USTA Northern provides a number of training opportunities to its members for minimal cost. If you are looking to sharpen your teaching methods, learn new ones or are interested in finding new ways to get involved with tennis, then USTA Northern trainings and workshops are for you. To learn about the different type of opportunities available, please click here.
Recreational Coach Workshops
Recreational Coach Workshops (RCWs) provide participants with a solid foundation for teaching tennis at the recreational level. The workshops are conducted by a USTA National Trainer. They are ideal for inexperienced teachers, seasonal coaches, or anyone else working with children or adults at the development level. Recreational Coach Workshops emphasize fun ways to teach tennis to both youth and adults!
To see a complete list of RCWs nationwide, click here . If your community is interested in hosting its own Recreational Coach Workshop, please click here for a 2009 new host site packet and application. Once your site is approved, new marketing materials are available to promote your RCW.
Recreational QuickStart Tennis Trainings
This three-hour interactive on-court workshop for beginning tennis teachers, recreational coaches and parents and volunteers working with 10 & under beginning players in a team tennis setting. To learn more about Recreational QuickStart Trainings, click here.
For a QuickStart Fact Sheet, click here .
For a customizable flyer, click here .
For a registration form to host your own Recreatonal QuickStart Training, click here .
QuickStart Training At Life Time Fitness - Bloomington South on December 12
There will be a QuickStart Tennis Recreation Coaches Workshop on Saturday, December 12, from 2:30-6:00 p.m. at Life Time Fitness - Bloomington South in Bloomington, Minn. This workshop is for Jr. Team Tennis Coaches, Recreational Instructors, Parents/Volunteers and Teaching Professionals. There is a $5 fee for the workshop. For more information, or to register for the event, please contact Mike Johnson at either (952) 830-7990 or at mjohnson7@lifetimefitness.com.
School In-Service Trainings
Designed to train physical educators and out-of-school program providers how to teach tennis to large groups of students in limited spaces (gymnasiums, playgrounds) with a teacher-to-student ration of typically 1 to 30 or higher. Large group management techniques and station-based teaching is core to the in-service program (3 hours).
If your community is interested in hosting an RCW, QuickStart Tennis or School In-Service Training, please call Tony Stingley in the USTA Northern office at (952) 358-3289.
Note: A limited amount of RCW and QuickStart Training host sites may be eligible for the funding of permanent QuickStart lines on their courts or other flat surfaces.
2010 CDW In San Diego; National and Section Scholarships Available
The 2010 Community Tennis Development Workshop is January 22-24, 2010 in San Diego. For more information about the workshop, click here.
USTA Northern is offering scholarships for the 2010 CDW. For that application, click here. The Section scholarship deadline is November 20.
Please feel free to contact Becky Cantellano at cantellano@northern.usta.com if you have any questions about these opportunities.