Tennis Coaching

Winter Term 2018

Week Number	Date (commencing Monday)
1	16/04/2018
2	23/04/2018
3	30/04/2018
4	07/05/2018
5	14/05/2018
6	21/05/2018
Half Term	28/05/2018
7	04/06/2018
8	11/06/2018
9	18/06/2019
10	25/06/2018
11	02/07/2018
12	09/07/2018
Spare Week	16/07/2018

Matt Foster – Townsend LTC Head Coach

If you are looking for a tennis coach in St Albans, then Matt Foster is one of the highest qualified coaches working at Hertfordshire clubs.

Long established Townsend members know Matt due to his history and involvement with Townsend. One look at the honours board gives a good indication of his standard, particularly in the doubles arena, but since then Matt has developed both his coaching skills and his profile in the world of tennis.

Now having his Performance Coach Award (level 5) and with a string of successful initiatives and major clubs, we are pleased to have Matt as Club Coach to develop our junior section and offer overall coaching services.

Qualifications

County Week Player
Part 5
Performance Coach Award
Read more about Matt and the other coaches.

Full details of costs and term dates can be found below and on the noticeboards at the club. To book, please email or call as below or post your booking to us. All course bookings must be confirmed with a booking form and payment to secure the place.

Email: mattfoster@townsendsports.co.uk

Call: Matt on 07780 533337

TTC LTD, 40 Snatchup, Redbourn, St Albans, Herts, AL3 7HB

Course Costs

1 hour/week courses
	6 weeks	£47.00
	6 weeks	£47.00
	12 weeks	£84.00

Non Members

The member rates above are applicable for the coaching fee element but a separate non member supplement should be sent in addition to the coaching fee equivalent to £2.00 per week for the whole/half term – this should preferably be by cheque payable directly to Townsend LTC.

Mini Tennis 4 – 10 years

Mini Tennis continues to build and become more popular and we are now running more Mini Red, Orange and Green groups than ever before. We always try to keep the Coach to player ratio at 4 players to 1 Coach, which gives each player more help and guidance during each session.

Our Mini Tennis teams will continue to play in all the local leagues and enjoy the challenge of competition. For the Mini Tennis players who want to play more we will continue to run the Tigers Tennis Academy. This has produced county and regional level players over the past seven years and we hope will continue to do so. Our Mini Red and Mini Green Teams won their Aegon Team Tennis Divisions this Summer!

Spring Mini Red Tennis Lessons

Day	Time	Course Code
Monday	4 – 5pm	TR1
Friday	4 - 5pm	TR2
Saturday	9-10am	TR3

Spring Mini Orange Tennis Lessons

Day	Time	Course Code
Friday	5 – 6pm	TO1
Saturday	10 – 11am	TO2

Spring Mini Green Tennis Lessons

Day	Time	Course Code
Tuesday	4 – 5pm	TG1
Saturday	11 – 12pm	TG2

Junior Tennis 11 – 16 years

We are currently running coaching groups for all ages and standards at the club. Along with the coaching sessions we also run a free Club Night for junior members on a Monday evening from 6.00 – 7.30pm. This provides a great opportunity to play some fun tennis as well as catch up with friends. The social side of the junior section is something the club is very keen to develop and together the coaches and committee will be running events specifically for this 11 – 16 year old age group – check the website for details of future events as they are published.

We have junior teams entered into local events and leagues as well as our own club tournament. Our 14 U Boys team won their Aegon Division this Summer and our 15U Boys came 3rd in the Herts 15U Knockout Cup.

Spring Junior Team Squad Lesson Schedule

Day	Time	Course Code
Thursday	6 – 7pm	JTS1
Saturday	4 – 5pm	JTS2

Spring Junior Improvers/Intermediate Lesson Schedule

Day	Time	Course Code
Saturday	12 – 1pm	JT1
Saturday	1 – 2pm	JT2

Adult Coaching

Coaching is provided in both group and individual sessions for all standards. Monday evening adult classes continue to be popular and Monday morning Ladies groups are growing.

One new initiative that is ever growing in demand is Cardio Tennis. This is a fun tennis workout to fast beat music that really burns the calories. Check out the coaching programme for times and days of our Cardio sessions and ‘get in shape’!

Spring Group Coaching Schedule

Type	Day	Time	Code
Adult Improvers	Monday	7.30pm - 8.30pm	TAIMP
Adult Intermediate	Monday	8.30pm - 9.30pm	TAINT
Ladies	Monday	9.30am - 11.00am	TL1
Cardio Tennis	Tuesday	9.30am - 10.30am	CARDIO 1
	Saturday	9am - 10am	CARDIO 2 (Pay and Play)

Club Nights and Teams

Matt Foster will continue to oversee Ladies and Mens nights on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, organising the play according to standard, time and court availability to make sure that everyone gets a good game. This has worked very well over the past four summer seasons and hopefully the courts will be packed this summer.

Team coaching is available on request and Captains are welcome to contact Matt to arrange any sessions they may wish to organise.

The 2017/2018 season is set to be the busiest yet with the new Euro Clay courts and lights and Cardio Tennis so everything is in place for a great season.

A quick note to thank all the committee for their continued support and their help going into the summer.

Let’s hope for great weather and enjoy your tennis.

The Townsend Coaching Team

Coach (per hour lesson)	Phone	1 player	2 or more players
Matt Foster (PCA Level 5)	07780 533337	£35	£40
Neil Mapel (DCA Level 3)	07944 994041	£24	£28