fundamental element of tennis; stance. Stance is essential in ensuring that balance and positioning is maintained while performing a variety of techniques on the court. The aim of the Vale’s first lesson would be a fun and engaging introductory dive into the world of tennis!
Vale’s second lesson revolves around the basics and technical elements of tennis footwork. Footwork allows players to get around the court quickly and efficiently. Additionally, footwork improves the student’s balance, agility, as well as coordination skills. Vale’s second lesson aims to help students move with purpose and precision around the court.
For Vale’s final lesson, she will be introducing groundstrokes to her students. Critical elements such as timing, contact point, backswing, follow-through, racket-face, and many other techniques will be introduced and explained to students. Vale’s final lesson aims to create a firm understanding of the elements that influence and affect a player’s groundstrokes.

Toby the T-Rex – Offensive Skills

Top-spin is an essential tool in the arsenal of any tennis player. Toby will introduce the basics on how to generate top-spin, as well as the science behind it, demonstrating the motion through simple concepts. Toby will debunk the misconception that you need big muscles to be offensive in tennis, instead, all it takes is good technique!
Net-play consists of the different variations of volleys and the overhead smash. Toby will share his experience on how and when he decides to come up to the net, as well as the importance of being decisive and confident at the net to finish off the point. The aim of Toby’s second lesson is to get his students comfortable and familiar at the net!
Service is an essential technique that all players must possess. Toby will guide students through the many steps within a service, breaking down its components into digestible segments that are easy to understand. The aim of Toby’s final lesson is to help his students gain the confidence and ability to serve when playing tennis!

Steve the Stegosaurus – Defensive Skills

Depth is a critical element of defensive plays within tennis that prevents opponents from being able to react offensively. Steve will showcase how he keeps the ball deep within the opponent’s court, allowing him keep offensive players such as Toby the T-rex at bay! Steve’s aim for his first lesson would be for his students to maintain consistency and accuracy!
The lob is an often underrated skill that is overlooked by many players. The lob combines net-clearance and depth; the building blocks of defensive plays in tennis. Steve will guide students on how and when to perform lobs during rallies, ensuring that students are able to reduce unforced errors on the court. The aim of Steve’s second lesson would be to create consistent and resilient tennis players!
Consistency is one of the irreplaceable ingredients of a good tennis player. It not only allows for fewer unforced errors, but greater playability during friendly rallies as well. For Steve’s final lesson, he aims to guide students on how to sustain rallies that are accurate and of good quality!

Tina the Triceratops – All Court Skills

Achieving directional control over groundstrokes is critical in creating dynamic gameplay during tennis. While it may come naturally for some, students must understand the technical aspects that determine the direction of their balls. Tina’s all court skills depend heavily on directional groundstrokes as it keeps her in control of points, she aims to impart this knowledge to help her students in here first lesson!
Dynamic movement on the court is important because it closely mimics actual gameplay and rallies during match-play. Tina will explain how the combination of good footwork and racket control allows for effective all court performance. Tina’s aim for her second lesson is for her students to become more dynamic and adaptive on the court!
On the final lesson with our Dino friends and coaches, we aim to get the kids match-ready! The kids will play matches under supervision and they can put into practice what they have learnt over the past few weeks and polish up on their skills!

Coaching Philosophy

Our Dino coaches firmly believe and practice these three guiding principles that form the basis of our values and purpose.

Safety is, and will always be, the number one guiding principle throughout the course of every Dino camp. Dino Coaches are knowledgeable of the various dangers within the tennis court as well as the in the sport.
Clearing of rogue balls laying around the court, ensuring that there are no obstructions within the play area, adequate hydration, and personal hygiene within the Covid-19 climate are just some of the many precautions Dino Coaches will enforce to ensure that everyone returns home safe every single day.
Tennis, as with any other sport, requires a great deal of sportsmanship on and off the court. Being able to share empathy and discipline are just some of the many aspects of sportsmanship.
Our Dino Coaches will instill sportsmanship with your kids through the course of the camp, ensuring that they learn how to win with grace and lose with dignity. The values and morals learnt through the development of sportsmanship can be carried onto many other aspects of your kid’s life, ensuring that they are resilient and well-prepared to tackle any challenges that they may face.
Instilling a strong sense of self-confidence is critical in a child’s early developmental years. Our Dino Coaches seek to empower kids to develop a strong foundation of confidence through the sport of tennis.
By placing the kids in an environment where learning is sincerely encouraged, failure is regarded as a stepping stone, and peer support is readily available, kids are able to flourish in becoming more confident individuals through our Dino camps. Kids will leave the camp with a more positive attitude that allows them to take on everyday challenges with more gusto.