Tennis Europe | Development
Tennis Europe Specific Theme Conference.
Tennis Europe's most recent Specific Theme Conference was held in Rotterdam (NED) in cooperation with the Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association in October 2009.
The conference built on the findings of a pioneering Tennis Europe study of conditions and opportunities for players of this age group across the continent, and supported the International
Tennis Federation's 'Play and Stay' scheme.
The programme, introduced in early 2008, advocates introducing children to the sport through a gradual progression of 'red' to 'orange' to 'green' courts, facilitating play and enabling participants to 'serve, rally and score' from their first experience,
thus enabling a greater retention of players.
With resources, experiences and coaching know-how varying widely across the continent, the key aims of the conference were to employ modern teaching methodology to educate Europe's leading coaches on the guidelines and criteria for the progression of
players through the various levels, as well discussing the characteristics and implementation of an effective competition framework for 10 & Under players.
A team of advisors featuring some of the sport's most successful names in the identification and development of junior talent contributed to the event programme, which took the form of group discussions, on and off-court presentations.