Venue webinars
The LTA is hosting a series of support webinars that could help you manage, develop and grow your tennis venue and get more people playing tennis.
You can use these pages to access upcoming webinars and recordings of previous webinars.
How to book?
Click into your area/s of interest below, find a date that suits you, and click on the link titled 'Click here to register'. This will take you to a Zoom registration form.
Upcoming webinars
The Tennis Volunteer Community (TVC) is a gated Facebook group that was set up in 2021 by the LTA and independent volunteer champions.
Its aim is to provide an informal, transparent and helpful online space where volunteers from all over the country can connect, start conversations, exchange ideas and find answers.
As part of this, the TVC run regular Q&As hosted on Zoom.
To find out more about these sessions and previous recording visit their website.
Webinar archive
Finance and funding
easyfundraising is a simple way to generate additional income for your club and will be particularly useful in the coming months when lots of players, parents and supporters will be shopping online anyway.
Whether you have already introduced easyfundraising to your club or you are looking for new ways to diversify your income, this session will give you all the information you need to ensure you don’t miss out on free funds this year.
It’s estimated that we will spend £6 billion as a nation on the Black Friday sales alone, so join us to get your club's share!
Facility development
This webinar aims to give an overview of the options available for covering tennis courts, how to plan and manage the project and how to operate once the facility is in place. It will also explain the LTA Quick Access Loan scheme and explore other funding sources.
The webinar provided guidance on court surfaces with a focus on Artificial Clay and Artificial Grass.
The LTA Property Team talked through the costs and options for floodlighting courts, how to approach your project and planning advice.
Court utilisation and programming
From calculating your own court utilisation through to building an effective programme, this webinar will give you some top tips to help you review the quality of your own programme to ensure it meets the needs of your members as well as the wider community.
ClubSpark
To access the archive of recorded ClubSpark webinars, click the below button:
Club governance
An effective strategic plan should be at the heart of any well run sports club. This webinar aims to set out what constitutes an effective plan, its value, function and who should be involved in the process. We will give you a simple framework to start building out your own plan towards a healthy future.
This webinar will aim to breakdown what can often seem like a complex and confusing topic into something that is easy to understand and relevant to the operation of a tennis venue.
In this webinar, we will look at different types of complaints that may be raised with tennis clubs and provide practical advice about how these should be dealt with both from a legal and best practice perspective, ensuring that clubs adhere to any applicable policies, procedures and Constitutional rules that apply at their respective club.
Club and coach relationships
This webinar recording provided an overview of the principles linked to the deployment of coaches that will help with common queries linked to insurance cover and what coaches at various levels of qualification can deliver.
Here you can find an overview of the deployment principles.
Padel development
A series of one hour practically focussed webinars hosted by Tom Murray Head of Padel.
Padel Development Plan
Delivered by the LTA Property and Padel teams, the webinar will cover the benefits of Padel tennis, the cost of installing courts, the potential financial returns and how to approach your project.
Play and compete
The LTA is introducing the ITF World Tennis Number – a brand new, inclusive and modern rating system for all players in Britain which will replace the LTA Rating System in spring 2021. This webinar introduces you to the ITF World Tennis Number, providing further detail around the principles and the practicalities of how the number can be introduced and used at your venue.
Find out more about the ITF World tennis Number
Briefing video
Sustainability
With the rapid rise in energy bills, we ran some webinars to help venues navigate the impacts of this volatile market.
The online webinar below will share some hints and tips from industry experts, including Carbon Control Limted and the LTA Buying Group. Both will provide guidance on the steps you can take to reduce the impact of the energy price hikes and signpost to further support available to your tennis venue.
Safeguarding
This webinar is for new or existing Welfare Officers to meet the Regional Safeguarding Officers, have an overview of the role and the opportunity to ask questions. This recording covers:
- Starting out in the role
- Venue toolkit and safeguarding standards
- Committee support
- Coach and venue relationships
- Engaging Children and Young People
- Safeguarding concerns