
Merlin Van de Braam
@merlinvdb
LTA Head of Coach Development & Support, ITF Coach Commission member, MSc Sport & Exercise Psychology
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http://www.lta.org.uk 29-02-2016 17:13:25
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CPD changes: Shout out to my colleague Matt Smith supported by @Yeisonvlezz who developed and delivered this positive change for the industry.


The evolution of coaching from a methodological perspective in tennis. Very insightful Rafa Martínez and very clearly presented 🤯🤩 👏 Model based, game based, or constraints led? 🤔




“The child is at the heart of it, and we put that first, not the sport.” Merlin Van de Braam Attention tennis coaches! While the @wimbledon action pauses, smash into this playtheirway article & learn how to champion the child's development 👉 playtheirway.org/resources/coac… #Wimbledon




A very wet morning in Sheffield but fantastic to have the refurbished tennis courts at Hollinsend Park officially opened today. The courts haven’t been used for many years and will be a great addition to parks tennis in the city! @ParksSheffield Yorkshire Tennis Premier Tennis


Another great webinar with a leading expert, led by Matt Smith 👏 💥 - if you haven’t been to a webinar yet, get onto the CPD section of LTA.org and book a space!

🗳️Vote Alfie Hewett tonight 7pm for #SPOTY! World no.1 🎾🏆 such an incredibly hard worker, inspirational ambassador for our sport and disability/wheelchair users more broadly. Plus a top-top guy 💪❤️. Credit to his coach Craig Allen bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-p…



"You can’t poor water from an empty cup" "Nervous is normal. Fear is not". Two really important quotes from rhys hanger on the LTA CPD webinar on Mental Health. If you missed it, visit LTA Coach Hub and search "mental health" in the coming weeks. Matt Smith rhys hanger



I had fun recording this Experts in Sport podcast recently with Stuart McErlain-Naylor discussing how performance analysis can inform coaching in elite tennis, and reflecting on the clear links between academic evidence and the performance-based decisions my coaches made during my career.
