Set players up for a lifetime in tennis by giving them the fundamental doubles skills to play and love the game. Designed to build your understanding of the core principles, this course will show you how to make doubles fun, engaging, and empowering. Through the pillars of roles, positioning, and teamwork, you’ll learn how to help players step onto the doubles court with confidence.

Principles of Doubles has been developed by Rob Smith and Lorna Woodroffe. Rob is a Level 5 coach and LTA Tutor who has coached players on both the WTA and ATP doubles tours. Lorna is a Level 4 Coach and LTA Tutor, a former Top 70 WTA doubles player, and has represented Great Britain at the Olympics.

On the course, you’ll;

·       Break down doubles into four distinct roles: the Server, the Server’s Partner, the Returner, and the Returner’s Partner.

·       Explore teamwork, positioning, and roles in doubles for players across all the stages of development - from Blue, Red, Orange, Green, and Yellow to Adults.

·       Take away targeted drills designed to develop specific skills for each of the four doubles roles.

·       Discover the principles of the British Tennis doubles system and how to make them meaningful for players at the beginning of their journey.

“If we want players to play the game for life, then we need to prepare them to play doubles, because it’s in the very fabric of our sport.”

Level 3 Coach 

Reasonable adjustments 

Reasonable adjustments are available. Please contact Courtside at the time of booking so that they can support you. 

Courtside is an approved LTA Coach Development Centre covering Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. 

Our organisation offers LTA qualifications at Assistant, Instructor and Level 3. We also offer CPD courses from the LTA official course menu including Safeguarding and Protection in Tennis and First Aid. 

At Courtside we strive to improve lives through tennis. We believe that sport generally and tennis specifically has enormous potential to help people lead their best lives; fun, fitness, friendships alongside skill development and competition are just some of the many life affirming benefits of playing tennis. Coaches are absolutely key to facilitating opportunities and “growing the game”.  

We believe strongly that the person comes first, we aim to respect each individual and build on their strengths whilst deepening their knowledge of the game and the industry, preparing them to grow the game and improve lives through tennis. At Courtside candidates enjoy their Coach Education experience from our excellent customer service through to a first-class delivery team in fantastic facilities. We look forward to seeing you on court soon to start or continue your Coach Education journey.  

For further information please visit our website or contact our Coach Education Manager Mel Phillips on mel.phillips@growingthegame.co.uk