The vision of the LTA is ‘Tennis Opened Up’, with our mission ‘to transform communities through tennis’, by making tennis welcoming, enjoyable and inspiring to everyone.
The Wheelchair Performance Pathway plays a critical role in this mission, and we are seeking a high impact, experienced, and highly credible Head Coach - Wheelchair Performance Pathway to ensure Great Britain remains one of the most respected nations in the world for player development. This includes delivering a world-leading Wheelchair Tennis Player Pathway to support and develop wheelchair tennis players to progress from the early stages of performance competition through to an elite international level, with the ultimate ambition being for British players to win Grand Slams titles, Paralympic Games medals and World Team Cup titles.
The Head Coach - Wheelchair Performance Pathwaywill have direct responsibility for overseeing and quality assuring the technical, tactical and performer development content of supported player programs within an interdisciplinary performance environment. Within this they will oversee the case management of all programme players via the National Coach Team and will be directly case manage any Elite players.
The Head Coach will work closely with the Head of Wheelchair Performance Pathway over the strategic direction and delivery of the Wheelchair Tennis World Class Programme, will lead on the weekly delivery of National Training delivery based out of the National Tennis Centre (NTC) and will work jointly with the Head of Wheelchair Performance Pathway to plan and manage effective staffing of major tournaments and non-NTC based development camps and trips. The Head Coach will also undertake direct on-court delivery during National training at the NTC, at performance camps, targeted competitions like Grand slams and other ITF Wheelchair tournaments and within specific medal focused events such as the World Team Cup and Paralympic Games.
The Head Coach will also line manage all other Wheelchair Performance Pathway National and Performance Coaches.
Please note, first stage interviews are looking to take place on the 12th & 13th June, via Teams. Final stage interviews will take place after the Championships, on either the 15th, 16th or 22nd July, at the National Tennis Centre.
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