It’s easy to spot a great tennis player at a Grand Slam, but try to spot one before they’ve even mastered their backhand.
In a sense, that’s what U12 Player Development does. It has been identified by best international practices as a critical component for high performance success. Identifying and nurturing talent via the club and competitive structure is another common factor of successful tennis nations. Tennis Canada is in the process of developing a comprehensive system to recruit, identify, nurture and track athletic, talented youngsters (ages 7-12) to our sport. The club structure and national training centres will play key roles in this strategy. The goal is to ensure large quantities of U12 players meet the U12 international player competencies.
