The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the individual, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
Framework for analysis may include: | analysis of movement and stroke production: from ground up from contact point back to ground from ball flight back to contact to ground from key aspects of stroke production (e.g. |
Major tennis strokes may include: | forehand backhand volley serve. |
Training aids may include: | cones buckets drop down markers extended net poles ropes balls of different compressions medicine balls. |
Technology may include: | video using camera or phone or tablet monitoring software analysis software (e.g. dartfish). |
Ranges of acceptability may include: | ranges of acceptability for different aspects of stroke production (e.g. knee flexion on serve, separation angle on forehand groundstroke) as published in research journals and books. |
Electronic records may include: | video files media books other electronic files. |
Developmental readiness may include: | gender age ability personality stage of learning previous tennis experience developmental characteristics (e.g. physical, cognitive, psychological, social). |
Training block may include: | series of training or coaching sessions outside of tournaments or competition. |
High performance tennis skills may include: | movement specific to different playing surfaces (e.g. clay, grass, hard court) serve (topspin, slice, kick, flat) differentiation between first and second serve return of serve (first and second serve; offensive, defensive, neutral) forehand groundstroke (topspin) backhand groundstroke (topspin and slice) transition to net volley (forehand, backhand, drive) overhead lob (offensive and defensive) drop shot competitive rally playing on different surfaces (grass, hard court, clay) offensive, defensive and neutral play changing rally tempo routines before serve and serve return and between points, games and sets. |
Key aspects of stroke production may include: | stance footwork preparation swing contact follow through. |
Objectives may include: | cognitive psychomotor affective social. |
Plans may include: | session objectives date, time and duration coach and player roles resources required equipment required activities. |
Safety procedures may include: | court set up liaison with support personnel regarding management of injuries and workloads prevention, symptoms and first aid treatment of common tennis injuries sunsmart procedures equipment checking and usage court safety safe and clear communication systems. |
Activities may involve: | warm-ups and cool downs progressive skill acquisition whole or part skill drills technique-centered drills game-centered rallies whole group station work partner coach cooperation competition singles doubles. |
Relevant legislation may include: | Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and Work Health and Safety (WHS) working with children equal opportunity privacy environmental regulations. |
Organisational policies and procedures may include: | work health and safety risk management communication protocols supervision requirements use and maintenance of equipment and procedures first aid procedures code of ethics. |
Coaching approachesmay include: | on continuum from technique-centered to game-centered combination of technique centered and game-centered. |
Coaching stylesmay include: | direct (i.e. coach makes most of the decisions and learner makes limited decisions, such as command) indirect (i.e. learner makes most of the decisions and coach makes limited decisions, such as discovery). |
Modify may include: | regress activities by simplifying equipment and/or environment (low compression balls, reduce playing space); break down skill into parts and progressively add more parts; reduce decision-making related to tactical outcomes progress activities by changing equipment and/or environment (change ball, increase playing space); encourage use of whole skill; increase decision-making related to tactical outcomes. |
Coaches and support personnel may include: | other high performance tennis coaches physical performance coaches performance analysis specialist physiotherapist dietician sport psychologist. |