LTA Tennis Coach  £1,100 (including VAT) 

The new LTA Tennis Coach Qualification is an 11-day qualification, comprising of nine days’ Core Training and two Electives (from a choice of three).

If you want to make the move towards a career in tennis coaching, add coaching individuals to your repertoire, or just upgrade your coaching to the next level, this course is for you.

During the course you will:

+ Gain a developed understanding of observation and analysis and learn how to use this to drive your coaching sessions.
+ Improve your players’ match play via match charting, statistics, goal setting and game-realistic drills.
+ Study and practically use the tactical and technical fundamentals that drive coaching knowledge
+ Understand the basics of Strength and Conditioning for tennis and understand how to implement them with players of any standard.
+ Practically apply a framework that will enable you to better coach players with disability
+ Learn how to build a tennis programme, including how to develop yourself
+ Take a deeper look at doubles coaching: roles, considerations, and patterns.

In addition to the 11 days’ training, you will complete circa 43 hours of remote coursework:

+ 15 hours on a Player Development Project, improving a player over a period of 8 weeks
+ 10 hours of Qualification Experience
+ 10 hours of online units and tests with Subject Matter Experts
+ 4 hours of demonstration and feeding tasks
+ 2 hours spent on the ITF online library of coach education
+ 2 hours on a Group Coaching Task

The Core Training is split into modules of two or three days, and each has a pre-module remote session, which is delivered via Collaborate on LTA Learn by your course Tutor. Coaches must attend all face-to-face and remote sessions.

Coaches can choose two Electives from a choice of three:

Coaching Female Players: From Physique to Technique
Performance Coaching: Standards, Principles & Drills
Improve Players Faster with 4 Learning Strategies

The elective is booked and paid for separately to the Core Training.

The final assessment is a real-life lesson, with a player and venue of your choosing, which you will capture on video using a smartphone. For more details, please see the LTA Assessments page.

Course Prerequisites

Hold the  LTA Instructor qualification (or Level 2 equivalent)
Be LTA Accredited  or hold a DBS/PVG Enhanced Check with Child Barred List certificate applied for in the past 12 months through LTA/Tennis Scotland (volunteer certificates cannot be accepted). A DBS can be accepted if you are on the Update Service - see here for more details. Please note that it may take at least eight weeks for a DBS to be processed and you must hold a valid LTA DBS certificate upon booking.
Have (or have had) a rating of 6.1 (post 2003) or better, have successfully completed the Coach Readiness Test or have previously completed a Play Test (at a minimum of Grade 1).  The Readiness Test can take up to two weeks to be assessed once submitted – please allow sufficient time for this when signing up for the course.

Assessment Prerequisites

Candidates must fully complete all 11 training days (Core and elective) and all coursework tasks before they can book their final assessment. A pass mark from the group assessment on Day 12 must be attained.
Hold a valid certificate of competence in either First Aid at Work (FAW) Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW), Paediatric First Aid (PFA) or have successfully completed the OFQUAL Level 3 in First Aid prior to assessment. This is to ensure you are safe to practice upon qualifying.