Tennis Courses

Great Group Coaching #3: 30+ Drills and Games to End Your Lesson

Overview Learn how to create and modify end-of-session games which challenge players’ tactical, technical, physical and mental skills.

Course description

Learn how to create and modify end-of-session games which challenge players’ tactical, technical, physical and mental skills. Player development shouldn’t stop when nearing the end of a lesson; discover how to get the best out of your players by weaving the four performance factors into fun games. Written by Nick Williams and Stuart Twigg, this course teaches you how to transform regular games and drills to be more challenging and purposeful. 

On the course, you’ll: 

• Learn how to create fun and purposeful games 
• Understand how to set up effective conditioned points 
• Learn different organisational formats to maximise players’ time on court 
• Familiarise yourself with how to apply feedback in the most effective way 
• Gain access to a catalogue of 30+ new drills and games 

30+ Drills and Games to End Your Lesson is for all types of coaches – new, experienced, and anyone in between – looking for inspiration on how to vary the end of a session. 

This is one of three Great Group Coaching workshops aimed at developing your capability of organising and working with players in a group setting.

Explore Great Group Coaching #1: Discovering & Driving Detail and Great Group Coaching #2: Repetition vs Realism 

Qualification candidates 

This is a valid elective module for the LTA Instructor coaching qualification. 

Venue:             Leeds Beckett University
Course Date:   27th July 2025
Time:               9.30am - 1.30pm
Course Fee:     £50.00

Venue:             Nuffield, Hull
Course Date:   14th December 2025
Time:               9.00am - 1.00pm
Course Fee:     £50.00

Great Group Coaching: Discovering & Driving Detail

Course description

This is the first course in the Great Group Coaching series.  

When watching tennis, a lot of the detail passes us by – even when we’re experienced coaches.  

Sign up to develop a ‘golden eye’ of observation on which to build your analysis and coaching interventions, so your players get better faster.  

Group Coaching is at the heart of all successful programmes. In this 4-hour CPD, you will learn from industry experts how to successfully organise and engage players in your sessions and programmes. This is the first course in the Great Group Coaching Series, a series purposefully built to develop your capability working with players in a group setting.  

 In the first edition of the series, you will: 

• Understand how observation and analysis skills form the cornerstone of successful group coaching.  
• Learn to use these skills to implement successful coaching interventions that will improve your player’s performances. 
• Explore the core structure of a lesson plan and the LTA Technical/Tactical Frameworks 
• Learn to deliver effective demonstrations.  
• Understand and apply SMART coaching practise.  
• Explore the concepts behind Stress-Testing and giving your players exactly what they need. 

This workshop is for all levels of coach who want to enhance their coaching skills and develop the observation and analysis skills that will allow them to give players the technical and tactical interventions they need. You do not need to have attended both editions of the Great Group Coaching series to attend this course, both courses work independently as stand-alone workshops.  

Qualification candidates 

This is a valid elective module for the LTA Instructor coaching qualification. 

Course Date: 3rd August 2025
Time: 9am - 1pm
Course Fee: £50.00

Leeds Beckett University

Course Date: 7th December 2025
Time: 9am - 1pm
Course Fee: £50.00

Nuffield Tennis Centre, Hull

Overview

The 2025 Coach Forums are aimed at coaches with an interest in coaching doubles and helping players feel more confident when playing at the net.

By the end of the session, you will:

• Understand the importance of training net play in doubles early for children
• Be able to develop confidence in your players at the net and be ‘fearless at the front’
• Understand court positioning and how to cover the court to attack and defend at the net
• Understand ways in which you as a programme lead can address local coach shortages and recruitment challenges

Don’t miss out and book your place now. 

Date

YORKSHIRE - 4 November 2025 - 9.30am–1.30pm - Leeds Beckett University

Cost

£30.00

This course will run in a virtual environment using Zoom. The course covers how to safeguard children and adults at risk by enabling delegates to recognise, respond, refer and record concerns in a tennis environment.

**This course is for all Level 1-5 Coaches and Welfare Officers looking to either join/renew coach accreditation or to get the safeguarding pre-requisite. You will also need to complete this course if your last safeguarding course was the LTA refresher 'Safeguarding in Tennis Together'. **

This is currently a virtual classroom (equivalent to a face to face course) hosted via Teams.

You will be sent a Teams link via email the day before the course starts. Please ensure the email address on your LTA profile is up to date and that you check your spam inbox to ensure you receive the joining instructions.

You do not need to print off anything before the course but may need to write notes as you go along. A handout will be provided after the course.

If you have completed face-to-face safeguarding training within the last 3 years you can take the online safeguarding module  Safeguarding In Tennis Together to renew. Please ensure you book onto the right version, as there are role specific

This enhanced two day qualification is ideal for tennis parents, enthusiasts, or keen players looking for the knowledge and skills to support group coaching sessions, alongside a lead Coach.

Learning outcomes include:

• Communication, organisation and differentiation skills for group coaching
• Basic tactical, technical, physical and mental development frameworks
• Other key assistant skills; from safeguarding to LTA Youth delivery.

Course Dates/Venues

28th September & 26th October 2025
9am – 5pm
Leeds Beckett University LS6 3QQ

9th November & 14th December 2025
9am – 5pm
Nuffield Tennis Academy HU1 2TX