Coach Central International

INTERNATIONAL COACH WORKSHOP (SOFIA)

WORKSHOP 1 - DRILLS AND SKILLS: 10 KEY PRINCIPLES FOR TAKING YOUR DRILLS TO THE NEXT LEVEL

ABOUT TODAY'S WORKSHOP

Today's workshop is brought to you by Coach Central International, the worldwide education brand of inspire2coach, in partnership with Tennis Club Pro Sport, Sofia.

Course description: A one-day International Coach Workshop which shares 10 key principles to elevate any drill to the next level. Each of the 10 principles enhances your drills, ensuring they are highly effective, maximising your players' time on court with you.

Course duration: 6.5 hours including breaks

Course learning outcomes:

• Understand the details which make a great drill, including how to train situations, not just technique
• Understand the detail of tactical intentions, ball characteristics, positioning and feeding which will take any drill to the next level
• Take away a set of 10 core principles to elevate your drills to the next level
• Take away a drills checklist to help you evaluate the effectiveness of your coaching after the workshop

WORKSHOP 2 - 10 AND UNDER DOUBLES: DEVELOPING GAME SKILLS AND LIFE SKILLS FROM THE ORANGE COURT

Course description: A one-day International Coach Workshop which provides an insight into how doubles can be introdcued to young players on the Orange court. The workshop shows how both game skills and life skills can be developed side by side through activities and drills which focus on developing game understanding, tactics, decision-making, teamwork and communication in the main game situations on the doubles court.

Course duration: 6.5 hours including breaks

Course learning outcomes:

By attending this workshop you will:

• get ideas on how to introduce doubles to young players from the orange court programme
• gain insight into how to develop teamwork and communication in doubles with young players
• take away ideas on how to start introducing some simple patterns of play involving all 4 players
• understand how to use doubles to develop life skills in young players beyond the tennis court
• get a wide range of activities, games and drills to implement into your junior programme immediately

Attendees will receive a certificate for attendance at both workshops, and an electronic version of the course training manuals.

ABOUT YOUR PRESENTER

Mark is Founder and Director of Coach Central International, a UK-based worldwide coach education provider. Mark is an experienced and sought-after international tennis coach educator, speaker and consultant, who has worked with coaches from over 100 countries around the world. Mark previously worked at the ITF and the LTA (UK), and has presented in conferences in over 80 countries, including ITF Worldwide Coaches Workshops, and Gland Slam conferences in the UK and Australia.

As presenter of these 2-day workshops, Mark will share his experience, ideas and insight into some topics in coaching, leaving participants with a wide range of ideas and solutions which you can implement into your coaching and your programme immediately.