Anyone for Tennis, Golf Or Cricket?

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Active holidays

Anyone for tennis, golf or cricket?

Feeling inspiredby

Wim bledon or theWor ld Cup?

Tom Chesshyre

pick s10hotels where you can

raise your game family friendly Abama Tenn is (0034 922 105 600, 1 Venus Williams in ritzcarlton.com/abama) on the west coast of Tenerife. The Sánchez Casal Tennis Barba dos Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados runs Academy (sanchez-casal.com) was set seven-ni ght tennis breaks with up by Emilio Sánchez and Sergio Casal, complimentary use of courts from who together won the men’s doubles £2,395pp, with flights included from the championship at theUSand French UK in August; coaches are available for lessons. Meanwhile at the end of October Opens in 1988. There are seven and beginnin g of November, the hotel is hard-surface courts overlooking the sea. A four-night break with two arrangin g classes with former World No 1 hours’ intensive coaching each day, and Wimbledon champion Venus plus an hour-long sports massageon one day, costs from €991 (£796). This Williams, below.Atwo-hour clinic with the tennis star is the highlight of a four or includes breakfast and a tasting menu five-nig ht break that’s been put together meal at its three Michelin-star by Western & Oriental (western restaurant run by the Basque chef Martín Berasategui. oriental.com ). It costs from £2,419pp includingflights, transfers, breakfasts and a spa treatment. It is also cheaper than 3 Star Academy going via the resort’s own site. The inFlorida hotel has nine floodlit courts, Tennis stars such as a giant pool and an 18-hole golf course (sandy Boris Becker, Maria lane.com ). Sharapova, Serena Williams, Andre Agassi and Britain’s 2 Tutoring Heather Watson are in Tener ife among the alumni of You’ll find some the tennis academy run expert tennis by legendary coach Nick coachinginthe Bollettieri on the Gulf coast ()

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of Florida (imgacademy.com). School at the Princesa Yaiza Hotel Resort, A five-day adult course with intense training from 8am to 3.30pm each day, whichhas extensive with healthy lunches included, is from facilities for other sports including tennis and basketball courts at £1,123pp, based on two peoplesharing its Kikoland sports centre a twin room at the on-site hotel for five (princesayaiza.com). nights. Mental coaching (on Mondays) is The school is for children and included in the instruction, which covers includes daily games offive-a-side. The drops shots, serves and volleys. Flights price for a seven-night stay in July is from to Tampa are about £485 with £1,115pp, with flights included from Skyscanner.net. Classic Collection (0800 008 7299, classic-collection.co.uk). 4 Spa and tennis The cost of a child taking partinthe in Surrey soccer school for five daysis£75; sessions last two hours a day from 10 Grayshott health spa is known for its food to noon. and nutrition courses, but it also runs tennis coaching programmes. Two-night spa stays include two 45-minute tennis 7 Football academy coaching sessions as well as two spa in Greece treatments and exercise classes. The price is from £554pp, full-board. Grayshott was The WWKC Football Academy the country home of Lord Tennyson (worldwidekidscompany.com) at Sani in 1867 and is set in 47 acres of pretty Resort is held six daysaweek, with gardens and grounds (grayshottspa.com). two-hour training sessions for kids aged five to 14; children are split up into different age groups. Each lesson Football costs €35. Instruction takes in all aspects of the game, with professional 5 Soccer schoolin coaches who have taughtatclub and

Sardinia school level. The price of a room is from Children from 4 to 13 taking part in €126 half board; children aged up to Forte Village’s Soccer School, far right, 12stayfor free in the same room (sani-resort.com). are taught byChelsea FC coaches and can train with ex-Chelsea striker and Other sports Norwegian international Tore André Flo — who will be joining the school from 8 Rugbytots July 18-23. Theschool runs until in Mauritius October 4 and includes specific courses Max Webb, founder for goalkeepers, forwards and defenders. of Rugbytots, will be The price for a week is from £1,190pp on hand to provide with Just Sardinia (01202 484858, basic rugby training justsardinia.co.uk). This includes to children aged two flights, transfers and instruction. At to seven at The Forte Village there are also boxing, Residence Mauritiusfrom tennis, golf, basketball and swimming August 10-23 academies. (theresidence.com/mauritius). Theclasses will include running with the 6 Learn to dribble ball, catching, kicking and passing, as in Lanzarote well as non-contact competitive games. The five-star hotel is running the Dribbling and shooting complimentary lessons as a preludeto are among the many regular rugby instruction for children skills honed at the during school holidays. The price of a Lanzarote Soccer week’s half-board for a family offour

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with flights

is from £4,399 (01494 678400, turquoiseholidays.co.uk).

9 Cricket at Cobblers Cove, Barbados The Bajan former country cricketer Franklyn Stephenson has teamed up with Cobblers Cove hotel to offer cricket camps for kids. Batting, bowling and fielding practice are included at the Franklyn Stephenson Academy (franklynstephenson academy.com), which is on a private estate close to Cobblers. The price per day at the academy is £30, while the cost of a family of four staying in a garden suite at the hotel is from £1,606 B&B, excluding flights (cobblerscove.com).

10 Golf at Goodwood, West Sussex A team of PGA professionals are on hand at the Golf at Goodwood Academy, which arranges two, three or four-day golf courses — endorsed by USOpen champion Justin Rose — covering swing technique, putting and psychology. Various packages are available with one including an overnightstayatGoodwood Hotel (01243 775537, goodwood.co.uk/golf), two hours’ instruction and nine holes on one of the hotel’s two golf courses in the company of a golf pro. The price is from £305pp per night, with breakfast included. Junior golf coaching is available, with half-day lessons for children starting at £20.

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ROGER MENDEZ

Practise your serve at the Abama on the west coast of Tenerife