Why learn to play tennis at Oxshott?
Attending the Oxshott Coaching programme not only enables your child to learn the game of tennis but also multiple life skills at the same time. From an early age, children focus on building and maintaining friendly relationships with other children at the club and coaches during their lessons. Children also quickly learn that success’ and failure’s happen in sport, from missing and making a forehand in their first lesson to winning and losing tournament finals. They are able to deal with these high’s and low’s in a supportive environment from their peers, coaches and parents.
Throughout a child’s tennis journey they continually build on these important skills while starting to develop new and more complex set of life skills, which include: emotional intelligence, personal development, commitment and communication skills.
The junior tennis pathway at Oxshott offers a comprehensive structure for parents and children to progress depending on each child’s aims and ambitions for their tennis career. Whether they want to be able to play socially with friends or want to play competitively at county and regional level, Oxshott Tennis Club provides the necessary structure and expertise to enable your child to achieve their goals.
Our Youth Play classes are perfect for those learning the game and those looking to play socially. Players are introduced to the fundamental techniques of all strokes that will help them gain confidence in their ability. They will develop their tennis in a fun and exciting environment and enable them to play tennis with other children outside of their lessons.
The Club Team sessions at Oxshott Tennis Club are for players who have a good understanding of the techniques required to play competitive matches. Children are able to maintain rallies with other players. Coaching sessions continue to develop the correct techniques whilst working on the tactical aspects of playing a tennis match with players competing in matches both internally and externally.
Our Performance Academy provides top-level coaching, strength and conditioning training with tournament travel and expertise for top junior players. A primary difference to other programmes is that all players work directly with the Performance Academy coaches only for their individual and group training sessions, each player is personally assessed on a weekly basis with player and parent receieving a progress report every 6 weeks.
Our aim is for these players to progress through to become county/regional level tennis players.
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To book onto one of our classes please email James Starr for the direct booking link.
Please note performance academy classes are by invitation only. All enquires can be made to James Starr via e-mail: james@oxshottsports.com or phone 07716 222371.
How To Book Onto Our Groups
We provide an extensive coaching program for children of all ages and abilites. If you are currently participating on one of our programmes, please await a direct link which will be e-mailed to you at the end of each term.
If you are not currently participating in our coaching programme and would like to book onto one of our classes please email James Starr for the direct booking link.
Please note focus performance classes are by invitation only. All enquires can be made to James Starr via email: james@oxshottsports.com or phone 07716 222371.
Terms & Conditions
Booking Rules
Current players are guaranteed a place on their current group or new recommended group (see renewal email) if sign up and payment is made before the end of the current term. After this date unclaimed places will be offered to those on the waiting list and then new players.
Current players must re-book for the new term. Places from the previous term DO NOT roll over and if you fail to re-book your child/children you may lose their place/s in the group. Parents/guardians must ensure sign up is completed via the clubspark website and that all details for the player are correct.
Players can join a course midway through term if there is availability and will pay a pro-rata rate.
Collection procedure
For the safety of your child/children please read the following points carefully:
The parent/guardian is responsible for the dropping off and collection of the player(s) from the courts at the beginning and end of each session and is responsible for naming a primary and secondary contact for collection. If this information changes then please inform us with new contact details. Please notify us if you give permission for your child to go home on their own or meet a parent / guardian in the clubhouse or at any other point within the club. If permission is not given then the coach may ask the child to stay with them until they can see a parent or guardian.
Points of contact
James Starr (Head Tennis Professional)
email: james@oxshottsports.com
Phone number: 07716 222371
Weather Policy
All sessions will run regardless of the weather. We have the use of indoor facilities and coaches will be able to do technical work for the younger children inside. Older children will be able to work on their strength and conditioning as well as their tactical analysis.
In the very rare event that the indoor facilities are booked out and unavailable to us, children are welcome to attend any parallel sessions that run on different days throughout the week if available. However, please be aware that this is very rare and that you should always assume the session is running. Failure to attend a lesson is the responsibility of the parent/guardian and Oxshott Tennis Coaching is not required to offer an alternative lesson in this instance.
No refunds will be given for group coaching or tennis camps.
We do ask that you notify the coach taking the session if you are unable to make a lesson so that they are aware and can plan accordingly.
