Building Your Coach Pipeline: How to Launch a Coach-in-Training Program

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Racquet Fuel

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62 episodes

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Racquet Fuel provides insights into the best practices and innovations of racquets industry business leaders. Co-hosts Kim Bastable, Director of Professional Tennis Management at the University of Florida, and Simon Gale, Senior Director Racquet Sports Development at the USTA National Campus, help racquets leaders in your ability to grow the game and to improve the experiences you offer to both your staff and players by talking to industry leaders, including USTA executives, authors and innovators. If you are on a career path in racquet sports or already a racquets business leader and you want to stay up to date on ideas and innovations in racquets industry business and leadership, this podcast is for you. Presented by the Athlete+ Podcast Network at the University of Florida Institute for Coaching Excellence.

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Building Your Coach Pipeline: How to Launch a Coach-in-Training Program

Racquet Fuel

26 minutes

1 month ago

Building Your Coach Pipeline: How to Launch a Coach-in-Training Program

If you “can’t find good pros,” this episode shows why that’s on us—and exactly how to build a repeatable Coach-in-Training (CIT) pipeline that grows talent and your business.

Hosts Kim Bastable and Simon Gale make the case for actively inspiring the next generation of coaches—and walk through Simon’s proven CIT framework you can adapt at any club. Kim shares survey data showing only 17% of juniors had considered a racquets career and 60% hadn’t even heard of PTM programs, reinforcing why leaders must make the pathway visible and practical. Simon then breaks down how he formalized CIT—eligibility, responsibilities, and real benefits—so it became a staffed pipeline, not a summer favor.

What You’ll Learn

Why “can’t find pros” is a leadership problem—and the mindset shift that fixes it.
The one visibility move that instantly grows your coach pipeline.
How Simon structures CIT levels so they scale without creating chaos.
A simple compensation path that keeps teens engaged from season to season.
The culture ritual that turns helpers into role models (and parents into fans).
What to put on your website so talent finds you—not the other way around.
The single calendar habit Kim uses to make coach development non-negotiable.

--> Download the COACH IN TRAINING Resource

Hosts:

Kim Bastable - UF Director of Racquet Sports education
Simon Gale - USTA leader & facility executive

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