Rob Gaunt

Level 4 Senior Club Coach Qualified | Coaching at Penarth Windsor LTC | Graduate from Cardiff Metropolitan University in BSc Coaching Science

[Rob Gaunt @RobGTennis]

Great groups to have with us!

Also, if Carlsberg did coaching teams ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

- Ellie (@ellielewis1981)
- Tom B (@tbellingham10)
- Rebecca
- Hayley
- Aakif

Thank you for letting us interrupt your @TheProgressTour @CMetSport @CMetTennis the kids have been down to watch!

[Tennis Squad 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @TennisSquad]

Great energy to kick off today's PDC Camps 🥏

These subsidised indoor sessions run on an alternating basis offering:

🎾 An intro to the performance pathway and matchplay for nominated 7U players.
🎾 Top-up training for committed 11U players.

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

“It would be understandable if each time Liverpool’s players heard Jota’s song, it made some check what they were doing. It would be understandable if each time they needed a goal, minds darted to the occasions Jota rescued them.

“It would be understandable if once apparently invincible title winners stared at the space in the changing room where Jota used to get ready and felt a surge of grief.

“And it is understandable if all of this contributes in some way to where Liverpool are at the moment.”

Liverpool’s slump this season has been endlessly discussed but the long-term impact of Diogo Jota’s death has gone largely unspoken.

Maybe it shouldn’t be, writes @Simon_Hughes__

https://t.co/DkMGJAmFc1

[Stefanos Tsitsipas @stefanos]

Gael Monfils’ hot shots were so spectacular, it was an honor to be on the receiving end of them.

[Tennis Wales @tenniswales]

Mimi Xu vs Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon!

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Lionesses wear the shirt of their first club in training at St George’s Park today. Coaches and current players from those clubs invited to watch training. Great idea. Important to celebrate where careers began and the vital launchpad role of grassroots/development clubs and professional academies (listed).

“I often say to the squad ‘go back to that young girl who first started playing football, think about the happiness those days provided you’,” Wiegman said. “All of the players have had a different journey but their love for the sport will have started at their first club. For them to wear the shirt of their first ever club and to have many people who were key to their development at training is really special.” #Lionesses #WEURO2025

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

CORENTIN MOUTET WITH THE POINT OF THE YEAR AT ROLAND GARROS

HOW? 🤯🤯🤯🤯

[British Tennis Players On Tour🇬🇧 @BritishTennisUp]

BREAKING⚠️

Britain’s top players including Jack Draper have written to the PM to continue the investment into tennis facilities (particularly more indoor courts) check it out🇬🇧👇🏼

Like and retweet to spread the word to help British Tennis🇬🇧🙏🏼 @the_LTA

https://t.co/V0skMKuVLi

[LTA @the_LTA]

Britain’s top tennis players have come together to write to the Prime Minister urging him to continue UK Government investment in facilities 🎾

Read the letter here ⤵️

[Bastien Fachan @BastienFachan]

Roland-Garros narrated by Rafael Nadal.

Chills 🥹

[Grizz Khan @GrizzKhan]

❤️🔴✊🏾
#LFC

[José Morgado @josemorgado]

Carlos Alcaraz.

Insane and absurd.

[Adam Davidson @adamgdavidson]

I’ll shout about this all day + night because it deserves to be shouted about. Wonderful example of a great coach in action.

[LTA @the_LTA]

From nine year olds doing battle at the National Tennis Centre ⚔️

Now @EmmaRaducanu & Sonay Kartal will be team mates in the @BJKCup in April 🇬🇧

[Tennis Wales @tenniswales]

Well Done to the U9 South Wales County Cup Teams!

Girls- Lacie Weston | Savannah Dury | Eliza Chilcott | Elise Pritchard
Boys- Rupert Hannon | Danny Richmond | Oscar Greyling | Joshua Livingstone

The teams played in Shrewsbury. Shoutout to all the players, parents, and coaches.

[Tennis Wales @tenniswales]

Good luck to the U9 South Wales team, who are competing in the LTA County Cup this weekend in Shrewsbury against other county teams from across Great Britain.

North Wales U9 will be in action next weekend.

[Tennis Squad 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @TennisSquad]

Thankyou for all the messages about the Coaches Webinar where we discussed contracts, visions, managing visitors, reporting & more.

🎧 This is available as a podcast for both Coaches and Committees to listen in 👇

https://t.co/vDauvFvdFZ

[John Adair @JAdairSoccer]

This is probably one of the biggest challenges in coaching right now…

There are so many amazing coaches out there that would like to change for the better and develop themselves, but this expectation of what coaching 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 look like can create a sense of fear especially in young coaches.

We need to create a safe space for coaches to explore in the same way that we want players to.

If we want to get rid of the 𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 and the 𝗷𝗼𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸 coach, we have to change this perception that goes back generations. If we want to players to have a better experience, we have to allow change in coaching to happen without pressure and without fear.

In a world where families are viewed as consumers, we have to continue to put the development of players, and therefore coaches first.

[Matt Smith @msmithtennis]

📢 COACH WEBINAR 🎾‼️

Join us, as we discuss building a strong coach-venue relationship & partnership 💪. With with L4 coach Robert Wedlake @TennisSquad and Head of Sports, Lydia Edgar @BrabnersLLP 🙌

⏰ 09:30-10:30
📆 Wed 5 Feb

Book now👉 https://t.co/wjwI1JjToK

[Temisan Williams @Coach_Temisan]

"£20 an hour...for 10 years."

What do YOU think of this?

A Premier League Academy coach told me that he had been paid the same hourly rate for the last 10 years.

Let's do the maths on how much his total session rate is really worth on £20 an hour.

Three things to take into account first:

1. The total session rate is £60 (3 hours x £20 per hour).

2. The "true" session time is 5 hours considering session planning, set-up, pack-up and other activities.

3. Many coaches have to leave their full-time job earlier (potentially losing money) to make it on time.

So.

For £60 over 5 hours of work:

• £20 hourly rate after inflation (approximately 3%) and tax is about £7.14.
• The total real value of the session rate is just £35.72 (5 x £7.14).

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Coaches play a BIG part in shaping the future of football, but who's shaping the future for them?

Coaching is a career → not just a calling.

[Joel Cressman @JoelCressman]

Contemporary coaching is being comfortable with chaos:

-Limit lines 
-Maximize time on the ball
-Expect mistakes 

Impress the kids, not the parents

[Rush 🐠 @drivevolleys]

Ahahahahsgsgwhs literally. The shoe is on the other foot now Andrew