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Coaching and Juniors
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Duffield Junior Group Coaching Programme 
 Autumn & Winter 2008
Head Coach – James Grindell – 07968 058383

About The Groups

Mini Tennis Pre School  3 -5yrs. Introduction to Mini Tennis.Working on coordination skills, movement, racket skills and basic games in a fun environment.

Mini Tennis Red   5 – 8yrs.At this early stage, children are introduced to the basics of the game. They start developing the core skills of movement and coordination, take part in lots of fun activities and play short matches and team competitions.

Mini Tennis Orange  8 – 9yrs. At the second stage of Mini Tennis the emphasis is on further development. Children learn new shots and techniques to help them rally on a bigger court. Competition includes slightly longer matches.

Mini Tennis Green 10 and under – The final stage in preparing for full court tennis – children at this stage will be bigger and able to cover the whole court. They will further improve their technique and tactics, As well as fundamental athletic skills. Matches are longer.

Mini Tennis Team Squads for players who want to play more than one hour a week, develop match play skills, tactics and willing to play tournaments and for the teams.

Mini Tennis Club Tour – Weekly Mini Tennis tournaments. Red, Orange and Green run on alternate weeks.

U12 / U14 / U16 / U18 Development – Development groups for players who play one or more hours a week. Sessions will include work on the four fundamentals (Technique,Tactics,Physical,Mental) plus matchplay. Players will be encouraged to obtain a rating and develop at their own pace.

Match Play (U12 / U14 / U18) – groups for supervised matchplay. Box leagues, N.C.L. practise etc. Tactical coaching along with doubles teamwork.

Performance / Academy Squad (13 – 18yrs) – Performance Academy Squad is an invitation squad only. Working on basket drills, fitness, matchplay, world tour standard hitting.

Ecclesbourne School - daily/ weekly sessions for all years, weekdays 12.00 - 1.00. Mentoring scheme for older juniors in conjunction with A.V.D.C. and Derbyshire L.T.A.

4pm

MONDAY
Mini Tennis Red
MONDAY
Mini Tennis Orange
TUESDAY
Mini Tennis Red
TUESDAY
Mini Tennis Orange
WED
Mini Tennis Team Red
WED
Mini Tennis Team Orange
THURSDAY
Mini Tennis Preschool
THURSDAY
Mini Tennis Preschool
FRIDAY
Mini Tennis Team Red
FRIDAY
Mini Tennis Team Orange

5pm

Mini Tennis Orange

Mini Tennis Green

Mini Tennis Orange

Mini Tennis Green

Mini Tennis Team Orange

Mini Tennis Team Green

Mini Tennis Red

Mini Tennis Orange

Mini Tennis Team Orange

Mini Tennis Team Green

6pm

Perf. Academy Squad

U-12 Dev’t

Mini Tennis Green

Mini Tennis Green

U-12 Dev’t

U-14 Dev’t

Mini Tennis Green

Mini Tennis Green

U-12 M’Play

U-12 M’Play

7pm

Perf. Academy Squad

U-16 Dev’t

U-16 Dev’t

U-12 Dev’t

U-16 Dev’t

U-16 Dev’t

U-12 Dev’t

U-18 Dev’t

U-14 M’Play

   U-14 M’Play

7.30

Perf. Academy Squad

 

U-16 Dev’t

U-12 Dev’t

 

U-16 Dev’t

U-12 Dev’t

U-18 Dev’t

U-18 M’Play

U-18 M’Play

8 pm

Perf. Academy Squad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday

9.00 – 10.00 Mini Tennis Preschool
10.00 – 11.00,   Mini Tennis Red
11.00 - 12.00,   Mini Tennis Orange                   ALSO     9.00 - 1.00,   Mini Tennis Club Tour
12.00 – 1.00,   Mini Tennis Green

1.00 – 2.00, U-12 Development

  
Please Note :
 • The groups are for any standard except for the Performance Academy Squad.
• The coaching programme will develop with time, so groups may be added due to demand.
Sundays have been left free for potential additional groups and ratings events.
• For Individual lessons please contact James Grindell, 07968 058383 
 
The programme will run in 3 blocks/year.
Block 1 = September – December = 15 weeks - Starting 8th September
Block 2 = January – Easter = 13 weeks – Starting 5th January
Block 3 = Easter – July = 13 weeks – Starting 20th April
 
 
LTA Junior Ratings Tournament
 
Completed on Friday, August 22, 2008
 
Organiser - James Foulk
 
RESULTS
 
        U-10 Boys   
George Finney   beat   Ben Sanders 5-3 4-2
 
         U-10 Girls 
 Millie Davey Smith   beat   Lauren Prince 4-1 4-0
 
         U-12 Boys  
Dominic Collins   beat   Jake Prime 3-5 4-2 10-2
 
        U-12 Girls
Charlotte Devey Smith   beat   Haruna Horie 4-2 4-1
 
        U-14 Boys  
Daniel Lea   beat   Will Chick 6-4 6-4
 
   U-14 Boys doubles
Lea & Chick   beat   Cumming & Lambert 6-3 6-1
  
         U-14 Girls 
Elizabeth Hall   beat   Rebecca Williams 6-3 7-6
  
         U-16 Boys
Edris Nikjooy   beat   Jonathan Hughes 4-6 6-1 7-6
         
                U-16/18 Girls 
 
         U-18 Boys 
Dave Chera   beat   Tom Sanders 6-1 6-4
 
                      
 
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Head Coach
The club is pleased to announce that James Grindell is now working as Head Coach at Duffield.  Both Tom Rushby and Simon Thornewill have joined James and they form the new Duffield coaching team.
 
 
 JIMMY TATTERSHALL - (Duffield player) 
Junior Wimbledon Champion 1957

J.I. Tattersall

                            

Jimmy Tattersall not only played for the Duffield 1st team when he was a junior in 1957, but also won the Wimbledon Boy's Singles title in that year. Look it up on the Wimbledon website, his name goes alongside Roger Federer, Bjorn Borg & others. www.wimbledon.org...About Wimbledon ...History ...Roll of Honour ...Boys Singles.
 
Also, see his name on the boards of previous County winners, inside at the Derby Tennis Centre.
 
 
CAPTAINS LIST 2008
 
All contact details available in the clubhouse.
 
 
NATIONAL JUNIOR CLUB LEAGUE
 
14 & Under - Andy Cumming
 
16 & Under - Stephen West
 
 
 
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DUFFIELD JUNIORS take part in the Adult Championships, 2007. 
 
 
Early rounds of the MEN'S SINGLES saw the inclusion of Duffield juniors Toby Cumming, Curtis Clark, Alistair Isam and Sam West. In the MEN'S DOUBLES, Curtis Clark was joined by Errol his father, and they reached the Quarter Finals. Alistair Isam, Toby Cumming  & Sam West also entered the Doubles while 14 year old Nick Fairhurst made it to the Final, losing out with his partner Hudson Oakenfull. Other ex-Duffield juniors in the Men's Tournament, now all adults, include Nick Wharam, Alex & Julian Harrison, James Foulk, Hudson Oakenfull, Mat Stone & Mark Elks.
 
The LADIES DOUBLES Final included 2 Duffield ex-juniors Ellie McCance & Rikki Shepherd while many of the older members have played at Duffield for countless years!
 
The LADIES SINGLES title was won by Ellie McCance.
 
 
 
Junior Matchplays at Duffield.
 
LTA Junior Matchplays
 
A new series of junior LTA matchplays started at Duffield last year. They were held on some Sunday afternoons and were open to LTA members who either play at the Club or elsewhere. They were run by James Foulk, were very successful and were attended regularly. 
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Floodlights Installed.
 
New floodlights have now been installed on the bottom 3 courts, numbers 3,4 & 5. We now have 6 floodlit courts available for play in the evenings
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All our coaches are "police cleared" and Sian Mason is the Child Protection Officer on the committee. 
 
The 2 basic types of coaching are now freely available, group coaching or individual coaching.
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
              


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