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

Friday 27^th September 2024          Online session                  9.30am – 12.30pm

Monday 30^th September 2024       Practical session               9.00am – 5.00pm

Tuesday 1^st October 2024              Practical session               9.00am – 5.00pm

Wednesday 2^nd October 2024       Practical session                9.00am – 5.00pm

 

Module 2

Friday 25^th October 2024               Online session                   9.30am – 11.30am

Monday 4^th November 2024        Practical session               9.00am – 5.00pm                            

Tuesday 5^th November 2024        Practical session               9.00am – 5.00pm

 

Module 3

Friday 29^th November 2024          Online session                 9.30am – 11.30am

Monday 2^nd December 2024        Practical session               9.00am – 5.00pm

Tuesday 3^rd December 2024         Practical session               9.00am - 5.00pm

 

Module 4

Friday 10^th January 2025                Online session                 9.30am – 11.30am

Monday 13^th January 2025            Practical session               9.00am – 5.00pm

Tuesday 14^th January 2025            Practical session               9.00am – 5.00pm

 

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

 Coaching Female Players: From Physique to Technique  

Monday 9^th December 2024         Practical session               10.00am – 2.00pm

Fee: £40.00

 Performance Coaching: Standards, Principles & Drills  

Wednesday 15^th January 2025     Practical session               10.00am – 2.00pm

Fee: £40.00