TICA Annual Conference - Making Tennis Fun

The 2008 Tennis Ireland Coaches Association Annual Conference will be held at the National Tennis Centre in Dublin City University on November 29th and 30th.

This years Conference will focus on conributions from many coaches, all of whom are currently working in Ireland, and know the Irish coaching scene very well. For the time at an Annual Conference TICA will have simultaneous presentations, alowing delegates to select the subjects they are most interested in. Below is the full conference schedule for the event.

 

Saturday 29th November 

9.00am

  REGISTRATION at the Conference Centre, School of Nursing, DCU

9.30am

 WELCOME DELEGATES:

 Mr. Lyn Jamison, President of Tennis Ireland

 Mr. Des Allen, CEO of Tennis Ireland

 Mr. Liam Cassidy, Chairman of TICA

9.45am

  'TENNIS IS FUN' and 'NATIONAL TENNIS DAY' (Coaches and Club Delegates)

10.30am

 DISCUSSION GROUPS on 'Tennis is Fun' and 'National Tennis Day'

 (Coaches and Club Delegates in rooms around the Conference Centre).

11.15am

  COFFEE at the Conference Centre.

11.30am

  FEEDBACK from the discussion groups. 

12pm

 At the National Tennis Centre:

  • Presentation of Certificates to newly qualified coaches
  • ITN Demo
  • Cardio Tennis Demo
  • Games Based Approach Demo

1pm

  LUNCH at the 'Bialann' Cafeteria

2pm

 'WHEELCHAIR TENNIS ON THE MOVE'

 Pat Crowe with Mark Barry from the IWA (Irish Wheelchair Association)

 Coaches and Club Delegates at the National Tennis Centre.

2.45pm

 FACILITATING FUN - Member Centred Programmes for Tennis'

 Jimmy McDonogh

 'PLAY YOUR BEST POINT ALL THE TIME'

 Owen Casey

3.30pm

  COFFEE

3.45pm

  Presentation of COACH OF THE YEAR 2008 AWARDS

4pm

  Final of the BASKET FEED COMPETITION 2008

4.15pm

  DRILLS OF THE YEAR 2008 competition

5.15pm

  TICA AGM (venue to be announced)

8pm

  Social Eveing at Clontarf LTC - BBQ, drinks, tennis (if desired!)

 

 

Sunday 30th November (at the National Tennis Centre) 

9am

 'TACTICAL TRAINING FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE PLAYERS'

 Garry Cahill

10am

 'THE TEACHING ENVIRONMENT -

 Ideas to Improve Learning for Our Players

 David Wilson

 'VARIETY OF COURT USAGE FORMATS IN HIGH

 PERFORMANCE PRACTICE'

 Aistis Slajus

10.45am

  COFFEE

11am

 'TICA COACHTALK - An Online Social

 Network For Tennis Coaches'

 Liam Cassidy

 'COORDINATING THE SERVE'

 Jim Watt

11.45am

 'MAKING TENNIS COACHING FUN'

 Tim Eaton

 'PRACTICAL WAYS OF DEVELOPING BETTER ATHLETES'

 Aled Hughes

12.30pm

  LUNCH (courtside)

1.15pm

 'THE MAGIC OF MAKING TRAINING

 FUN FOR PERFORMANCE PLAYERS'

 Tadhg Lambe

 'IDEAS ON TRAINING AND DEVELOPING THE

 SLICE BACKHAND'

 Stephen O'Shea

2pm

 'IMPROVING CONSISTENCY AND

 FOCUS THROUGH SCORING AND

 RECORDING'

 Yvonne Doyle

 'TEACHING THE FOREHAND IN INDIVIDUAL LESSONS -

 consistency/attacking/counterattacking'

Stephen Garvin

2.45pm

 'CHECK POINT SYSTEM FOR VOLLEY AND 

 GROUNDSTROKES'

 Aoife Wilson

 'CARDIO TENNIS' - a Fun Workout for the Heart'

 Michelle Bennett

3.30pm

  Close of Conference 2008

 

To sign up for the TICA conference please download the Conference Registration Form below. NOTE: Coaches who are involved in the Continuous Professional Development Programme 2008 will be aware that attendance at the Conference is worth 67 points, and is essential in order to qualify for TICA's group public liability insurance scheme in 2009.

Type Title Size Date
application/pdfConference Schedule PDF Format 145 kbs6th November 2008
application/pdfTICA Conference Registration Form 139 kbs6th November 2008