Meet The Team
Michael McDonnell - Level 3 Accredited+ Coach
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Michael is a Level 3 Accredited+ tennis coach, that has 5+ years experience coaching from 2-60+ years old of varying abilities, and has a passion for improving you in an enjoyable way!
He also has playing experience at club and national level for his university where he graduated with a coaching degree.
He's really looking forward to delivering lessons at the park!
Contact:
07443 486 946
Private Lesson Cost:
£25.00 per hour
Lee Hodgkin - Level 2 Accredited Tennis Coach
Lee is a part-time LTA Accredited Level 2 Tennis Coach, passing the course in August 2023 with a Distinction. He has been involved in tennis for over 30 years and has captained Mixed, Men’s and Junior Teams at Pudsey Tennis Club, coordinated multiple Winter Singles competitions and continues to play competitively in Leeds and Bradford Leagues, competing in Divisions 1 & 2 of the Bradford and District League. Lee has a keen interest in the benefits to mental health of an active lifestyle and successfully completed a course in Mental Health Awareness for Sport through UK Coaching in conjunction with Mind Charity. Lee is passionate about tennis and enjoys working with all age groups and abilities to give players skills for life. Additionally, Lee has started delivering small group and cardio tennis classes at Dartmouth Park since February 2024.
Contact:
07958 956 990
Private Hitting Cost - £21 per hour
Danny Burrell - Community Tennis Activator - Level 4 Accredited+ Senior Coach
In 2019, Danny graduated from Leeds Beckett University with a Dean’s Award in Physical Education. During this time, he competed in Grade 3 tournaments for the Men’s 4th to 6th team at university, enabling him to reach his current LTA ranking of 441st nationally. Danny has coached alongside various high level coaches and has learnt much from their methods of coaching. In his role as Head Coach at Pudsey Tennis Club, he coached their junior team to the Bradford and District tennis league final and doubled the amount of players involved in the programme within a year. He has since left his role at Pudsey to further develop the programme at Sandal Tennis Club. By engaging players of varying abilities and ages from various different clubs and parks through fun lessons and friendly competitions, he has seen an incredible interest in his coaching and the coaching programme.
In coordinating tennis programmes in local parks around Leeds, he envisions that working with different clubs and venues in harmony will enable him to achieve his long term goal of increasing tennis participation and access to tennis throughout Yorkshire. The Leeds Community Tennis Programme that Danny coordinates won the LTA Regional Community & Parks Programme of the year in 2020. Furthermore, he is very motivated to learn about new methods of coaching to develop himself and therefore to see a greater development in the players who he coaches. This sparked his desire to undertake his Level 4 coaching qualification, which he completed in 2023. Lastly, he is friendly coach who welcomes everyone to try tennis regardless of their ability! Join in with one of his sessions and you won't be disappointed!
Contact:
07891 271 301