By 2017, Sport England aim to offer every secondary school the opportunity to host a satellite community sports club on its site with a direct link to a local sports club in its area.
Tennis Satellite Clubs will involve a tennis venue delivering regular sessions on a school, college or university site to help more teenagers play tennis.
These clubs aim to grow the number of 14–25 year olds taking part in sport for at least 30 minutes per week, as well as reducing the number of young people dropping out of our sport.
What does a tennis satellite club look like?
Tennis satellite clubs will focus on three key areas: Playing, Leading and Competing. Young people could be bouncing to the beat with Cardio Tennis, taking their first step on the tennis career pathway with Tennis Leaders or competing in Short Tennis, a fun and easy way to play together.
Each Tennis Satellite Club will be expected to deliver a minimum of one activity from each area throughout the course of the year. Young people will also be at the heart of the decision making process of their local Tennis Satellite Club. For example, this could involve young people choosing the activities they want to do or leading on a social media plan to get other teenagers involved.
Tennis Satellite Clubs aim to engage teenagers into tennis as a fun, inclusive and exciting sport, retain them in the sport for longer and transition them into community tennis venues so they can play more tennis, more often.
How and where will tennis satellite clubs be developed?
Tennis Satellite Clubs will be developed across the LTA’s 20 Priority Areas during the Whole Sport Plan Funding period 2013-2017, with a phased approach across the four years.
LTA Tennis Development Managers will work with the local tennis infrastructure to select the most appropriate hub club for the area. Hub clubs will be vital to the successful delivery of Tennis Satellite Clubs and will receive a package of support including: revenue funding, equipment, guidance and resources and promotional materials.
LTA Tennis Development Managers will then liaise with the local County Sports Partnership (CSP) Club Link Maker to identity a suitable host school, college of university.
We’re a school / college and keen to host a Tennis Satellite Club, how do we get involved?
If you and your pupils are keen to host a Tennis Satellite Clubs, you’re first point of call should be your County Sports Partnership (CSP) Club Link Maker. Each CSP has been provided with funding to support the delivery of local Satellite Clubs in a number of sports and they will be able to let you know how you can get involved. To contact your CSP Club Link Maker, please visit the County Sports Partnership Network (CSPN) website.
Sport England Satellite Clubs Guide
Premier League 4 Sport
From September 2013, Tennis will join the award-winning Premier League 4 Sport programme (PL4S).
The innovative PL4S project started in September 2009 and has helped tens of thousands of young people get involved in sport in their local community. PL4S sees Premier League and Football League Clubs acting as a hub linked to community sports clubs, which in turn are linked to local secondary schools to create satellite sports centres.
Tennis Satellite Clubs delivered as part of the PL4S programme will form part of our wider approach to develop satellite clubs across our Priority Areas.
My Tennis Toolkit
Deliverers of Tennis Satellite Clubs (PL4S clubs and hub clubs can now access marketing materials through My Tennis Toolkit.
Please visit the My Tennis Toolkit pages to download the marketing materials
More information
More information on the Premier League 4 Sport programme can be found by clicking, here.
To find out more about Tennis Satellite Clubs in your area please contact your local Tennis Development Manager – contact details can be found by clicking, here.