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Associate Skillday Course Outline

During the morning session we shall be working with you and the other coaches on the course to specifically improve your core strokes (ground strokes, serves and volleys). Coaches will alternate being the pupil to have their games analysed and developed. This will help you both as the coach and the pupil on the course. During the afternoon session we will aim to add all of the PTR specialist strokes to your repertoire (lobs, smashes, half volleys, drop shots and approach shots). By the end of the course we hope that you will be walking away with a better understanding of your skills ability and the need to improve this for your confidence in coaching and demonstrating tennis skills.

The cost of this course is £10 to qualify you should either hold an associate instructor skills rating or that of a non tested member.

Course timetable

9:00am - 9:30am	Registration
9:30am -11:00am	Serving Skills - Practise the basic techniques required to deliver the certification test skills. Working on your core body balance whilst serving with the correct grips and rhythm. Attention will be placed to placement of the serve.
11:00 -12:30pm	Groundstroke Workout - Break down the components of the forehand drive. Grips, backswings, follow-throughs, stances and stroke placement are all covered. Develop the swing patterns and grip variations on the single and double-handed backhand drive. Footwork and contact points will also be addressed. Controlling the pace of strokes to help assist with the rallying skills.
12:30pm - 1:00pm	Volley Workout - Feeder/coaches to assist players in rotation practise. Develop your continental grip, contact point and movement to the ball. Split-check and ready position along with shot placement and pace will also be discussed.
1.00pm - 2.00pm lunch	Lunch
2:00pm - 3:00pm	Speciality Strokes - We will use group rotation patterns in order to practice half volleys, drop shots and approach shots. Feeding skills are important too so learn how to help your other players look good! We shall improve your footwork and moving patterns on the approach shots, as well as the feel for the strokes required for drop shots and half volleys.
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Speciality Strokes - Lobs and smashes! A chance with the group rotations to have a go at the topspin lobs, specifically working on control of height and length of strokes. Smashes can also be practiced afterwards to ensure we have good technical grounding on the racket preparation and non-dominant arm position for balance.
4:00pm	PTR Wrap up

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