Serious About Sport Ltd

What a great weekend Captaining the Sussex 14U Boys at the Weald Tennis Club in Hassocks. The boys just missed out on making the finals losing to Hampshire and IOW on a tie break shoot out. We were both very proud of the efforts of the players, and the team spirit shown throughout the weekend. Great to be supporting Tennis Sussex !

Thanks for the continued support ,cant wait to use this racket.

2023 was an excellent year for the team at Serious About Sport. We have seen the team grow and our programme numbers increase by 300% since our starting point in 2021.

We have players of all levels training with our team, and an increasing number of County players as well as a player pushing for the top 10 in the UK in their age group.

Serious About Sport is about growing the game of tennis, growing the opportunities for players and coaches and creating a pathway of development for our team members. The photo attached to this post is our team running through a coach education session on developing player standards within group training, and to set up the programme for 2024.

We are very excited to see what 2024 brings and to grow the opportunities within Serious About Sport.

We are looking for Level 2 & Level 3 tennis coaches interested in taking up a new challenge across multiple venues in North Sussex. We have full and part time opportunities within our expanding team working within clubs and community venues. Please send your CV to Grant at [email protected] or Rhys at [email protected] if you are interested in joining us or finding out more about the opportunities available.

Are you a L2 or L3 Tennis Coach looking for a new challenge? We are looking to recruit a coach/coaches to join our growing team in North Sussex with the opportunity to work in multiple venues and settings. Are you looking for an opportunity to develop your coaching into a long term career, or simply looking for a new challenge working in a positive forward thinking team then we would love to hear from you. Opportunities are available for a part time or full time position. If you are interested please message me here or send your CV to [email protected]

Applications close on 31st March but we will look to recruit before this date if the right coach comes forward.

Our tennis coaching operation is growing and we are looking for new coaches to join our team in North Sussex. We are interested in hearing from L2 & L3 tennis coaches who are looking for part time or full time work. If you want to be part of a team, and want to get stuck into growing a programme we would love to hear from you. Applications close on 1st March but we will recruit earlier if the right coach/coaches come along before this date. Email your CV to [email protected] if you would like to be considered for a role with our team.

*Thursday Thinking Tennis*

Week 6

We are pleased to be sharing our next thought in the process of developing and improving your programme within your club. From finding our blind spots, to understanding areas that work well or need improvement and prioritising these areas using a RAG rating the next step is to set your goals for improving the offering available.

Goals need to be SMART to be most effective, which means they need to be Specific, Measurable, Agreed, Realistic, and Timed.

So, you could set a goal and say we want increase membership, or we want to provide better coaching but without more details these goals are not effective and who knows if you are achieving them or if you have influenced the outcome.

A SMART goal would look more like this:

The committee or club management agree that they want to have 50 new members, (broken down into 20 new beginners, 15 juniors and 15 intermediate social players) 6 months from now.

By setting a more specific and SMART goal, everyone can focus on how they will achieve this, the strategy for this to be achieved and whether they have been successful at the end of the 6-month period. At the end of the 6 months the goal may have been reached but it also may not, either way a new plan can be set. By reviewing after the time-period set you will be able to understand what was successful and what needs to be improved or changed in the future.

If you would like more information about SAS LTD services, we would be happy to have a chat. Please email [email protected] or visit our website https://www.seriousaboutsportltd.co.uk

First home match of the season for Brighton Panthers Women’s Tennis Team its great to be working the both BUCS teams. Good luck today.

Exciting new coach education opportunity in Sussex in October. Contact Rhys on [email protected] if you would like more details or to book a space.
We are very excited to welcome Simon Wheatley to Crawley Tennis Club and provide the opportunity for coaches to receive cutting edge coach education. Accreditation points available through independent learning.