Tennis Queensland

2008 Professional Development

2008 was a successful year for coaches in the area of professional development. Tennis Australia in conjunction with Tennis Queensland worked hard to provide coaches within Queensland a vast array of guest speakers, presenting on a wide range of topics. A summary is listed below: 

PD Workshop # 1 

Date:  May 20, 2008 

Location: Club Coops 

 Topics Covered:   

• Fix Your Serve for Life – Craig Tiley
• Core Drills – David Hodge

Price: NA 

PD Workshop # 2 

Date:  July 4, 2008 

Location: University of Queensland Topics Covered:                         

•  Skill Aquisition – Dr Damian Farrow
•  ChildsPlay Marketing – Belinda Foot
•  ChildsPlay Marketing – Karen Clydesdale

 Price: $66.00 TACM, $88.00 Others 

 PD Workshop # 3 

 Date:  September 19 and 21, 2008 

 Location:   Rockhampton 

 Topics Covered:    

• From Tee to Green – Learning from Our Competitors – Gary Calder
• Practical Implications for Modern Skill Acquisition Techniques on the Tennis Court – Constraints Based Learning – Rob Leeds
• Transition Tennis Tactics – David Hodge
• Monitoring & Manipulating Workloads for Tennis – Grant Jenkins

 Price: $66.00 TACM, $88.00 Others 

 PD Workshop # 4 

 Date: October 3, 2008 

 Location: University of Queensland 

 Topics Covered:                          

• Coordination drills for Tennis Players – Machar Reid 
• Movement & fitness drills for the developing athlete – Grant Jenkins 
• Prehabilitation exercises for the young athlete – Grant Jenkins 
• Warming up for fun & success– Grant Jenkins  

Price: $66.00 TACM, $88.00 Others PD Workshop # 5Date: December 12, 2008

Location: Queensland Tennis Centre

 Topics Covered:                        

• Quality Communication – it’s a two way street – Anthony Ross 
• Wheelchair Tennis – coaching athletes with a disability – Greg Crump 
• Wheelchair Tennis – coaching athletes with a disability – David Hall

Price:  $33.00 TACM, $55.00 Others