"Mandy creates an environment where all are keen to learn, are generous, helpful and kind and above all else, somewhere where no one person is more important than any other. Everytime I work with Mandy I grow as a coach and leave feeling full of new techniques and ideas"

Rob Twyman,

CCA Coach
Mandy Franks
Mandy was voted LTA Coach of the Year 2001 for training the first ever back to back British 18u and 16u male player. Mandy has coached three 18u and 16u British players to championship titles and many players with national and international rankings. She has played sport to a high level including numerous representations for Herts at County week and County cup, satellite circuit experiences and represented England at hockey.
Qualifications

Registered Professional Coach
B'Ed Hons
MA (Physical Education)
MSc (Sports Science)

Mandy has tutored for twenty years and currently tutors all levels of the LTA tutoring spectrum including the PCA Award, Senior Coach, Coach Course, Level 1, Level 2, Coach development courses and Certificate in Tutoring skills. Recently, Mandy has trained an extensive number of coaches on the LTA Individualised Coach Development Programme. Mandy has also been a visiting Lecturer in Sports Science and Physical Education at Brunel University for five years, taught at both primary and secondary schools for 3 years and worked on behalf of the ITF in the middle east.

Specialist areas of knowledge include sports psychology, technical and tactical training, designing and implementing community and performance programmes, mentoring players to develop winning match play methods and mentoring coaches in the workplace.

Mandy set up and developed the first LTA/ITI tennis development and outreach programme in the UK as joint TDO and Head Pro at Batchwood, St Albans in 1988. This led to working on behalf of the LTA to train a further 14 ITI TDO's and assist in the design and implementation of their programmes. She then initiated Batchwood to become the first performance LTA centre/club and recently one of the first four LTA/High Performance Centres.

Mandy has travelled extensively to international junior and senior tournaments and her work involves developing young talented players from mini tennis into promising performance players. She has trained national age group winners and players who have achieved top 100 junior ITF rankings who have gone on to the WTA and ATP tours.
 
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