Special Tennis Topics for Parents

Adam Wharf, Head of Performance at i2c, discusses Life Lessons Through Tennis highlighting some less obvious benefits of playing, practising and competing.

In this audio clip Adam Wharf, the Head of Performance at inspire2coach discusses the Importance of Parents in Their Child's Tennis Journey.

Do you know the "7 Crippling Parenting Behaviors That Keep Children From Growing Into Leaders" you want to avoid when your kids are on the tennis court?

The reasons for engaging kids in sport are compelling. Equally convincing are the reasons to start kids playing sport early.

If you’re the parent of tennis-playing children, or a coach of junior tennis players, we highly recommend that watching tennis with children!

Have you started 2020 with a resolution to lose a bit of weight or to get fitter? Tennis - a renowned lifelong sport - can help you improve your health!

We’ve all seen them, those kids who don’t know how to lose - the dreaded tantrum thrower. Parents are embarrassed, many coaches look the other way, opponents get upset. What is the answer?

Recent research indicates that nerves (worrying/feeling nervous) in stressful situations like competitions may not be as bad for children as once thought.

i2c runs tennis programmes at nearly 40 venues so we have a huge amount of insight into what kids and tennis parents are looking for in a tennis programme. i2c Director Richard Marklow reveals the most important elements of a programme.

There is a lot of talk about the benefits of “multisports” and children not being focused on only one sport, particularly at a young age. Tennis and football are sports that tend to be played in different seasons. We interviewed i2c Director Mark Tennant, who leads our Coach Education programme, about how these two sports are complementary.

It isn't news that there are far fewer girls than boys playing tennis. i2c is supportive of high profile initiatives such as She Rallies and Miss Hits that are working hard to improve that balance. So to help both coaches and parents understand the problem - and potential solutions - we interviewed i2c Area Manager, accredited coach and She Rallies Ambassador, Mel Short.

Djokovic’s dominance at the top of the ratings is due not just to his extraordinary physical fitness but to his innovative approach to the mental side of tennis through Mindfulness meditation. No-one in the i2c office is trained in meditation techniques, but we've used our knowledge of Mindfulness meditation to get you started with a short 10 minute meditation.