ITA MENTORING PROGRAM
Creating a comprehensive program to guide the future leaders of our sport
**NEXT CALL**
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Peter Smith (Southern California) - Tuesday, September 21
"Player/Coach Relationships"
Fall Conference Call Series: The ITA Mentoring Program's monthly conference call series will begin on Wednesday, August 25th and will be open to 30 coaches on a first come first serve basis. A veteran coach will serve as the call moderator and will lead the discussion about the predetermined topic. Coaches can register to participate on a conference call by signing up through the ITA website. (all calls will take place at 11:30am EST)
Objective: To create and develop a multifaceted program that allows younger, less experienced college tennis coaches to interact with and learn from veteran college coaches through a variety of settings and learning environments. An effective Mentoring Program will pass on skills, traditions, sport ethics, and pride in the game and our organization.
Target Group: ITA members who have been approximately 5 years or less head coaching experience and all assistant coaches who are ITA members. There are currently about 180 head coaches, 280 Division I assistant coaches and 75 Small College assistant coaches who meet this criteria.
Program Components: The Conference Call component of this program will begin in March. And once each component that will be included in the Mentoring Program has been better formed, a timeline for building out that area will be discussed and finalized.
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1st Call – Wednesday, August 25th
"The Anecdote on How to Effectively Promote" – Tim Cass (New Mexico)
"My intentions is to discuss best practices of involving players parents, alumni, staff, professors, student-body, media and community in your program. How to engage these different groups and the benefits associated with getting these folks involved in your program."
2nd Call – Tuesday, Sept. 21st
"Player/Coach Relationships" – Peter Smith (Southern California)
SPRING 2010 CONFERENCE CALL SERIES
1st Call – Tuesday, March 30th
“As you sow, so shall you reap, or Karmic Koaching” – Dave Fish (Harvard)
"We're going to explore the daily choices we each make throughout our careers, what we choose to do, and what we choose not to do, examining the consequences of those choices on our players, our peers and their players, our profession, and of course ourselves. We will examine whether our desire to achieve desirable ends can ever justify using wrong means, or whether ends and means are inseparable, just as a tomato will always be the result of the planting of a tomato seed."
2nd Call – Wednesday, April 21st
"Coaching Philosophy: What is the Message I Want to Send?" – Ann Lebedeff (Pomona-Pitzer)
"We are going to explore some important questions that coaches should ask themselves: How does my coaching philosophy influence my daily practices, matches, relationships with my players and team? As a coach, should my coaching philosophy closely follow my personal life philosophy?”
3rd Call – Tuesday, May 4th
"Ethics in Tennis" – Bobby Bayliss (Notre Dame)
"Ethics is a word that means different things to different people. Issues that come immediately to mind in the context of our conversation are the behavior of your players, the integrity of your lineup, the reasons for non-renewal of scholarships, integrity in the recruiting process, and the badgering of umpires. I am certain that many of you might have even more pertinent ideas, so bring them with you on the call and let's try to decide what is ethical and what is not."
4th Call – Wednesday, June 9th
"College Coaching as a Career - Navigating your opportunities and building your
resume." -- Billy Pate (Alabama)
"This call will be an interactive conversation designed to provide valuable experiences and tips from our senior coaches on skills every young coach needs to climb the coaching ladder. We will reveal interviewing and networking skills, suggestions for involvement in the industry and explore the many variables that determine success in landing the right job."
