Resource library
A library of club resources, templates and best practice to help you find what you need to run your tennis club effectively.
A Self Service Guide to Clubs and Coaches Working Together
Growing your Coaching Programme Guidance
LTA guidance for Model Coach Contract for Self-Employed Coach (individual)
LTA guidance for Model Coach Contract for Self-Employed Coach (company)
LTA guidance for Model Coach Employment Contract for Clubs
LTA Model Coach Contract for Self-Employed Coach (individual)
LTA Model Coach Contract for Self-Employed Coach (company)
LTA Model Coach Employment Contracts for Clubs
Model A: Planning and running your own in-house coaching programme
Model B: Utilising the services of a self-employed coach to provide and administer a club programme
Model C: Coaching programme is run by an external provider set up as a company / legal entity
A Self-Service Guide to Club Governance
Unincorporated Association Constitution Template
Unincorporated Association Constitution Guidance Notes
Company Limited by Guarantee Articles of Association Template
Company Limited by Guarantee Articles of Association Guidance Notes
Unincorporated Association Constitution Template CASC
Unincorporated Association Constitution Guidance Notes CASC
Company Limited by Guarantee Articles of Association Template CASC
Company Limited by Guarantee Articles of Association Guidance Notes CASC
TIA UK Club Business Report 2020
Compliments and Complaints Policy Template
Disciplinary Procedures Template
Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire Template
Membership growth
- Bangor Tennis Club: 'Tennis club increase membership by 45%’.
- The Parsons Green Sports & Social Club: 'Increasing membership with incentives and local outreach on a shoestring budget'.
- Ashtead Tennis Players Club: 'Generating income, membership and junior engagement'
- Flitwick and Ampthill Tennis Club: 'Working with local partners to leverage funding for year-round indoor play'
- Sellindge Tennis Club: 'How a village club increased membership sixfold and opened up tennis to local schools'
- Wetherby Castlegarth Tennis Club: 'Against all odds: Growing membership and opening up tennis with a resilient mindset'
- Redhill Lawn Tennis Club: 'A successful club, coach and schools strategy to open tennis up and grow membership'
Parks
- St Mary's Park: 'Piloting gate access technology: Rejuvenating park courts sustainably to open up tennis in the community'
- Queens Park Tennis Club: 'How a Brighton park venue formed a CIC and created a thriving community tennis hub'
- Leeds Parks Tennis: 'Eliminating barriers: Using ClubSpark and Rally to offer free tennis in city parks'.
- Ashcombe Park: 'Working in partnership with a local authority: Revitalising semi-derelict tennis courts'
- Richmond Upon Thames: 'Park tennis in Richmond Upon Thames'
- Old Town Recreation Ground, Eastbourne: 'A local authority Opening Up Tennis to their local community by outsourcing park tennis operations to a local Community Interest Company'
Gate access
- Rowntree Park Tennis Club: 'Success in lockdown: How a community club is increasing revenue through Gate Access technology'.
- Kempsey Lawn Tennis Club: 'Converting prospects in challenging times with the help of LTA technology.'
- Bath and North East Somerset Council: 'Reviving tennis courts in Bath's destination parks: A successful local authority and LTA partnership'
- Old Town Recreation Ground, Eastbourne - Club success story
Introducing Pay and Play
- Denmead Tennis Club and Wellington Tennis Club: 'Offering pay & play alongside membership'.
- Hull YPI Tennis Club: 'Engaging pay & play users with social initiatives and membership offers'.
- Caerphilly Tennis Club: 'Modernising a tennis offer to generate over 100 new members'.
- Hartlepool Tennis Club: 'Optimising LTA Rally to engage the community with membership pay & play offers.'
Effective club and coach relationships
- Ipswich Sports Club: 'A club and coach relationship driving tennis success'.
- Ackworth Tennis Club: 'A winning combination: How coach and volunteer collaboration turned a club around.'
- Cowbridge Tennis Club: 'Engaging the local community with easy access to fantastic tennis'.
Good governance
- Halton Tennis Club: 'Protecting member and player data in a digital world'
- Leatherhead Tennis Club - 'Leatherhead’s champion approach to succession planning'
- Atlantic Racquet Centre - 'How Atlantic Racquet Centre is measuring positive social impact'
Fundraising
- Easyfundraising.com: 'Don't miss out on free fundraising for your club'
- East Bergholt Tennis Club, Suffolk: How a progressive village tennis club secured new floodlights through crowdfunding
Inclusion
- Riverside Tennis Club: 'A resilient partnership project opening tennis up to young people with disabilities.'
- Brentwood Tennis Club, Sheffield: 'An inclusive coaching programme that proffers the health and wellbeing benefits of tennis to all.'
- Get Set 4 Tennis: 'How crowdfunding united a community to optimise tennis facilities for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).'
- Brentwood Tennis Club: 'A club meeting the ever-changing needs of its community'
- Beverley Park Lawn Tennis Club: 'Engaging adults and young people in the community through inclusive and accessible tennis programmes'
Padel
- East Glos Club: 'How a Cheltenham Club capitalised on Padel tennis popularity'
- Sundrige Park: 'Opening a club to more members of the community through Padel tennis'
- The Triangle: 'How Mid Sussex District successfully launched the first local authority leisure centre padel facility'
LTA Club of the Year
- Hoole Lawn Tennis Club: 'Opening up tennis, smashing membership targets and continually innovating'.
- Giffnock Tennis Squash and Hockey Club: 'Bouncing back from lockdown by championing a safe, inclusive and rewarding tennis environment'
- Grantham Tennis Club: 'More than just a tennis club'
- East Bergholt Tennis Club - 'A thriving community focal point in Suffolk through innovative and inclusive strategy'
Environmental sustainability
- Halton Tennis Centre: 'Striving to become a carbon positive tennis club'
- Hoole LTC: 'How Hoole is making a difference in the community with a green agenda'
Competitions
- David Lloyd Club Renfrew - 'Box leagues go from strength to strength!'