Become a Qualified Coach via Distance Education

Become a Qualified Tennis Coach

The Australian Tennis Professional Coaches Association (ATPCA) LTD and Qualified Level 2 Advanced Tennis Professional and Director of Learning and Coach Accreditation, Lynton Joseph are offering Approved Graduate Level 1 and Advanced Level 2 Accredited Courses in Professional Tennis Coaching. To find out more, email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or contact Lynton directly on 0407 697 941.

Enrol in one of our seminars in any Australian State or leanr at your own pace with our Distance Education Program.

When you enrol, we will immediately send you out your manuals, DVDs and study guides.  We will provide you ongoing support to help you get through the learning.

If you would like to ask more questions or would like an application form sent out to, email us  at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or contact Lynton directly on 0407 697 941.

When you qualify, you automatically get the following members benefits;

Full Insurance cover
Your very own web page to advertise your services
Your very own coach email address
Updated regularly on vacancies worldwide
Coach Equipment Discount at
www.worldofcoaches.com.au and
Tennis Product discount from
www.worldoftennis.com.au
Coach Business Packages to help with your business
Skill Upgrades including quarterly journals and ITF links
Loyalty membership programs as well as
knowing you are supporting an independant and non profit company


LEARNING OUTCOMES - Level 1:
Be able to:

1. Use occupational health and safety practices - including

equipment use and managing minor injuries.

2. Ensure a positive environment and appropriate

communication, motivational and conflict resolution skills.

3. Identify basic biomechanical and kinesiological concepts.

4. Demonstrate stroke production techniques & methods of

coaching at basic level for each of the following: Forehand,

Backhand, Serve & Overhead, Volley, grips, spins, open

stance and all related components of same.

5. Plan and organise and conduct group coaching with

maximum participation including with infants.

6. Demonstrate ball feeding techniques - by coach & pupil.

7. Recognise common technique flaws and provide

appropriate correction.

8. Demonstrate and conduct warm ups, games, modified

activities, with use of targets and “Games Sense”.

9. Organise a half or 1 day tournament for kids and adults &

conduct round robin, knockout, handicap, and social.

10. Identify disabilities, physiological, and technical difficulties

and apply appropriate activities for talent development.

11. Apply basic psychological strategies incl. positive thinking,

tension control, behaviour management.

12. Have appropriate understanding of and compliance with

current rules and regulations and relevant tribunals.

13. Model and have students apply appropriate standards of

attitude in sportsmanship and etiquette.

14. Understand the legal responsibilities and liabilities of a

coach including risk behaviour, harassment, drug use and

abuse, duty of care, negligence, insurance.

15. Plan a player’s tournament/competition schedule for local

or regional application with appropriate bodies.

LEARNING OUTCOMES - Level 2: Be able to:

1. Use accredited First Aid practices (as developed by Australian

Red Cross or similar) and ensure client safety.

2. Identify physiological and psychological responses to injury

and modify a training program as needed having regard to

rehabilitation progress.

3. Identify and implement anatomical & biomechanical principles

of movement.

4. Demonstrate stroke production techniques & methods of

coaching at advanced level for each of the following:

Forehand, Backhand, Serve & Overhead, Volley, grips, spins,

open stance, kinetic chain of forces and other key

biomechanical techniques, and all related components of

same.

5. Recognise less common flaws and idiosyncrasies in players’

technique and provide appropriate advanced correction.

6. Apply advanced tactics and strategies relating to all strokes

and components during advanced games and drills.

7. Demonstrate (a) methods of coaching the return of wide

serves, (b) use of video analysis, (c) use of ball machine.

8. Conduct tournaments & competitions - plan, organise and

implement all tournament types identifying seedings, facilities,

players, organise equipment and officials.

9. Evaluate match results and develop performance

enhancement strategies of focusing, mental rehearsal, and

apply game plans in-match and post-match.

10. Prepare and conduct activities for disabled persons.

11. Conduct, evaluate, monitor, and analyse a long-term training

program for a squad of advanced players.

12. Discuss and apply the following: Differences with

individual v group or squad lessons, fitness and agility,

aerobic and anaerobic, specificity, nutrition: lecture about

court surfaces, business and employment options,

computers and marketing in a tennis business.

Coaches Code of Conduct

1 Treat all students with respect at all times. Be honest and consistent

with them. Honour all promises and commitments, both verbal and written.

2 Provide feedback to students and other participants in a caring sensitive

manner to their needs. Avoid overly negative feedback.

3 Recognise students’ rights to consult with other coaches and advisers.

Cooperate fully with other specialists (eg. Sports scientists, doctors,

physiotherapists etc).

4 Treat all students fairly within the context of their sporting activities,

regardless of gender, race, place of origin, athletic potential, colour,

sexual orientation, religion, political beliefs, socio-economic status.

5 Encourage and facilitate students’ independence and responsibility for

their own behaviour, performance, decisions and actions.

6 Determine, in consultation with students and others, what information

is confidential and respect that confidentiality.

7 Encourage a climate of mutual support among your students.

8 Encourage students to respect one another and to expect respect for

their worth as individuals regardless of their level of play.

9 At all times use appropriate training methods, which in the long term will

benefit the students and avoid those which could be harmful.

10 Ensure that the tasks/training set are suitable for age, experience,

ability and physical and psychological conditions of the students.

11 Be acutely aware of the power that you as a coach develop with your

students in the coaching relationship and avoid any sexual intimacy

with students that could develop as a result.

12 Avoid situations with your students that could be construed as

compromising.

13 Actively discourage the use of performance enhancing drugs,

the use of alcohol and tobacco and illegal substances.

14 Respect the fact that your goal as a coach for the student may

not always be the same as that of the student. Aim for excellence

based upon realistic goals and due consideration for the student’s

growth and development.

15 Recognise individual differences in students and always act with

regard to the student’s long-term best interests.

16 At all times act as a role model that promotes the positive aspects

of sport and of tennis by maintaining the highest professional

standards of conduct.

17 Do not exploit any coaching relationship to further personal, or

business interests at the expense of the best interest of your

students.

18 Respect other coaches and always act in a manner characterised

by courtesy, good faith and integrity.

19 Respect the role of officials in ensuring that competitions are

conducted fairly and according to established rules.

20 Abide by tennis rules, regulations and standards, and encourage

students to do likewise.

21 Ensure physical contact with children is kept to a minimum and

not be cause of any reflection on your character or be a cause

 
 

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