PERFORMANCE
Kent is a very successful county when it comes to performance tennis and is supported by many committed coaches and clubs running high quality coaching and competition programmes.
LTA Supported Performance Clubs
Regional Player Development Centres (RPDCs) focus on players aged 11-14 to provide high-quality coaching environments which enable the best players to train regularly with each other. They nurture the best young players to establish a robust all court-game and prepare to successfully begin playing national and international competitions.
Kent has one RPDC and that is Bromley Tennis Centre
Local Player Development Centres (LPDCs) focus on players aged 7-10 who are developing a love for tennis and aspire to compete at county and regional levels. LPDCs offer a high quality, local daily training environment, which nurtures the development of young players
Kent has four LPDCs across the county and they are Bromley Tennis Centre, Canterbury, Parklangley and Sevenoaks
Further Information
NEWS
Kent Tennis appoint Craig Allen as Lead County Coach
Craig's focus will be to manage the delivery of the County Training programme and junior County Cup teams that represent us in Summer 2021
Contact Craig on craig.allen@kenttennis.org.uk
Craig talks to Chris Doerr - Pathway to American Uni
Chris is a former Kent County Junior who is now the assistant Mens Coach at Florida State - a top US tennis college. Chris talks about his journey to American university and the tennis player pathway in the USA
Its County Cup season, here is a snippet from the above interview about County Cup
Craig talks Performance with Simon Grieve - Full Interview
00.00 Intro of Craig and Simon
01.10 Introduction of Simon, synopsis of playing and coaching experience
03.30 Craig’s synopsis of playing and coaching experience
07.15 Pivotal people/moments in Simon’s career
14.30 Pivotal people/moments in Craig’s career
16.00 Advice for young performance coaches
17.30 Craig’s new role in Kent tennis – overview
20.15 Role and importance of county tennis
33.00 County cup team structure, and selection
41.10 Selection for county training
44.20 Importance of strong coach/ parent relationships
59.25 Young coaches – help/advice with relationship management/mentoring program
Its County Cup season, here is a snippet from the above interview about County Cup