Every tennis club or centre have different requirements, court time availability and financial situations to evaluate when preparing a tennis club programme. But below is a list of items that should be in every programme where possible.

including:

Mini Red (under 8's)

Sub-divide down into

• 3-4 yrs Tots Sessions
• 4-6 yrs Basic Technical Development
• 7-8 yrs Technical & Tactical Development

Mini Orange (8-9)

Technical & Tactical sessions including Match-Play 

Mini Green (9-10)

Technical & Tactical Sessions including Match-Play 

A minimum of 1 weekend and 1 midweek session of each category depending on the size of the club, the number of coaches and the allowance of court space.

This should include:

• Basic Open Group Standard from Beginners to Intermediate Level
• Advanced Players in smaller sized squads maximum of 4 players 
• Tournament structure both for Internal Tournaments, External Match-Play and Junior Leagues.

Ensure your programme is not just about coaching.

Place a major emphasis on the following match-play formats:

• Internal (friendly) Tournaments. Different age groups each weekend/school holiday.
• External (competitive) Tournaments. 

• Set up LTA events at your club and also get the juniors to travel to other local tournaments too. Give help and advice on these.
• Junior Leagues (internal club) to keep interest in the whole season for the players.
• Club Team (external) visit and play either friendly matches or competitive matches against other clubs.

It is important that players get to understand why they have coaching and how to administer the skills they are learning into match-play situations.

Where possible it would be great to establish some 'Girls Only' groups and squads.

Girls value the friendship gained from playing in groups with their friends. This also help establish new friendships too and in turn the girls tend to stay in the sport much longer.

Have a full coaching programme for both Men and Women.

Also ensure that they have opportunites to grow within the club structure.

Set-up the following group levels.

1. Beginners
2. Improvers
3. Intermediate
4. Advanced
5. Matchplay/Team

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