Coaching
This page contains information about Adult Coaching, Junior Coaching, and Individual Coaching - please scroll down to the appropriate section. Available Junior Courses, booking and payment, are shown at the bottom of the page BUT PLEASE DO NOT BOOK BEFORE YOUR READ THE JUNIOR COACHING SECTION OF THE NARRATIVE.
Adult Coaching
Adult Coaching will be on Monday evenings. There will be 2 sessions: Beginners and Intermediate.
The Beginners Session will only run when we have sufficient numbers, but will be from 6.30-7.30pm and will operate on a Pay and Play basis. The cost will be £10 per session (cash on the night). The maximum number will be 8 per session. All sessions will be with our head coach, Bart Wisniewski, and Adrian Willett will be the Session Organiser. The sessions will be open to Club Members but also as ‘taster’ sessions for Non-Members (with a view to joining the Club if they enjoy the tennis). If you want to take part in Adult Beginners Coaching then please send an expression of interest to Adrian Willett: adrianwillett@gmail.com . Please note that ‘expressing an interest’ does not mean that you have to attend every week; the sessions will be Pay and Play.
The Intermediate session will be from 7.30 - 9.00pm, will operate on a Pay and Play basis and is only open to Club members. The cost will be £10 -12 per session (cash on the night), depending on the number of attendees. The maximum number will be 8 per session. All sessions will be with our head coach, Bart Wisniewski, and John Stedman will be the Session Organiser. Coaching will be aimed at the Intermediate/Advance level. If you want to take part in Adult Intermediate Coaching then please send an expression of interest to the Club e-mail: appletonwitheatontennisclub@gmail.com . John intends to organise/administer the weekly sessions using DoodlePoll. All those who express an interest will be added to the DoodlePoll. Please note that ‘expressing an interest’ does not mean that you have to attend every week; the sessions will be Pay and Play.
Junior Coaching Courses
Junior Coaching Summer-Term Courses will commence on Fri 19 Apr 24 and will consist of 13 sessions on the following dates:
19 Apr, 26 Apr, 3 May, 10 May, 17 May, 24 May, 7 Jun, 14 Jun, 21 Jun, 28 Jun, 5 Jul, 12 Jul, 19 Jul.
(There will be a break on 31 May 24 for Half-Term)
Please note that because of the early Easter, this year's Summer Courses consists of 13 sessions, compared with 12 in 2023.
Group 1 [ Yrs 1&2] 3.30-4.15pm
Group 2 [Years 3&4 ] 4.15-5.00pm
Group 3 [Years 5&6] 5.00-5.45pm
Group 4 [Years 7+ ] 5.45-6.30pm
Group 5 [Years 7+ Advanced] 6.30-7.30pm
Sessions will be led by Head Coach Bart Wisniewski. Juniors may be moved between Groups at Bart's discretion. If you are not sure which Group your Junior should be in, then please contact Paul Haines (our Junior Coaching On-line Administrator) hainesp399@outlook.com before booking.
All Parents are also reminded that it is a condition of joining a coaching programme that their children are Junior Club Members (insurance requirements). If you have booked and your Junior is not already a Club Member, then please speak to Rob Scriven/ Becky Morris at your first session, or email the Club, and they will arrange for a Junior Membership payment request to be sent to you.
Bookings are on a first come first served basis; if the course is already full when you try to book then you will be put on a Waiting List. We will monitor the Waiting Lists, and look at increasing the Course sizes if demand dictates.
All bookings/payment must be made using the on-line system below and if possible before the course start date of 19 Apr 24.
(A polite reminder: All our coaching administrators (as opposed to the coaches) are volunteers and we need to streamline our administration processes, as much as possible – please play your part – off-line payments, turning up announced etc, greatly increases the workload for hard-pressed volunteers.)
PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND ADVICE BELOW BEFORE MAKING ANY BOOKINGS - THERE ARE STILL SOME 'QUIRKS' IN THE BOOKING SYSTEM:
Go to the bottom of the page and click on the session that you require. (NB If you have children in different Groups, you will need to make separate bookings for each Group). If you cannot see the Group 5 Course please ensure that you select ‘Load More Results’ at the bottom of the page.
Click on 'Book Now'
You will now need to login to the site with your login/password. If you are not already registered on the site then please send an email to appletonwitheatontennisclub@gmail.com and we will arrange to send you a registration email.
You will now see Your (parent name) with a 'tick box' to the left of your name. DO NOT PUT A TICK AGAINST YOUR NAME - the system will think that you are playing in the session! Click on the '+Add Player' and enter the name of your Junior. If you have another Junior playing in the same session then click '+Add Player' again and add the name of the next Junior (If you have booked before on previous sessions your childrens names may appear automatically).
Now put a tick - click in the box to the left of the name - for each Junior that you wish to play in the session.
You will note that the system has now put a Total Cost in the Basket Summary, to the right. DOUBLE CHECK - that the cost showing is what you expect for the number of Juniors that you are booking into the session.
Click on the 'Terms and Conditions' check box.
Click 'Checkout' and you will now be taken to the payment system (Stripe/Credit Card) to complete the process.
Individual Coaching
Any club member can arrange coaching directly with the Club Head Coach, Bart Wisniewski, at his usual, very good value, coaching rate. Contact: bart.snowberg@hotmail.co.uk Mobile: 07960 145750