During this stage, players will demonstrate skills, abilities and the desire to continue playing tennis for recreational purposes or show desire to continue pursuing excellence via the OTR Elite Invitational A+ system.

Group sessions form the second stepping stone in our OTR Elite Competitive Pathway.
More variables, higher intensity, more stress and a need for faster thinking are all introduced here with less coach involvement, more self-exploration and team building.
Keystone performance strengths will be introduced here throughout the year.

Prerequisites

• Fulfilled and satisfied the necessary Invitational B checkpoints.
• Ready to be challenged at A level.
• New players – required to train 2 sessions minimum before an accurate assessment can be made.

Mission

The mission of the parent

• Be supportive of the child-player by ensuring that he/she loves tennis as the pressure to perform increases.
• Provide guidance but listen to the child to ensure that training and competing is enjoyable.
• Discuss a child’s goals and aspirations with your child but recognize that increased pressure from the parent may result in decreasing motivation to play.
• Understand the OTR Elite Competitive Pathway that outlines how your child can progress in the sport.
• Encourage children to become responsible for their preparation for tennis.
• Reinforce values such as hard work, personal excellence and sacrifice as they are necessary to be successful.
• Support your child’s decision if he/she wants to switch to recreational tennis.
• Ensure that schoolwork is attended to and that the child is given other normal childhood responsibilities.

The mission of the Coach

• Meet regularly with the fitness coach to ensure a well-balanced and coordinated training program.
• Raise the performance capacity of the players.
• Prepare players to perform at identified competitions, reaching a peak performance at the priority competition of the year.
• Pursue professional development that includes new learning about technical and tactical information and appropriate training for Invitational A stages where strength and stamina should be emphasized.
• Encourage decision-making and self-responsibility for aspects of tennis training and competition.

The mission of the athlete

• Be well-prepared for training and competition including well-organized, rested, hydrated.
• Become increasingly more responsible for own preparation.
• Discuss goals and aspirations with your coach and parents.
• Love training, playing and competing.
• Participate in a complementary sport that is enjoyable.
• Be an ambassador of OTR Elite and the sport of tennis while in Hong Kong and abroad.