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The Tour Coach has the ability to supply things that make the player's life easier. Depending on the coach, he/she may be in charge of such things as: getting racquets strung, scheduling court times, lining up hitting partners, making travel arrangements, etc. Yes, he/she may also be helpful in scouting opponents, coming up with strategies for matches, giving soothing advice after losses, and setting up plans for their player's technical and physical improvement.

The job of a Tour Coach or "touring coach" is usually acquired from a variety of factors, including but not limited to, having competed on the professional tennis tour as a player, a track record and reputation of working with and/or developing high level tennis players, a positive rapport and professional relationship with existing tour coaches, players, tennis industry manufacturers.

A major but unfortunate trait of a Tour Coach is the instability and high turnover rate for jobs. Tour Coaches often change jobs, rarely staying with one player for more than several years decade.

Unlike coaches at other levels and in other sports, Tour Coaches are solely responsible for the composition and development of player(s) on the team. The ability to continually connect and improve already accomplished tennis players comprises a major role in success at this level.

Being a Tour Coach is quite different from college or junior coaching. Here, the employer is a professional player and and has a significant portion, if not all, of the power. The coach has minimal leverage. A Tour Coach has a job that can be terminated at the whim of the player. Thus, everything the coach asks the player to do must meet with the assent of the player.

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