During this tough period for everyone and the downtime for all tennis players, Cultiv8 Tennis organised 16 Zoom meetings for the Yorkshire Tennis community including, Judy Murray, Kyle Edmund and Jonny Marray.
The programme had 2 aims:
- Give everyone an opportunity to learn something
- Bring us closer together as a coaching community
The speakers included:
Session 1: Steve McLoughlin – What I learnt as County Performance Officer for Yorkshire
Session 2: Richard Crabtree – Working with high International standard Juniors 10-14 years old
Session 3: Luke Johnson and Calvin Betton – Life on tour from a players and coaches perspective
Session 4: Tom Loughton and Elliot Chang – Developing players to County Training and beyond
Session 5: Paul Jubb and Jonny Carmichael – My journey so far from Hull to Wimbledon. Coaches session.
Session 6: Katie O’Brien – From top 100 to high performance coaching. Coaches session.
Session 7: Oliver Waugh-Swain – Practical Strength and Conditioning Ideas for your programme
Session 8: Richard Crabtree – Developing players of all standards
Session 9: Naikhta Bains – My journey so far from training in Leeds to being 200 in the world in the WTA rankings
Session 10 – Paul Jubb – My journey so far from Hull to Wimbledon. Players session
Session 11: Judy Murray – My life in tennis. Q&A for coaches
Session 12: Kyle Edmund – Q&A for players, parents and coaches
Session 13: David Felgate – My life in tennis. Q&A for coaches
Session 14:Jonny Marray – Wimbledon champion describes his tennis journey and transition to coaching. Players and Coaches session.
Session 15: Katie O’Brien – My journey to the top 100 and transition to high performance coaching. Players session
Session 16: Yorkshire coaches get together to review all of the sessions and the key learnings
Feedback from all of the sessions was extremely positive and the engagement from players, coaches, parents and the Yorkshire Tennis community was impressive. The sessions have boosted moral of the Yorkshire Tennis Community in these tough times and kept everyone’s focus on the game we all love.
If you have any further feedback or have any other questions please get in touch with us at yorkshiretennis@hotmail.com
