Welcome to the county training page. Here you’ll find everything you need to know as a player who will be invited to attend county training. We hope you are as excited and motivated for the tennis season ahead as we are.
Whether that will involve county training and subsequently representing Yorkshire in County Cup events, or whether it will be county training and seeing where you can improve to get selected for a team, we really want everyone to feel involved and up to date with what’s going on in junior performance tennis in Yorkshire.
County training is a great way to bring the best young players in the county together in each age group and supplement their weekly programmes. The county performance team look to schedule sessions led by some of the best coaches in the county to help in the development of players whilst creating a common identity for Yorkshire players and a definite feeling of team spirit within the county.
Nick Fitzpatrick, head of performance, is a highly experienced performance head tennis coach with a proven ability in producing high level performance tennis players. Responsible for designing club coaching programmes over three decades, Nick has great insight into the framework and training pivotal to meaningful player progress.
He is well practiced in running teams of all ages, managing performance events across the county and loves nothing more than to see players reach their full potential, culminating in successful results on court. His wider role within club life has enabled him to gain valuable experience in leading people and change to produce players and teams that work together and complement each other’s strengths.
A quietly confident tennis and management professional, skilled in building and maintaining teams, challenging the development of progressive programmes and leadership, Nick is a people person.
Highlights of his professional career include creating and growing the Thongsbridge Tennis & Fitness Club tennis coaching programme, working with several players who have represented Great Britain. He has also enjoyed captaining Yorkshire U12 boys to two national titles.
He thrives on problem solving and is at his most effective when working with individuals and teams encouraging a healthy approach to developing confident players and lasting success.
Some of our main areas of work as head coaches include:
County training selections are made in consultation with coaches within both the LPDC network and aforementioned Yorkshire performance network with support from the regional LTA team.
More information on County Training and Talent Identification.
If you require more information on County Tennis or training please contact Steve Holmes countytennis@yorkshiretennis.org.uk