With the introduction of COMOOON! Platform the missing element in children’s tennis education – a kindergarten-level foundation – has finally been added, creating a solid base for future success. Currently, this segment is barely engaged, as coaches tend to avoid training children under 6 years old due to the difficulty of effective work with younger ages and the lack of efficient methods.
COMOOON! solves this problem! By making the sport fun, accessible, and engaging the next generation of tennis players, we are on our journey to be the leading preschool kids’ tennis education platform in the world, recognised for our unique blend of interactive learning and high-quality coaching.
The training format has no analogs in the world
The first and only systematic training program for children aged 3-7. COMOOON! Program provides coaches with detailed, step-by-step lesson plans for every session, removing the need to create lessons or search for practice exercises. Each session is structured with warm-ups, engaging instructional cartoons, exercises, games, and cool-downs – all meticulously timed and accompanied by clear, detailed explanations to guide the entire class.
The latest developments in the psychology of teaching children
Developed by psychologists and ITF-certified coaches, this program ensures every element is age-appropriate. The timing of games, exercises, and physical and mental workload is carefully designed to maintain a young student’s interest during and after the lesson.
No tennis court is required for training
The format of the technique allows you to train not only on a professional tennis court but also on any hard surface (earth, soil, parquet, asphalt, linoleum, artificial grass, carpet, rubber crumb, Taraflex).
Happy and Successful Students
Motivational elements (journals, stickers, and small gifts) inspire children to attend lessons with enthusiasm. Four distinct characters, each embodying a different psychological type, offer unique personalities that children can relate to. This personal connection helps build a bond with the characters and lessons, enabling coaches to better engage and understand each student.
Proven and effective process
Our step-by-step approach teaches children to perform correct movements and elements, ultimately enabling them to play over the net and learn the basics. Like a good kindergarten prepares kids for school after completing the COMOOON! Program, children are equipped with a solid base that prepares them for the next level of tennis training!
Community of like-minded people
Cartoon-format classes engage young athletes, while additional motivational elements like diaries, stickers, and gifts help retain their interest. Group exercises and events build team spirit, and by the course end, children understand tennis, enjoy playing it, and develop a genuine love for the game.
Educational cartoons are a new, innovative approach to teaching children!
What is so special about it?
Ages 4-6: Building Motor Skills in Young Children At such a young age, a child’s mind isn’t yet equipped to seamlessly link individual motor skills into smooth, coordinated actions. Imagine a young child learning a dance routine—they try their best to mimic the instructor, yet their movements often seem uncoordinated and disjointed. The reason is simple: it’s hard for young children to connect individual steps into fluid sequences.
So, how do we teach them effectively?
The right approach is to teach the whole action in a simplified form or under simplified conditions. For example, practising a throwing motion with a balloon makes it easier for the child to coordinate hand movements without being overwhelmed by complexity.
For children ages 4-6, it’s more effective to use a holistic method, where the entire action is taught as one simplified movement. From ages 7-10, children develop the ability to break technique down and focus on specific parts of an action, making more detailed training possible.
Why is Learning Through Imitation So Effective?
Imitation is one of the most powerful tools for learning, thanks to mirror neurons—special brain cells that activate when we observe someone else performing an action. These neurons are responsible for helping us learn essential skills like eating, dressing, and speaking from a very young age. This natural instinct to imitate makes it one of the most effective ways to learn new skills.
How Does This Apply to Tennis?
As social beings, humans are hardwired to learn by watching others. In most schools and clubs, coaches demonstrate exercises while explaining key points. However, at COMOOON!, we take a different approach for younger children. Long explanations often go unnoticed, and extended demonstrations can lead to boredom, leading kids to lose focus. That’s why we’ve introduced educational cartoons to make learning tennis more engaging and effective. Bright, short clips keep kids’ attention, and they simply imitate what they see. The focus is on accurately portraying motor skills that children can easily copy. For kids, it’s as simple as: see it, repeat it!
In addition to the main advantage - imitation, the training program in the cartoons contains exercises selected according to the principle of successive complication - from simple to complex.
These two factors in COMOOON educational tennis cartoons - mirror neurons and the principle from simple to complex, result in:
The specified result is achieved by the fact that animation clips show children the correctness of performing tasks, paying attention to the key aspects of movements and the rules of specific exercises. The duration of one clip is about 1 minute, while an explanation of the same exercise by a trainer usually lasts about 3-4 minutes. Plus, given that about 90% of information is perceived visually, learning through animation is faster. Thus, COMOOON educational tennis cartoons increase the motor density of training.
At the same time, the emotional involvement of children in training causes an increase in memorization of motor actions, which in turn leads to an increase in the quality of learning.
The involvement in the learning process occurs due to the identification mechanism - children identify themselves with the cartoon characters, empathizing with them and trying to imitate them.
COMOOON! cartoon characters represent the 4 existing temperament types. Psychologists and developers of the COMOOON! Platform know that it is very important for coaches to have an understanding of each child’s temperament in their training. Understanding whether a child is more choleric, sanguinic, melancholic, or phlegmatic allows COMOOON! Coaches to tailor the approach to student's individual needs and motivations.
For example, choleric children, who are naturally competitive and goal-oriented, thrive on vigorous exercise and tasks that are beyond their capabilities. Sanguine children, who are outgoing and enthusiastic, respond well to playful, interactive activities that keep them engaged. Melancholic children, often thoughtful and detail-oriented, benefit from structured activities that focus on technique and precision. Phlegmatic children, who are generally calm and patient, thrive in an environment where they can work at their own pace, with constant encouragement and support.
TERRY
Panther student
This character represents the melancholic temperament. Reflective and calm type, often soft and deep in their thoughts. They have quiet empathy, dedication and patience, preferring steady progress over quick wins.
LARRY
LEON student
The character personifies the temperament of the phlegmatic. This is a strong and balanced type. Conditioned reflexes are developed slowly, but after that they become very stable.
GABBY
cheetah student
The character personifies the temperament of the choleric. Strong, active, and unbalanced type. The processes of excitation prevail over the processes of inhibition.
TIGGY
tiger student
The character embodies the temperament of a sanguine person. This is a strong, active, and balanced type. It is characterized by a rapid process of excitation and its rapid change to inhibition.
TAYLOR
coach leopard
Confident, skilled, and experienced, while a kind and fair teacher. He knows how to find an approach to each student and bring up their enthusiasm. The “perfect trainer” who demonstrates proper technique and guides all his students, animated and real, through every step at the beginning of their tennis journey. See how kids love him!
All coaches working with the COMOOON! Platform are required to undergo training and subsequently have access to materials on the specifics of the training process for children depending on their physical and emotional development, including types of temperament.
By adapting the acquired knowledge and coaching style to each student, the coach helps the young athlete gain confidence, develop their skills more effectively, and enjoy the learning process.
