ELEMENTS

PERFORMANCECRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Plan tennis sessions for junior players.

1.1. Gather and review tennis player information to assess developmental readiness.

1.2. Set tennis session objectives to meet developmental readiness.

1.3. Determine session content to address tennis session objectives.

1.4. Select coaching practices to meet tennis session objectives.

1.5. Develop and document tennis session plans for junior players.

2. Prepare tennis sessions for junior players.

2.1. Prepare facilities, equipment and resources to meet tennis session plan requirements.

2.2. Select and set up equipment for safe use by junior players.

2.3. Identify hazards, assess risks and implement risk control strategies to minimise risk to junior player safety.

3. Conduct tennis sessions for junior players.

3.1. Communicate and confirm junior player understanding of tennis session activity instructions and safe participation requirements.

3.2. Present, sequence and pace tennis session activities according to tennis session plans.

3.3. Select and use communication styles to achieve tennis session objectives.

3.4. Observe junior player practice to assess player ability to perform activities.

3.5. Modify tennis session activities as required to meet junior player needs and environmental conditions.

3.6. Monitor tennis sessions to identify and address risks to junior player safety.

3.7. Analyse player performance and provide feedback to players to improve skills.

3.8. Conduct end of tennis session review to evaluate tennis session plan and inform future tennis session planning processes.

4. Promote good behaviour.

4.1. Communicate and model tennis participation behaviour standards.

4.2. Monitor participation to identify poor behaviour.

4.3. Use behaviour management strategies to address player poor behaviour in accordance with organisational policies and procedures.

5. Reflect on coaching practice.

5.1. Seek feedback from others to identify areas to improve own tennis coaching practice of junior players.

5.2. Reflect on own tennis coaching practice of junior players to identify areas for improvement.

5.3. Analyse findings and incorporate learnings in future tennis sessions with junior players.

5.4. Seek opportunities to address identified professional development needs.

Foundation skills essential to performance in this unit, but not explicit in the performance criteria are listed here, along with a brief context statement.

SKILLS

DESCRIPTION

Reading skills to:

interpret tennis session plans

interpret documents that describe tennis organisational policies and procedures.

Writing skills to:

record attendance.

Oral communications skills to:

use age-appropriate language to engage junior players

ask open and closed questions and actively listen to determine and meet junior player needs

interact with junior players in a polite and positive manner

give tennis instructions to junior players.

Numeracy skills to:

estimate time and space requirements for tennis session activities

sequence activities

pace tennis session activities to meet tennis session plan

manage pair and group work for odd and even numbers of junior players.

Learning skills to:

reflect on personal coaching practices and communication styles as part of the review process

set and monitor tennis session objectives.

Problem-solving skills to:

respond to needs of individual junior players

select strategies to address junior player poor behaviour

respond to environmental conditions.