TENNIS LTA COACH NEW 2024

The new LTA Tennis Coach Qualification is an 11-day qualification, comprised of nine days Core Training and two Electives.   

If you want to make the move towards a career in tennis coaching, add coaching individuals to your repertoire, or just upgrade your coaching to the next level, this course is for you.   

During the course you will: 

· Gain a developed understanding of observation and analysis and learn how to use this to drive your coaching sessions. 

· Improve your players’ match play via match charting, statistics, goal setting and game-realistic drills. 

·  Study and practically use the tactical and technical fundamentals that drive coaching knowledge 

·  Understand the basics of Strength and Conditioning for tennis and understand how to implement them with players of any standard. 

·  Practically apply a framework that will enable you to better coach players with a disability 

·  Learn how to build a tennis programme, including how to develop yourself 

·  Take a deeper look at doubles coaching: roles, considerations, and patterns.  

In addition to the 11 days training, you will complete circa 43 hours of remote coursework: 

·  15 hours on a Player Development Project, improving a player over a period of 8 weeks

·  10 hours of Qualification Experience  

·  10 hours of online units and tests with Subject Matter Experts 

·  4 hours of demonstration and feeding tasks 

·  2 hours spent on the ITF online library of coach education  

·  2 hours on a Group Coaching Task 

Course Description

Duration of the course 
The course is 11 days, comprised of nine days’ Core Training and two Elective days. Once complete, coaches book and submit a video-based Summative Assessment of an individual lesson.  

The Core Training is split into modules of two or three days, and each has a pre-module remote session, which is delivered via Collaborate on LTA Learn by your course Tutor. Coaches must attend all face-to-face and remote sessions.    

The electives are booked and paid for separately to the Core Training. 

The final assessment is a real-life lesson, with a player and venue of your choosing, which you will capture on video using a smartphone. For more details, please see the Assessments page.

Course prerequisites 
For optimal course quality and impact, the LTA Tennis Coach has prerequisites to ensure that the course demands are aligned with your existing knowledge and skills. For LTA Tennis Coach, these are: 

Hold the LTA Instructor qualification (or Level 2 equivalent) 
Be LTA Accredited  or hold a DBS/PVG Enhanced Check with Child Barred List certificate applied for in the past 12 months through LTA/Tennis Scotland (volunteer certificates cannot be accepted). A DBS can be accepted if you are on the Update Service - see here for more details. Please note that it may take at least eight weeks for a DBS to be processed and you must hold a valid LTA DBS certificate upon booking.
Have (or have had) a rating of 6.1 (post 2003) or better, have successfully completed the Coach Readiness Test or have previously completed a Play Test (at a minimum of Grade 1). 

The Readiness Test can take up to two weeks to be assessed once submitted - please allow sufficient time for this when signing up for the course. 

Assessment prerequisites

• Candidates must fully complete all 11 training days (core and elective) and all coursework tasks before they can book their final assessment. A pass mark from the group assessment on Day 9 of the Core Training must be attained. The elective day can be completed before, during or after the Core Training. 
• Hold a valid First Aid certificate of competence - this is to ensure you are safe to practice upon qualifying.

Course Fee: £1000.00

Course Dates/times:

Module 1

Thursday 15^th May 2025                 Online session                 10.00am – 1.00pm

Monday 19^th May 2025                  Practical session               8.00am – 4.00pm

Tuesday 20^th May 2025                  Practical session               8.00am – 4.00pm

Wednesday 21^st May 2025             Practical session               8.00am – 4.00pm

 

Module 2

Wednesday 18^th June 2025          Online session                  10.00am – 12.00am

Monday 23^rd June 2025               Practical session                8.00am – 4.00pm                            

Tuesday 24^th June 2025               Practical session               8.00am – 4.00pm

 

Module 3

Friday 18^th July 2025                    Online session                 10.00am – 12.00pm

Friday 25^th July 2025                    Practical session               8.00am – 4.00pm

Monday 28^th July 2025                Practical session               8.00am - 4.00pm

 

Module 4

Thursday 4^th September 2025          Online session                 10.00am – 12.00pm

Tuesday 9^th September 2025            Practical session               8.00am – 4.00pm

Wednesday 10^th September 2025     Practical session               8.00am – 4.00pm

 

 Electives – must be booked and paid for separately to the Core Days:

 Performance Coaching: Standards, Principles & Drills  

Wednesday 25^th June 2025              Practical session            10.00am – 2.00pm

Fee: £50.00

 Coaching Female Players: From Physique to Technique  

Wednesday 25^th June 2025              Practical session             2.00pm – 6.00pm

Fee: £50.00

Improve Players Faster with 4 Learning Strategies

Monday 8th September 2025           Practical session             9.30am - 1.30pm

Fee: £50.00