Use Baloons!

[tcuk]

I've started teaching my son, 6, in the front room using a baloon. A baloon moves so slowly he has time to set everything up before the strike. It's a very effective teaching method in his case. Do any of you do the same?

[oliensis]

Yeah, I've done that w/ my kids too. It's fun and a harmless way to start developing hand/eye co-ordination, I think.

[carrerakent]

my son is 1.5 and just the other day my wife made some balloons and i hit them with my racket in front of him. that was the first time we thought of it. neat that you guys are doing it too.

[EdWeiss]

Here is a quote I found re Mike Agassi's training Andre:"With Agassi, training started immediately. Mike attempted to improve Agassi’s hand-eye coordination by hanging tennis balls in his crib, and a few years later he was handing Agassi paddles with which to hit balloons."