Tennis Canada’s Player development handbook outlines High Performance (HP) guidelines, policies and program direction.  This handbook should be used as an ongoing resource tool for our High Performance development.  In addition, the “pathway to excellence” long term plan has been developed.  This document is a blue print for system and performance objectives/needs.  This plan was developed over time using national and international best practices and is available by accessing the following link on the Tennis Canada web site.

The Handbook is divided into the following three sections:

SECTION 1: GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

-       Pathway Overview

-       Competitive Overview

-       International Associations

-       Provincial Associations

-       Tennis Development Staff Directory

SECTION 2: HIGH PERFORMANCE U12 DEVELOPMENT

-       Introduction

-       “Go For Gold” High Performance Tennis Development Centres

-       National Training Centres

-       U12 National/Provincial Training Program

-       Coaching, Sports Science and Canadian Sports Centres

SECTION 3: 13+ DEVELOPMENT

-       Introduction

-       NTC Program and Sports Science

-       IMG/Bolletieri Partnership

-       National Team Program

-       Davis Cup/Fed Cup

-       International Tours

-       Jr. Fed Cup and Davis Cup Team Events

-       Canadian Junior Nationals

-       Tennis Canada Player Agreement/Code of Conduct

-       High Performance Grant

-       Wild Card Assistance

To view the entire Player Development Handbook (PDF), click here.