COACHES & CLUBS: An invitation for you to nominate players you wish to be considered for this Winter’s Middlesex Tennis County Training
As a Middlesex coach and club, who actively work in junior tennis, we would like to invite you to nominate players you wish to be considered for this Winter’s Middlesex Tennis County training.
County training is a valuable part of a player’s development and can lead to many positive experiences, team competitions, and nominations through the LTA National Pathway.
Quick Session Overview
Please find a brief overview of session times and venues. For each category there are full details of player nomination criteria below which should inform your choices.
7U Boys & Girls: 17th October – venue & time tbc
8U Boys & Girls: 20th September – David Lloyd Northwood
9U Boys & Girls: 20th September – David Lloyd Northwood
10U Boys: 19th September – Hazelwood Sports Club
10U Girls: 20th September – David Lloyd Northwood
Player nomination criteria
(Please note following dates of birth and criteria for each age group:)
7U born 2022 – 2020 – playing on sponge /red ball
7U Characteristics:
| 7U CAMP | |
| Date: | Saturday 17th October |
| Venue: | TBC |
| Time: | TBC |
8U born 2019 – playing on red and orange ball
Considerations for nominating players for coaches and centres:
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- Players should be playing regularly in your programme (2 to 3 times per week)
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- Parents are starting to commit to individual coaching
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- Players have some competition experience: i.e. they can serve, rally and score and do this informally and in match play and are regularly competing
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- Fundamental technical areas are being established
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- Players show natural aptitude to move around the court
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- Interested in sports and want to get involved
| 8U CAMP | |
| Date | Sunday 20th September |
| Venue | David Lloyd Northwood |
| Time: | 12:00pm – 1:30pm – BOYS |
| 1:30pm – 3:00pm GIRLS |
9U born 2018 – training on orange ball
In addition to the above criteria:
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- Players should be playing regularly in your programme (2 to 4 times per week)
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- Players have in place technical fundamentals relevant for the orange stage of training
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- Players will be competing on a regular basis as demonstrated by their LTA player competition profile 40+ matches per year
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- Players have experience at Grade 4 events
| 9U CAMP | |
| Date | Sunday 20th September |
| Venue | David Lloyd Northwood |
| Time: | 6:00pm – 7:30pm – BOYS |
| 3:00pm – 4:30pm GIRLS |
10U born 2017 – training on green ball
In addition to the above criteria:
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- Players should be playing regularly in your programme (3 to 4 times per week).
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- Players have in place technical fundamentals relevant for the green stage of training
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- Players feature prominently on the LTA recent form rankings.
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- Players are regularly competing i.e. 40+ matches per year
| 10U CAMP | |
| Date | Saturday 19th September |
| Venue | Hazelwood Sports Club |
| Time: | 3:00pm – 5:00pm – BOYS |
| Date: | Sunday 20th September |
| Venue: | David Lloyd Northwood |
| Time: | 4:30pm – 6:00pm GIRLS |
If you do not work directly in this area of junior tennis, could you please forward to any of your colleagues that coach players of 10 and under as this is a fantastic opportunity for players who are at your club, and of the right level, to be involved.
For any players you’d like to nominate, please complete the google form below or pass this email onto the parent to complete the google form. A separate form should be completed for each player.
Trial dates and times are above and specific to age and gender.
If you have any questions or queries on the level of player to nominate then please do not hesitate to contact Stuart Wilkinson (10&U Performance Lead) on 07734461269.
We look forward to receiving nominations from your programme by Monday 14th September at 5pm.
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