The primary purpose of Yorkshire Player Development Centres and Aspiring Yorkshire Player Development Centres (YPDCs/AYPDCs) is to provide a pathway for children over the age of 7 to over time reach their full potential. We want these Centres to work with Yorkshire Tennis to help players achieve their full potential and produce future County Players, County Champions and for the more talented players to progress to the Regional Player Development Centre (RPDC).
We also want YPDCs/AYPDCs to work with and support Yorkshire Tennis in other ways such as Increasing participation, Implementing Community outreach and School links, Support inclusivity and the Open Court Programme, develop Coaches and deliver quality Coaching programmes, Support County Training and organise Club Competitions such as Graded events, Play your way to Wimbledon etc.

In addition, we want these Centres to improve performance in some key areas which align with priorities linked to County Cup outcomes, County Championships and our Regional Player Development Centre. We already have Clubs who are delivering many of these things, and we believe it is right to incentivise these Clubs to further improve as well as encourage other Clubs to achieve these same high standards. This initiative aims to do this.