Repetition vs Realism is aimed at all levels of coach who want to enhance their coaching skills, understand the stages of learning, and maximise player development.  

This workshop specifically focuses on learning and enhancing the fundamentals to maximise player engagement and development in group sessions.  

On this 4-hour course, you will:   

• Understand the relationship between two key coaching concepts: repetition and realism  
• Understand the research behind the ‘Stages of Learning’ and how this impacts lesson planning  
• Explore the core structure of a lesson plan and the LTA Technical/Tactical Development Frameworks  
• Understand which parts of a group session demand repetition, and how to create it  
• Understand which parts of a group session demand realism, and how to create it  
• Discover how to find a sweet spot that allow players to practise a skill repeatedly without compromising a realistic simulation of the game  

This is one of two Great Group Coaching workshops aimed at developing your capability of organising and working with players in a group setting.  

Explore Great Group Coaching #1: Discovering & Driving Detail and Great Group Coaching #3: 30+ Drills and Games to End Your Lesson  

Reasonable adjustments  

Reasonable adjustments are available. Please contact UCoach at the time of booking, so that they can support you.  

Qualification candidates  

This is a valid elective module for the LTA Instructor coaching qualification.

UCoach is one of the UK’s largest providers of Assistant (Level 1), Instructor (Level 2) and Coach (Level 3) tennis coaching courses. We have been an LTA Coach Development Centre since 2009 and have trained over 10,000 coaches. We are proud of our reputation as a leading coach qualification deliverer and the coaches we have trained, many of whom choose to stay with us for all their qualifications. 

Our philosophy is in our strapline “It’s all about you.” We take a holistic approach to learning where all coaches are valued as individuals and encouraged to reach their full potential in their own timeframe. We reach out to anyone with a desire to coach. The range of coaches includes young coaching assistants, schoolteachers and leaders of clubs, retired tour players and experienced performance coaches, all with one aim, to develop their tennis coaching skills. We encourage all our partners to be actively involved in our coach education programme and to provide feedback to ensure we maintain a high quality of delivery. 

As well as LTA qualifications at Assistant, Instructor and Coach, UCoach delivers LTA and bespoke CPD courses. Our bespoke courses include First Aid, Mental Health First Aid, Safeguarding and courses relevant to growing a coaching business as well as Mentoring and Skill Acquisition.  

For further information, please visit our website or contact us at administration@ucoach.org.uk.