Growing a bigger participation base: the LTA’s Tennis For Kids programme
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https://doi.org/10.52383/itfcoaching.v25i72.288Keywords:
Participation, iniciative, Tennis for kids, Beginner tennisAbstract
This article outlines the LTA’s Tennis For Kids Programme, which was launched after Great Britain’s Davis Cup victory in 2015. Since then, the initiative has seen over 35,000 new children take up tennis and 15,000 continue to play. This article discusses the approach to coach training, lesson plans and also considers more cost-effective approaches for rolling out a similar initiative to get more people playing more often.
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