ITF Coach Education Programme: Educating and certifying coaches | ITF
Article 10 Oct 2025

ITF Coach Education Programme: Educating and certifying coaches

10 Oct 2025

Coaches who successfully complete courses as part of the ITF Coach Education Programme are awarded a National Association certificate.

Find out more about the levels of certification available to coaches in the table below.

 

Course level Core Competencies Minimum Tutor contact hours
ITF Play Tennis course
  • Work with beginner players and 10 & under children (WTN 40-35 approx)
  • Knowledge of basic tactics and technique
  • Organise simple competitions
  • Use correct equipment and court sizes for starter players
 35 hours

ITF Coaching Beginner & Intermediate Players course (formerly Level 1)
  • Work with beginner and intermediate players (WTN 34-25 approx)
  • Understand and be able to apply the basic training principles needed to coach players from beginner to intermediate levels
 80 hours

ITF Coaching Advanced Players course (formerly Level 2)
  • Work with advanced players (WTN 24 -16 approx)
  • Understand and be able to apply the necessary training principles for coaching beginner, intermediate and advanced players
  • Plan the training and competition programme for advanced players

80 hours
ITF Coaching High-Performance Players course (formerly  Level 3)
  • Work with high-performance players (WTN 15-1 approx)
  • Understand and be able to apply the training practices necessary to help high performance players technically, tactically, physically and mentally
  • Plan and organise the competition schedules for high performance players

88 hours