Meet Our Team
Danny Burrell - Community Tennis Activator - Level 4 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 National Community & Parks Programme of the year in 2021. 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 complete his Level 4 coaching qualification in 2022. 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
Sara Robson - Level 2 Accredited Coach
Sara is an LTA Accredited Level 2 Coach. She has been coaching for over 7 years working at Wickham Tennis Club and The Avenue Lawn Tennis & Fitness Club. Sara has over 30 years of playing experience. During this time, she has had coaching herself and worked hard to develop her game by competing regularly.
Sara has a lot of experience running tournaments within her voluntary roles as Junior Secretory and Ladies Captain. She organised the Junior Open tournament and the Club Championships catering for over 100 players for over 5 years. She has also worked with junior players, developing them from beginners to competing regularly. The knowledge and experience she has had from being a 'tennis mum' has meant that she has been able to relate to parents easily; giving support and empathy. In addition, Sara enjoys coaching adult beginners/ improvers and is looking forward to doing more adult coaching
Sara is very enthusiastic coach. She is motivated by seeing the progress that her players make, and watching a passion and love for the game grow.
Contact:
07966 506 398
Private Lesson Cost - £20 per hour
Stuart Sinclair - Level 3 Accredited Tennis Coach
Stuart started playing tennis at the age of 8 at his local club. He managed to achieve being ranked within the Top 20 for Surrey for the Under 14s. He still competes for his club in league matches and LTA regional tournaments. He has been a coach for 12 years and completed his Level 3 qualification in July 2023. He has taught in all areas of tennis from recreational to performance players, who eventually went to USA to become professional tennis players. His passion is enabling players to acquire skills through constraint-led coaching methods in a enjoyable environment. Stuart is thrilled to share his enthusiasm for coaching with the tennis players at the park!
Contact:
Stuart_G_P_Sinclair@protonmail.com
07427 693 032
Private Lesson Cost - £25 per hour