Head of Player Development

Dr Laura Crabtree

Dr Laura Crabtree has extensive psychology consultancy experience in junior, elite, and several professional sports. Over the last 16 years she has worked at numerous professional football clubs working with and alongside the sport science and medicine teams to develop integrated sport psychology support structures and programmes from the first team to the academy.

In tennis specific terms Laura has provided education and development programmes at a number of performance centres within the UK and most recently at the Leeds RPDC. Her work includes both individual player support and education, group workshops and on-court sessions, coach development programmes, and parent education sessions. She has been a BASES Accredited practitioner since 2005 and is also a Level 4 Tennis Coach (since 2003). Her knowledge of the tennis environment from her own playing experiences as a junior, working as a performance coach and then a sport psychology consultant means she understands the tennis journey from multiple perspectives. She uses and applies this practical knowledge, along with her wide and varied experiences of consulting in other elite and professional sports environments, to deliver high quality, integrated support to maximise development opportunities and enhance player, parent and coach potential and growth.