Simon Thomas is the Head Coach and has recently been awarded Gloucestershire LTA Coach of the Year 2016. He leads the coaching programme and has been recognised for widening participation in tennis, using innovative ways to engage players and providing quality coaching through keeping up to date with all latest developments in coaching techniques.
Coaching is offered to junior players from school year 3 up until school year 10. We also cater for teenagers (age 15-18, school years 11-13) with our InBetweeners course. The course is designed to be a link to the adult programme and focuses on game play and tactics.
Coaching equipment is provided and rackets are available for loan if required.
Simon Thomas LTA Licenced Coach will deliver the junior group sessions. Adult sessions are delivered by Simon Thomas and Liz Sim - LTA Registered Coach. We also have a number of tennis assistants who help with group lessons, most of them we have trained trained ourselves and hold a tennis leaders award and some of them also have a coaching qualification.
Individual coaching is available by request - please note that coaching can only be provided by coaches approved by the club management. This is to ensure both the Club and School's quality standards and Health and Safety requirements are met.
To book a place complete the online coaching booking form and once we have received it we will let you know if we have any spaces and different payment methods. For further information or if you would like to be sent a word document version of the Coaching Booking Form please contact Simon & Ruth Thomas, 01242 527811/07952 791083 or email tennis@charltonkingstennisplace.co.uk.