- Step 1
Start here: safety first
First aid and emergency basics come before any training or sport.
- Step 2
Healthy body: move, eat and sleep
Home fitness, Canada's Food Guide and good sleep.
- 10.4 Home Fitness Basics Beginner
- 10.5 Nutrition Basics (Canada's Food Guide) Beginner
- 10.6 Sleep & Recovery Basics Beginner
- Step 3
Pick your sport: tennis and pickleball
Learn the court, the rules and the basic strokes.
- 10.1 Tennis Fundamentals Beginner
- 10.2 Pickleball Fundamentals Beginner
- Step 4
Mind and match: focus and stats
Handle nerves and keep simple match stats.
- Step 5
Help others learn: coaching basics
How to help a friend, a kid or a beginner group learn a sport.
- Step 6
Intermediate: train with a plan
Programmes, meal plans, doubles strategy, mental skills and the coaching business.
- 10.7.2 Sport and Event Safety: emergency action plans, heat, concussion and injuries (education only) Intermediate
- 10.4.2 Training Programmes: progressions and tracking Intermediate
- 10.5.2 Nutrition in Practice: meal planning and food labels Intermediate
- 10.6.2 Sleep Habits: routines and environment Intermediate
- 10.1.2 Tennis 2: consistent rallies, spin, serve placement and doubles Intermediate
- 10.2.2 Pickleball Skills: dinks, drops and doubles strategy Intermediate
- 10.9.2 Mental Skills Training: goals, imagery and pressure practice (education only) Intermediate
- 10.8.2 Match Analysis in Practice: patterns, charts and feedback Intermediate
- 10.3 Become a Tennis/Pickleball Coach (business side) Intermediate
- Step 7
Advanced: performance
Tactics, match analysis, conditioning and life-stage nutrition.
- 10.7.3 Mental Health First Aid Basics and Wellbeing at Work and School (education only) Advanced
- 10.4.3 Strength & Conditioning Concepts: periodisation and injury prevention Advanced
- 10.5.3 Nutrition for Life Stages: sport, ageing and special diets Advanced
- 10.6.3 Sleep & Performance: shift work, travel and study Advanced
- 10.1.3 Tennis Performance: tactics, match analysis and tournaments Advanced
- 10.2.3 Pickleball Competition: tournaments and match analysis Advanced
- 10.9.3 Coaching the Mind: building mental skills in athletes (education only) Advanced
- 10.8.3 Performance Analysis Systems: databases, dashboards and season reviews Advanced
- 10.3.3 Coaching Programmes: lesson plans, group classes, progressions and safeguarding Advanced
- Step 8
Expert: coach, organise and lead
Coaching pathways, clubs, events and safety leadership.
- 10.7.4 Safety Leadership: running safe clubs, events and workplaces (education only) Expert
- 10.4.4 Fitness Coach Pathway: scope, ethics and certification routes Expert
- 10.5.4 Nutrition Education Pathway: evidence and scope of practice Expert
- 10.6.4 Sleep Education Pathway: evidence and when to refer Expert
- 10.1.4 Tennis Mastery: high-performance tactics, match strategy and self-coaching Expert
- 10.2.4 Pickleball Coach & Organiser: clubs, clinics and events Expert
- 10.9.4 Sport Psychology Pathway: professions, ethics and evidence (education only) Expert
- 10.8.4 Performance Analyst Pathway: methods, ethics and working with coaches Expert
- 10.3.4 Coach Developer and Club Leader: running an academy, mentoring coaches, certification pathways Expert