{"id":278,"date":"2015-08-20T17:21:14","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T07:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?page_id=278"},"modified":"2025-09-04T12:05:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T02:05:45","slug":"future-leaders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/future-leaders","title":{"rendered":"Future Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Future Leaders<\/h1>\n<h3><strong>What is Future Leaders?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Tennis Victoria&#8217;s Future Leaders Program enables our next generation of volunteers to work closely with our local tennis clubs in creating welcoming environments on and off the tennis court.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Program Information<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Camp dates:<\/strong>\u00a023-25 September (2025 Victorian School Holidays)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Duration:<\/strong> 3 days<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Cost:<\/strong>\u00a0$260<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"alignleft\" style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">The camp is designed for Year 9, 10 and 11 students, who are passionate about tennis and want to develop their leadership skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Provides participants with the opportunity to make a difference at their local tennis club, either in regional or metropolitan Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #000000\">As part of the program, participants will:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Attend a three-day Melbourne based camp, to develop important teamwork and leadership skills and work with our team here at Tennis Victoria to develop a project plan to take back to their tennis club to complete.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Work with their club to complete a project which helps build a thriving tennis community\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Upon completion, participants are invited to attend a graduation hosted by Tennis Victoria as recognition for all their hard work.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Why become a Future Leader?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Benefits to the club:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u2714 Make a positive change at your tennis club<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u2714\u00a0Encourage youth involvement and leadership<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0\u00a0\u2714\u00a0Strengthen your club\u2019s future by developing the next generation of leaders<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0\u2714Gain fresh ideas and perspectives to enhance club activities and events<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Benefits to the participant:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u2714 Build leadership skills, confidence &amp; self-esteem<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u2714 Make new friends with like-minded people within the tennis community<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u2714 Gain skills that can be used in all aspects of life<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u2714 Receive guidance from our team here at Tennis Victoria<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Future Leaders has been running since 2001, and since that time we\u2019ve had over 609 graduates from the program, who have given back over 24,360 hours of volunteer time to over 140 local tennis clubs across Victoria.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Australian Open Experience<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>All Future Leaders Graduates each year are also given the opportunity to attend a fun and action packed morning at the AO! Find out what last year\u2019s Future Leader graduates got up to at the AO Experience, proudly presented in collaboration with\u00a0Infosys. Click <a id=\"menur402h\" class=\"fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2025\/01\/27\/ao25-future-leaders-infosys-experience\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2025\/01\/27\/ao25-future-leaders-infosys-experience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> for more information.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">A selected group of Future Leader graduates may also be selected to get involved in the Tennis Victoria Australian Open (AO) Work Force program. Implemented as a pilot program at this year\u2019s AO, the selected Future Leaders volunteered to support the Kids On Court initiative, which has seen over 1,700 Hot Shots Tennis participants from 160 clubs, hit the main stage. To learn more about the AO Work Force program click <a id=\"menur402e\" class=\"fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2025\/01\/19\/upwey-south-stars\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2025\/01\/19\/upwey-south-stars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Don&#8217;t take our word for it<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div>See more of the program on our Instagram Reels:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DAzflvGSCX5\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Future Leaders Camp 2025 Recap\u00a0&#8211; Tennis Victoria (@tennisvic)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DFOp5VaT6dk\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Future Leaders 2024\/2025 day at the AO &#8211; Tennis Victoria (@tennisvic)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DFwI4IITGDa\/?hl=en\">A day in the life of a Future Leader volunteering at the AO &#8211; Tennis Victoria (@tennisvic)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Or hear from three of our amazing Future Leaders, Joshua Wight (Upwey South Tennis Club), Shae Sarris (Upwey South Tennis Club) and Serena Aponso (Knox City Tennis Club)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In conversation with our 2023 Future Leaders\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xjiesTSeqFY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 14px\">\n<div id=\"attachment_42235\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42235\" class=\"size-large wp-image-42235\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2025\/06\/IMG_0470-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2025\/06\/IMG_0470-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2025\/06\/IMG_0470-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-42235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Our 2025 Future Leaders during their graduation at Grace Park Hawthorn Club<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Future Leaders What is Future Leaders? 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Program Information Camp dates:\u00a023-25 September (2025 Victorian School Holidays) Duration: 3 days Cost:\u00a0$260 The camp is designed for Year 9, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5595,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-modules.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-278","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5595"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}