This course will provide Coaches with the skills needed to offer high quality, comprehensive doubles coaching programmes within their club, park, or centre. The learning outcomes for this course are:
- Understand how to attract and retain more adult players via the provision of a high-quality doubles coaching offer
- Be able to maximise player improvement and satisfaction, through the prioritisation of tactical development over technique, where appropriate
- Understand the importance of task orientated sessions when working with grass-roots and recreational players of varying standards in one session
- Learn and utilise LTA Pair & Play exercises to enhance doubles coaching, including drills on player communication, poaching, switching, and passing shots in doubles
Reasonable adjustments
Reasonable adjustments are available. Please contact the LTA Coach Development Centre delivering this course at the time of booking so that they can support these.
Sunday, 10 August 2025: 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM (Face-to-Face)
Batchwood Tennis Centre
Batchwood Golf & Sport Centre, Batchwood Drive
ST. ALBANS
Hertfordshire
AL3 5XA
Changing Rooms
Toilets
Equipment Hire
Wheelchair Access
Practice Wall
Cycle Racks
Meeting Rooms
Bar
Gymnasium
Showers
Clubhouse
Water Fountains
UCoach is one of the UK’s largest providers of Assistant (Level 1), Instructor (Level 2) and Coach (Level 3) tennis coaching courses. We have been an LTA Coach Development Centre since 2009 and have trained over 10,000 coaches. We are proud of our reputation as a leading coach qualification deliverer and the coaches we have trained, many of whom choose to stay with us for all their qualifications.
Our philosophy is in our strapline “It’s all about you.” We take a holistic approach to learning where all coaches are valued as individuals and encouraged to reach their full potential in their own timeframe. We reach out to anyone with a desire to coach. The range of coaches includes young coaching assistants, schoolteachers and leaders of clubs, retired tour players and experienced performance coaches, all with one aim, to develop their tennis coaching skills. We encourage all our partners to be actively involved in our coach education programme and to provide feedback to ensure we maintain a high quality of delivery.
As well as LTA qualifications at Assistant, Instructor and Coach, UCoach delivers LTA and bespoke CPD courses. Our bespoke courses include First Aid, Mental Health First Aid, Safeguarding and courses relevant to growing a coaching business as well as Mentoring and Skill Acquisition.
For further information, please visit our website or contact us at administration@ucoach.org.uk.