School Sport Unit

Modified Tennis

There is no additional professional learning/accreditation required for activities where:

• Tennis skills are developed through modified activities and games
• typically participated in as a non-competitive school sport program

Modified tennis teaching resources

• Sport education teaching resource - Table Tennis unit
• Sport education teaching resource - Squash unit
• Tennis Australia - Tennis for primary schools

Tennis

There is recommended professional learning and accreditation for activities that are:

• played competitively following the rules of the game. As part of either:  
  • an interschool event, or 
  • the Representative School Sport Pathway. 

Courses found in the below links are available for teachers to obtain recommended qualifications:

• Tennis Australia learning portal 

  • Tennis for primary schools workshop (online)

  • Tennis for primary schools workshop (practical)
  • Tennis for secondary schools workshop (online)
  • Tennis for secondary schools workshop (practical)
  • School Sport Unit - Recognising and responding to concussion

Tennis coaching resources

• Tennis Australia - How to play resources

Handbooks

• NSWPSSA Tennis handbook
• NSWCHSSA Tennis handbook

Sport safety guidelines

When teaching or coaching Tennis, schools must adhere to the below Sport and Physical Activity Policy implementation documents: 

• Requirements for all sport and physical activity (PDF 466KB) 
• Sport safety guidelines - Tennis