On Monday 23rd August to coincide with our County Championship week, we held a briefing on how the Middlesex 10U Performance Pathway operates.
Objectives
Led by 10U Performance Lead, Stuart Wilkinson, and Claire Taylor, Senior Coach, the three-hour session had a number of objectives:
- 🎾 Meet the senior Middlesex Performance Coaches and discover how the county’s 10U Performance Pathway operates.
- 🎾 Gain an understanding of how the Middlesex pathway feeds into the LTA National Performance Pathway.
- 🎾 Learn what county coaches are looking for in today’s young players, including the key technical, tactical, physical and personal characteristics that underpin future success.
- 🎾 Develop your understanding of the current standards within junior tennis and the priorities for player development.
- 🎾 Watch Middlesex county coaches working with talented young players and identify the performance characteristics in action.
Identifying Talent
Holding the session alongside the 9U Boys & Girls singles competition allowed the participants to complete a mini talent characteristics exercise identifying which players could
Coach Feedback
Stuart & Claire recognise that more of these sessions should be available to Middlesex coaching community.
The Coaches who attended liked
- the short 3-hour format
- the live face to face session
- an early start
- interaction with senior Middlesex Coaches
The course was worth 3 LTA Independent Learning CPD Credits.
Stuart Wilkinson, 10U Performance Lead for Middlesex Tennis, commented
It was great to have so many enthusiastic driven coaches attending an awareness of player standards and county junior pathway course today. As a county we strive to continuously improve our communication with our coaches especially to help grow the standards and numbers of junior tennis and future proof the technique of our 10u players so they can grow and develop and evolve as they get older and stay within the game.
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