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As you develop, your attention may turn to thinking about what opportunities there are in to stay within tennis and build a career in it. While playing tennis professionally is often the preferred choice, there are also plenty of other opportunities to have a career in tennis. Some of these are outlined below.

Professional Tennis Player
There are opportunities to become a professional player, many feel that starting to play on the senior tour is above them and is something that only the very best players do. While the standard is high, there are some great competitive opportunities and experiences out there for young tennis players that have competed to junior national level. More information on Senior Tennis

Professional Tennis Coach
Developing your skills as a player and increasing your experience of training and competition helps build your tennis knowledge, giving you a head start in the career of professional coaching.

There are various ways to begin depending on your age. There is information on the options available to you within the coaching pathway page.

Refereeing and Umpiring
If you are interested in getting into refereeing and umpiring then there are free introductory seminars and courses you can attend, these will give you an insight into officiating allowing you to see if it is the right option for you. Information on these courses can be found in the Officiating area

Sports Science Support Jobs
Sports science is a growing sector and there are plenty of opportunities to pursue a career in this within tennis. Taking part in the AASE programme will give you an introduction to certain aspects of sports science, examples include physical conditioning and mental skills, and biomechanical tendencies that are present in tennis strokes, thereby providing you with an insight into a variety of different areas of sports science.

To pursue a career in sports science you don’t need to have been part of the AASE program and further information on sports science can be found here.

Sports Development
There is an ever increasing number of jobs available within areas of sports development and with the London Olympics in 2012 the number of jobs available within the wider sports sector is continually growing, some areas to look at include:
Sport England
Sports Coach UK
UK Sport

Retail Sector Jobs / Other Areas of Sports Development / Management / Sports Agent
Tennis qualifications will not only give you in depth knowledge, but completing the AASE Programme will also equip you with life management skills, including communication skills, time management skills and organisational skills that are necessary to succeed in any career. These all give you a good grounding for future involvement in the tennis industry.