The 2025 Coach Forums are aimed at coaches with an interest in coaching doubles and helping players feel more confident when playing at the net.

By the end of the session, you will:

• Understand the importance of training net play in doubles early for children
• Be able to develop confidence in your players at the net and be ‘fearless at the front’
• Understand court positioning and how to cover the court to attack and defend at the net
• Understand ways in which you as a programme lead can address local coach shortages and recruitment challenges

On-court session (2 hours 30 minutes)

Designed to take you through the benefits of coaching doubles net play with players at a young age, you'll learn how to help them build confidence coming forward and become more aware of their positioning and court coverage. You will practise exercises and drills at the net that are relevant to all stages of a player’s development journey, ensuring your players are having fun and all active whilst encouraging decision making, aligning to the LTA Youth principles. This will help your players be ‘fearless at the front’, whether in an attacking position covering your territory, or in a defensive phase covering the middle. The session has been developed in collaboration with Rob Smith, LTA Accredited Level 5 Master Performance Coach, LTA Coach Mentor and coach to players from LTA Youth red to ITF juniors, top 100 WTA, Davis Cup and Grand Slam-winning Champions.

Off-court session (1 hour)

Insight shows that recruitment is an ongoing pain point for head coaches, with 1:3 saying that they need at least another one part-time lead coach to fulfil the player demand on their programme. Therefore, off-court this year will focus on how head coaches and programme leaders can grow their own teams and address their local coach shortage. This will be a peer-to-peer session where like-minded and experienced coaches can share and learn from each other as well as the LTA tutor.

The overall duration of this event is 4 hours (2 hours 30 minutes on-court, 30 minutes networking, and 1 hour off-court).

Don’t miss out and book your place now. 

Growing the Game Ltd 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 GTG 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 GTG 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