Anne Pankhurst joins INTOSPORT MEDIA'S advisory team

INTOSPORT MEDIA is delighted to announce that Anne Pankhurst has joined its advisory team. Anne is a world renowned expert in sports coaching and a specialist in long term athlete development.

Anne is currently working in Coach Education in the United States with High Performance coaches and players. Prior to this she was a consultant at the Austin Tennis Academy in Texas advising on player development. Between 1994 and 2005 Anne was Coach Education Director for the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) with responsbility for all coach education and teacher development in the UK from Mini Tennis to Elite Performance. She wrote and developed many coach education materials in that time. Her areas of expertise are coach education, long term player and talent ID and development.

She was also a full time club coach for nearly 25 years, developing young players from beginners to performance players for British tennis. She is the author and editor of a number of recent books for coaches on planning and periodisation, mini tennis and long term athlete development for a number of different sports.

INTOSPORT MEDIA's advisory team comprises leading coaches and experts in sports education that work on an ongoing basis with the company to developintosport.com's Elite Performance Framework (EPF), bringing world class coaching to everyone, online and free of charge.

INTOSPORT MEDIA's Managing Director Colin Miles said "We're thrilled that Anne has agreed to work with us. Anne has a worldwide reputation as a leading expert in tennis and athlete development and I'm delighted that intosport.com's academies will benefit from her experience and vast knowledge"

Anne Pankhurst said "Many people want to learn a new sport, increase their knowledge of one they already play or perhaps help their children learn in the best way possible. Until now coaching in many sports has been expensive and required lessons from a professsional. intosport.com has all the information needed from high quality coaches online and its free. It's technically sound and even includes advice on the physical and mental skills you need to make rapid progress. It is a great pleasure to be part of the intosport team"