International Tennis Number 1 Testing Procedure Assessment Guide ITN On Court Assessment
Groundstroke Depth Volley Depth Groundstroke Accuracy Serve
Maximum Score: 90 Maximum Score: 72 Maximum Score: 84 Maximum Score: 108
Mobility Assessment I Maximum Score: 76
Time 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 14 15 16 18 19 21 26 32 39 45 52 61 76
Assessment highest possible score = 430 points
All material is copyright © International Tennis Federation 2004 1 International Tennis Number 1 Testing Procedure Introduction
The ITF International Number or ITN for short was created by the ITF as a tool to help our member nations to increase tennis participation in their countries. We were aware that very few of the ITF mem- ber nations had a national rating system in place and it was recognised that countries that had a na- tional rating system in place tended to have high levels of tennis participation.
I was privileged to have been invited by ITF Executive Vice President, Juan Margets, to chair the ITF International Tennis Ratings Taskforce that was established following the Marketing the Game Summit in 2000. The Taskforce met 4 times between June 2001 and February 2003 and the positive attitude displayed by all of the Taskforce members towards this important project for world tennis as well as their hard work between meetings ensured that a great deal was achieved in a short time. The mem- bers of the task force were:
The members of the Taskforce were: