Junior Racquets Coaching Swings back into action from September

We are looking forward to getting our junior racquets timetable back in action for the Autumn Term.  We are closely adhering to all the LTA & England Squash guidelines and the sessions have been planned accordingly.  

We have an extensive junior programme for all ages and abilities co-ordinated by highly experienced coaches.  If you are unsure which session would be best for your child, please do speak to our Reception team and they will be happy to help.

Term starts week commencing the 7th September running through to the 20th December (excluding half term 26th October –  1st November) and booking is open now.

Costs vary depending on the session so please do speak to the Reception team for more information and to book.

The sessions available for this term and descriptions for the tennis sessions are as follows:

Tennis!

Mondays

Hot Shots 1 – 4.10 – 5pm
Slammers 1 – 2  5 – 6pm
Team 2 – 6-7pm

Wednesdays

Aces 3 – 5 – 6pm
Tennis Tots 5.10 – 6pm
Hot Shots 1 – 5.10 – 6pm
Team 1  – 6 – 7pm
Aces 1 – 6 – 7pm

Thursday

Team 3 – 5.30-7pm

Saturdays

Hot Shots 1 – 9.10 – 10am
Slammers 1 – 2   – 10 – 11am
Team 1 & 2 – 11 – 12pm

Squash!

Saturdays
Junior Squash – 9.30 – 10.15am

Suitable for junior members aged 7 +, all playing levels.

Wednesdays
Junior Squash – 5.45 – 6.30pm

Suitable for junior members with some playing experience, intermediate to advanced standard.


1 to 1 coaching is also available for your child. Please contact our Racquets Manager Nick Boys on [email protected] or 07810 832774 for tennis bookings or contact Reception for Squash.

Tennis Class Descriptions.

Tennis Tots – The start of your child’s tennis journey, a 45 minute session for children aged 3 to 5 which focuses on hand eye coordination, movement, balance and lots of fun!

Hot Shots 1 – this is a 45 minute starter session for ages 4- 6 we will be covering fundamentals of movement, balance, receiving and sending skills and will work on a racquet skill each week to build a tennis game ready for the next level.

Aces 1 – A 1-hour session for children ages 8-9, this will be your first step onto a larger court for beginners and intermediate players.  We will develop your technique through drills and playing points.  Specific movement, technical improvement and sound tactical awareness will be introduced.  We will aim for you to start playing matches and be ready to move up to the next stage.

Aces 3 – This 1-hour session for ages 8-9 is our performance squad aimed at regular competing players aspiring to county level and aiming to move up to mini green slammers.  Emphasis in this group is on fine tuning technical and tactical elements and increasing the movement range in a drill and rally situation.

Slammers 1 – 2 – this 1-hour session is the first step onto a full court for ages 9-11.  These sessions will be designed to develop your technique and basic tactical awareness for beginner and intermediate players. We will look to push you towards our Slammers 3 performance squad.

Team 1 & 2 – Team sessions are age and ability based 1-hour training sessions for our starters and developers for full court tennis squads.  Working on sound techniques from major academies and adding a sound tactical method of playing to get you playing at a great level.  The next steps are to be invited to our performance level 4 squad.

Team 3 – Our 90-minute ultimate junior session based on ability alone and strictly by invitation only.  This is a minimum county level squad looking to push you to the limit and onto the next level at regional and national standard.  You will be competing regularly and working with a coach on an individual program.

Our tennis timetable can be found here.