We have a number of changes in our coaching programme to tell you about.
Junior Coaching
Saturday Junior Coaching. Firstly, our Saturday morning Junior programme will temporarily be withdrawn as Josh is no longer available to coach at this time. We are however able to offer a temporary solution to our Juniors whilst we have no coach for this Saturday session. Mountnessing Tennis Club have kindly agreed that any Juniors who are members of Ingatestone Tennis Club will be able to go along to Mountnessing Club and participate in their Saturday programme at "member" rates. Please see Mountnessing Tennis Club website for further details.
Tuesday Junior coaching. The summer term courses for tots, 5-8 year olds and 7-11 year olds are now open for booking and on our website. These courses will still be run by our coach, Josh.
Holiday camps will be running in the summer and will be available to book online.
Adult Coaching
Josh will from 1st May have limited sessions available for 1:1 coaching, these will be on Saturday late afternoon, Sunday and Tuesday afternoon and evening. Please visit his booking app- details on the club website.
New "Social Coaching" course. Our coach Janine will be running this new course which is for intermediate/improving players who are uncertain about participating in social doubles play. There is a significant difference between playing singles or attending 1:1 lesson and playing doubles. This course will concentrate on all you need to know to have the confidence to join in social doubles at the club. It will cover positioning, strategy and tactics. Janine is an experienced coach who will make this course fun as well as extremely educational. If you feel nervous at the thought of joining other club members at social play this may be the course for you. It will run for 5 weeks from 27th April on Thursdays from 5.45pm to 7pm and is available to book on the club website.
Rackets Refreshers. This course is run by Janine for players who have not picked up a racket in a while. It is still on Fridays but the time is changing to 11.30am to 12.45pm. It will restart on 28th April and run for 5 weeks. It will be available to book online from 21st April.
Improvers. This popular course is back but on a different day to allow members who cannot make its previous slot on Fridays access to the course. This is a drill- based lesson refining tennis skills, aimed at intermediate players looking to improve their match play. Janine will be running the course from Monday, 15th May at 12.15pm to 1.30pm for 5 weeks. It will be available to book online from 21st April.
Tennis Aces. Another drill-based lesson refining tennis skills, aimed at more advanced intermediate players looking to improve their match play. This course is run by Janine from Tuesday, 25th April at 2pm - 3.15pm for 5 weeks and is available to book on the club website.
As well as all these options for coaching the club has social play on Saturday afternoons 2-4pm, Sunday mornings 10am-12noon, Monday afternoons 1.30-3.30pm and Tuesday evenings 6.15pm till 8pm. These sessions are all included in your membership and a great way to mix in and meet other members for some fun tennis. We also have 4 afternoons a year where we have a social "American" tournament open to all (£5 adult, £3 child), where players of all abilities play with each other in a fun, friendly and very social environment, which includes refreshments. Points are won and a cup is given for the player with the most points at the end of the afternoon, as well as a cup being awarded for the player with most points over all 4 American tournaments. For any potential players scared by the idea of competing for points let me assure you that it is frequently the more novice players who gain most points as they are paired with the most experienced players on the day. Our first American tournament of 2023 is on Sunday, 23rd April starting at 2pm. Please join us, have some fun and raise some money for the club.
The club has a 'Social Whatsapp group' so that all members can check out who is attending sessions so if you are not on this and would like to be added please email the club on ingatestonetennis@hotmail.co.uk
Please remember your tennis club is run by volunteers but it is down to all of us to make it a great place to be, so come along, join in and meet fellow members- everyone is always more than welcome :)