Margaret Court Tennis Academy resumed one on one coaching this week at its Albury training facility.
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The NSW Government and Tennis NSW had outlined a return to courts was allowed under strict COVID-19 guidelines, however, they're still waiting for the green light from Victoria to recommence coaching in Wodonga.
Guidelines indicate the player and coach must remain on opposite sides of the court, the coach is to feed all balls and pick them up and hand sanitiser is to be used on arrival and departure from courts.
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While one on one coaching has been allowed in NSW for several weeks now, the academy had opted to remain consistent between the cross Border centres.
"The kids are pretty excited I think to be hitting balls again," director of coaching Phil Shanahan said.
"We're not sure when the next tournament in Australia will be, but the kids will no doubt not want to drop off form too much."
