{"id":23840,"date":"2020-09-02T09:45:26","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T23:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=23840"},"modified":"2020-09-02T09:48:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T23:48:51","slug":"students-encouraged-to-get-creative-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2020\/09\/02\/students-encouraged-to-get-creative-at-home","title":{"rendered":"Students encouraged to get creative at home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we are celebrating<a href=\"https:\/\/hpeday.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> National Health &amp; Physical Education Day<\/a>, where students from across Victoria are being encouraged to get creative and engage in tennis at home.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just under 99 000 students are tipped to take part in National HPE Day on 2 September! Can we make it over 100, 000? Register your school, college, faculty, sports club, or early learning centre today! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HynIwamabM\">https:\/\/t.co\/HynIwamabM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HPEDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HPEDay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HPEatHome?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HPEatHome<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VlWMH2fOZp\">pic.twitter.com\/VlWMH2fOZp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ACHPER Inc (@ACHPERinc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACHPERinc\/status\/1300602182006272000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tennis Victoria has joined forces with a number of coaches from across the state and provided schools with a virtual lesson to celebrate the day which can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u7GhHqYUaLM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out the ways tennis can keep kids active from the comfort of their homes below.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0091d2\"><strong>VIRTUAL TENNIS CHALLENGE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tennis Victoria has partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssv.vic.edu.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Sport Victoria<\/a> to deliver the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssv.vic.edu.au\/Pages\/SSVTennisVictoriaVirtualTennisChallenge.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Tennis Challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/tennis_vic\/status\/1300326896794705920<\/p>\n<p>There are five\u00a0challenges in total with one\u00a0released daily from Monday 31 August until Friday 4 September, with over 30 prizes to be won.<\/p>\n<p>The Virtual Tennis Challenge runs until Sunday 20 September and students are encouraged to give the challenges a go and submit their entries <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSci_aYFtDePg9CTSLRmOolz7jtcib6UPWzTOwS5alIYb_cr5Q\/viewform?usp=send_form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssv.vic.edu.au\/Pages\/SSVTennisVictoriaVirtualTennisChallenge.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23843 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2020\/09\/Find-out-More-Button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2020\/09\/Find-out-More-Button.png 845w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2020\/09\/Find-out-More-Button-768x43.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0091d2\"><strong>TIPS WITH DASHA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Scared you will be a little rusty when you return to the court? Check out these tips from Daria Gavrilova on what you can do at home to stay active.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/tennis_vic\/status\/1300933778949287937<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0091d2\"><strong>HOMECOURTTENNIS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are many ways to keep playing tennis as HomeCourtTennis demonstrates.<\/p>\n<p>A brick wall can become your most challenging opponent, chairs can become tennis net posts, and you don&#8217;t even need a racquet and a tennis ball as long as you have a ball of paper and saucepan.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/TennisAustralia\/status\/1255631490018242562<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/news\/2020\/05\/01\/home-court-tennis-time-to-get-creative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23844 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2020\/09\/Read-More-Button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2020\/09\/Read-More-Button.png 845w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2020\/09\/Read-More-Button-768x43.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/homecourttennis\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#HomeCourtTennis<\/a> on Instagram for some creative ways to keep playing tennis.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0091d2\"><strong>ELANATION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sports app Elanation is making it both easy and engaging for kids to make activity a part of their daily life, through thousands of video lessons on a range of sports including tennis.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEV80uHpPQ9\/<\/p>\n<p>For many young enthusiasts, Elanation is a complement to their usual coach and the most popular tennis videos \u2013\u00a0<em>Mission Possible<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Half Court versus Full Court<\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0<em>Tram Tracks Slice<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 demonstrated the many activities that kids can easily undertake to learn new skills in the game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/news\/2020\/08\/26\/elanation-fun-activity-for-kids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23844 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2020\/09\/Read-More-Button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2020\/09\/Read-More-Button.png 845w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2020\/09\/Read-More-Button-768x43.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For more information visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elanation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elanation.com <\/a>and\u00a0download the Elanation app from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/au\/app\/elanation-kids-sports-network\/id1169295672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Store<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.elanation.eturbo&amp;hl=en_AU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many different ways to keep playing tennis. Find out how you can with a range of different initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6228,"featured_media":22490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-23840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-schools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}