Young Tennis Leader Awards for Carlisle SIS volunteers

14th May 2008

Carlisle City Council Sport and Recreation Team are holding a Tennis Leaders at Bitts Park during half term on Thursday 29th May from 10.00am - 3.00pm.

This is a bolt on to the Sports Leaders Award and is a great opportunity to gain some practical experience working with Children aged 4-10 years old.

The Tennis Leader Award involves 5 hours of practical training looking at issues such as communication and organisation during mini Tennis sessions. This is then followed by 5 hours of Practical experience working alongside and assisting a qualified Coach. This may be assisting with mini tennis sessions at Bitts Park, helping at fun days and competitions or assisting with scoring mini tennis games.

You do not need any knowledge or experience of Tennis to do the course, only Sports Leader skills.

This course is free and you will learn various things including:

Aspects of leadership relating to tennis
Planning and preperation for delivering tennis sessions
Setting up and leading tennis activities
Demonstrating and feeding back
How to score matches
Organising teams and round robin competitions

Young Leaders Awards are an ideal introduction to sports that you are interested in and look great on your CV.

To book a place please contact: Paul Frampton, Sports Development Officer on 01228 817372 or email PaulF@carlisle-city.gov.uk. Places are limited and it will be a first come first served basis - book now and dont miss out!! If you have any questions please dont hesitate to contact either Kate Hansbury on kate.hansbury@cumbriacc.gov.uk or on 01228 601248 or Paul.