NEW-LOOK COACHING PROGRAMME AT ST IVES TENNIS CLUB
Our new programme of courses and classes for adults and juniors of all standards started on Saturday September 14 under new head coach Julie Williams and her company JW Tennis.
The courses currently on offer every Saturday are:-
10am – Adults LTA Cardio Tennis sessions
11-11.30 am - Mini Blue Tots Tennis (aged 2 to 4 with a parent attending
11.30am-12.15pm - Mini Red (aged 5 to 7)
12.15-1pm - Mini Orange/Green (aged 8 to 10)
1-1.45pm - Junior/Teen coaching (Secondary School age 11+)
2-3pm - Tennis Xpress course for beginners
3-5pm - Adult Practice and Play for improvers
You can book group and individual coaching via the website www.jwtennis.com
JULIE WILLIAMS has been appointed as head coach by St Ives Tennis Club with her business JW Tennis taking over the club’s coaching programme from Saturday September 14, 2024.
Julie will be leading all adult and junior coaching activities and will also be available for private lessons. Colin Stringer, the club’s coach for the past 24 years, will be independently continuing with some private clients from Mondays to Fridays until December 31.
Julie is an LTA Accredited+ Level 4 senior performance coach with more than 25 years of tennis coaching experience in both development and performance tennis. She has recently added a Level 8 Postgraduate diploma in sports coaching to her vast personal development portfolio and has held many long-standing head coach and self-employed coaching positions with clubs across Somerset and Devon.
Julie has developed many county champions for both Devon and Somerset, as well as having worked for a leading grass roots tennis charity renowned for taking tennis to the masses, particularly within the more deprived communities of the UK.
Off court, Julie has held both management and development positions for Tennis Wales and completed Sport Wales’ Women In Leadership training programme, with other selected governing body officers, for potential future executive leadership positions.
She volunteered in a ‘workforce development role’ supporting Somerset LTA committee, developing and mentoring future coaches, as well as being Somerset ambassador for Judy Murray’s ‘She Rallies’ initiative to inspire future female participation and development within tennis. Relocating to Devon, she undertook a Devon County Coach role, supporting Devon Tennis’s performance training programme.
Julie is looking forward to bringing her business to Cornwall to support St Ives Tennis Club and make an impact for players of all ages and standards, across the local community.
Please do not contact the coaching department to book a court - they cannot help with that.