Gary Purcell advises that the first JTI Coordinators call of 2021 has just taken place. Since being introduced in 2020, these meetings have been a great way for regular communication between the JTI Coordinators, the Pacific Oceania Nations and the ITF Development team. Joining the call were also Miguel Crespo, Head of Participation and Coaching (ITF) and Tim Jones, Project Lead Participation (ITF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nations in attendance were:
\u2022 American Samoa
\u2022 Cook Islands
\u2022 Fiji
\u2022 Guam
\u2022 Papua New Guinea
\u2022 Samoa
\u2022 Solomon Islands
\u2022 Vanuatu <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Miguel and Tim gave the attendees some updates from a Worldwide and ITF perspective. Topics in these updates included additions to the ITF Academy and educational resources. Also, the new online reporting platform in development that should be rolled out in the second quarter of this year. It was advised that updated JTI Guidelines will be shared with all active Nations shortly along with letters advising 2021 JTI assistance. A new toolkit is close to being ready, which will give Nations the ability to create promotional material such as posters and online posts with the new JTI logo and personalized information specific to the country. The issue of equipment shipments was addressed and flagged as a priority for all Nations present on the call.
Various topics were discussed, including but not restricted to:
\u2022 What has been happening since our last call three months ago
\u2022 National COVID19 status updates \u2022 School and club activity
\u2022 Competition and development sessions
\u2022 Coaches and deliverers
\u2022 National camps
\u2022 New normal concerning sports www.itftennis.com <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Action points from the call were:
\u2022 ITF to share the links to ITF Academy
\u2022 ITF to share the link to new ITF Safeguarding Children Course
\u2022 ITF to share ITF World article focusing on the Pacific Oceania region
\u2022 ITF to share information on 2021 assistance as well as equipment deliveries as soon as the information is available
\u2022 National Associations to complete JTI report form\u2019s and submit prior to deadline dates
\u2022 National Associations to continue to develop strategies for the attraction and retention of players to align with the ITF 2024 Strategy goal of increasing the number of tennis players worldwide by 30 million in the next 10 years
\u2022 Parents of beginner tennis players: Fundamentals
\u2022 Parents of intermediate tennis players: Fundamentals
\u2022 Optimal Competition Parenting in Tennis
\u2022 Parents of intermediate tennis players: Player Development
\u2022 Parents of intermediate tennis players: Behaviours towards competition <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gary Purcell advises that the first JTI Coordinators call of 2021 has just taken place. Since being introduced in 2020, these meetings have been a great way for regular communication between the JTI Coordinators, the Pacific Oceania Nations and the …<\/p>\n