Coaching Female Players: From Physique to Technique

Make an impact on the landscape of female participation and performance in tennis. Improve your coaching by developing your understanding of the distinct physiology of female athletes and its relationship to technical norms and development.This course will expand coaches’ understanding of the specific needs of female players in terms of physical and technical development and the interrelationship between these areas.

Course Description

Coaches will enhance their knowledge and skills, both theoretically and practically, across the following areas:

•Understand the characteristics of the female anatomy

•Learn and practice specific training exercises that enhance female physical development

•Learn a framework for understanding the relationship between physique and technique

•Examine norms and data relating to female stroke production, specifically regarding serving, forehands, and backhands

•Practice drills and ideas to develop serving, forehands, and backhands in female players

Reasonable adjustmentsReasonable adjustments are available. Please contact the LTA Coach Development Centre delivering this course at the time of booking so that they can support these.