Chris was delighted to announce that he was successful in his application to be one of the 270 LTA coaches in the country to train to deliver this very exclusive new Prime Video LTA Youth Girls course.

All coaches attended this new LTA training course at 4 different venues around the UK, Chris choosing Nottingham Tennis Centre in February 2023, where he had the opportunity to learn from those who have created the course to encourage 10,000 new girls to take up tennis.

During the training course, Chris also got to ask former professionals Laura Robson and Jo Ward about their experiences in tennis as a females and also got to play alongside and against them both during the on court session.

An insane two years later, this marked the last Prime Video LTA Youth Girls session as the program concludes after 2 years!!!

A programme that aimed to bring 10,000 brand new girls into tennis within 2 years with the introduction of girl only sessions. Update as of last week was we’ve hit 10,010!!!

It all started with a successful application, a training session with former British No.1 Laura Robson and lift off from April 2023.

Personally a very successful first year, targets hit and an invitation to the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart - a sit down interview with Emma Raducanu, Anke Huber & Sandra Zaniewska - Marta Kostyuk’s coach. A chance to meet and attend Coco Gauff press conference and a sneaky picture with world No.1 at the time Iga Swiatek.

A successful second year also with more targets hit and well over half of the girls still taking part in lessons and some even competing!!