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🎄 The Gift of Tennis – A Perfect Christmas Surprise! 🎾

Looking for a unique and meaningful gift this Christmas? Give your loved ones the gift of fun, fitness, and learning with 6 months of group tennis coaching! Perfect for beginners or those looking to improve their game, this gift is sure to bring joy on and off the court.

🎁 What’s Included:

✅ 6 months of group tennis coaching – Expert guidance in a fun and supportive environment.
✅ Optional Add-On: 6 months of venue membership for just £10 – Play and book courts with your household anytime!

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Welcome

Shephalbury Parks Tennis provides a wide range of coaching opportunities for all levels of play. Our coaching programme is delivered at the newly refurbished courts at Shephalbury Park, where we offer weekly LTA Youth and adult coaching and fun tennis events for the whole family.

With newly refurbished facilities, our coaching programme is the best place to learn and have fun on-court!

How to find us

Shephalbury Park
Broadhall Way
Stevenage
SG2 8NP

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Adult Coaching

Whether you are a regular club player or a newbie to tennis, we have coaching sessions to accommodate the needs of any adult tennis player.

We provide a complete coaching experience for adult players and have a number of weekly coaching sessions to help you improve your game, meet new friends and improve your fitness.

Coaching sessions run throughout the year for 47 weeks of the year. Players can sign up for our weekly programme by taking out a Coaching Plan. Coaching Plans have been developed to help parents and players spread the cost of coaching in one affordable monthly fee, so everyone can enjoy the benefits of professional tuition.

Find a book a free trial below👇🏾

Overview

Tennis is great fun and is accessible to all ages and skill levels. But there are other benefits to picking up a racket and playing…

As well as serving up plenty of smiles, tennis is good for your physical and mental health. It can help lower body fat while improving muscle toning, strength and flexibility. It can even help you to live longer.

In terms of mental health, exercise is hugely important in maintaining a good state of mind. Playing a game of tennis will release those happy endorphins to help you feel great!

It is also a fantastic way to spend some time with family and friends and will provide you with the opportunity to meet new people.

We offer a complete coaching experience for adult tennis players and even offer a free trial session, so you can try a coaching session first. We offer group sessions at each level of play, including a range of courses, clinics and drop-in sessions.

Standards Guide

To enjoy tennis, players want to play with people of a similar standard.  We understand this and therefore have adopted a standards guide to help determine which coaching sessions are right for you:

Standard Description
Beginner Players with little, or no, tennis experience. Any beginner tennis course/session will primarily focus on technique and will help you to develop an understanding of the game and the four main strokes (serve, forehand, backhand and volley). Beginner courses/sessions provide support to help players develop their own style and learn about effective body movement for tennis. They may be taken over a number of months or even up to a year to establish a springboard to intermediate level.
Intermediate Players with a sound tennis background and for the ‘Rusty Rackets’ who have played tennis in the past and who want to get back up to speed. These players can play, sustain a rally, and score. Intermediate courses/sessions will allow players to explore effective techniques and aim to develop confidence in playing points.
Advance Advanced is for those more competent players with match-play experience. Advance courses/sessions aim to develop the player’s tactical awareness, physical fitness and mental focus, using high impact training drills and match play.

Private Lessons

private lessonWhat better way to fast track your improvement than with a one-on-one coaching session – an hour (or two) just for you to develop those areas of your game most important to you!

Individual or small group coaching are a great way of accelerating your learning. Tennis can be a challenging game to master and group coaching is a great way to get started. 1:1 time with a qualified coach can help you improve your game over a period of time. Many players like to supplement their group learning sessions with individuals to get the best of both worlds.

Individual coaching with our coaches will accelerate learning, improve confidence, help master technique, offer opportunity to give your practice or group sessions a focus, and it’s a great workout.

You can choose to go it alone or you may wish to organise a small group (up to 2 players) or play with a friend to share the cost.

To book and for more information please contact us

Junior Coaching

Our junior tennis programmes have been developed in partnership with the LTA to help players accelerate their learning and development. In addition, we offer a complete schedule of after-school and weekend tennis coaching for players aged four years old and up.

Coaching sessions run throughout the year, including during school holidays for 47 weeks of the year. In addition, the programme breaks for Bank Holidays, Easter (one week), Summer (two weeks) and during the Christmas break (two weeks). This helps provide a consistent approach to learning and nurturing player development.

Players can sign up for our weekly programme by taking out a Coaching Plan. Coaching Plans help parents and players spread the cost of coaching in one affordable monthly fee so that everyone can enjoy the benefits of professional tuition.

Find a book a free trial below👇🏾

LTA Youth Tennis

We run courses for children aged 4 – 18, packed full of fun games and dynamic training. We want kids to bring all their energy to tennis; no ‘quiet please’ needed here.

Never held a racket? No problem, our professional coaches will adapt to each individual, to help bring out their best in a safe, secure environment. All kids need to bring is their creative energy, because the programme is designed to grow as they do. Smaller courts and softer balls develop into the real deal as they pick up all the skills and know-how they need.

It will take your youngster to the next level; you’ll see it in their confidence, their skills and even their concentration at school. Not to mention keeping them fit and active. Add some healthy competition to teach them about good sportsmanship (because we all have bad days) and you’ve got a set of skills for life.

LTA Youth has six stages:

Start: 4-11 years – Introductory six-week course
Blue: 4-6 years – Learn the basics
Red: 6-8 years – Serve, rally and score
Orange: 8-9 years – Develop a rounded game
Green: 9-10 years – Test your skills
Yellow: 10+ years – Take your skills further

N.B. Although we’ve assigned ages to each stage these are just a guide. We’ll always put kids in the relevant group based on their ability.

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Start

(Age 4-11)

This is a fun starter course for children who have never played the sport before, or may have played very little. Packed full of fun games and training drills, it also gives parents the chance to join in too.

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Blue Stage

Learn the basics (Age 4-6)

This is an introduction to tennis. Here, we’ll help kids improve their balance, agility and coordination while teaching them about the sport we love. At this stage it’s not about winning or losing, it’s just getting to grips with the basics.

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Red Stage

Serve, rally and score (Age 6-8)

This will look a bit more like the tennis you know. You’ll see overarm serves, rallies and volleys. Coaches will help children to further develop their co-ordination, balance and speed. We’ll introduce relaxed competition here too.

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Orange Stage

Develop a rounded game (Age 8-9)

Time to throw in some tactics, problem-solving, and guides to sportsmanship and leadership. At this stage, children will know all of the rules and will be serving and returning in matches.

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Green Stage

Test your skills (Age 9-10)

This is the big one. It’s time for kids to play on full-size courts. Now it’s all about growing their game by fine tuning and refining the techniques they’ve learned so far.

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Yellow Stage

Take your skills further (Age 10+)

Time to find your game. Playing on a full-size court with the same size balls the pros use, kids will continue to explore different styles on the court, and start to choose their own.

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Private Lessons

private lessonWhat better way to fast track your improvement than with a one-on-one coaching session – an hour (or two) just for you to develop those areas of your game most important to you!

Individual or small group coaching is a great way of accelerating your learning. Tennis can be a challenging game to master and group coaching is a great way to get started. 1:1 time with a qualified coach can help you improve your game over a period of time. Many players like to supplement their group learning sessions with individuals to get the best of both worlds.

Individual coaching with our coaches will accelerate learning, improve confidence, help master technique, offer the opportunity to give your practice or group sessions a focus, and it’s a great workout.

You can choose to go it alone or you may wish to organise a small group (up to 2 players) or play with a friend to share the cost.

To book and for more information please contact us

Holiday Camps

Our Holiday Camps offer a combination of professional coaching, fun games/activities and tennis competition for players of all ages and standards during school holidays.

We create the optimal environment to challenge players at any level of play, whether they want to be the next Roger Federer, looking to try out tennis for the first time, or looking for a fun-filled time on the court. Our focus is to provide a safe holiday camp experience with highly stimulating activities delivered by positive, inspiring coaches.

As part of these camps, you can guarantee a high energy day of tennis and coordination development; our coaching team will teach the children the FUNdamentals of tennis improving technique while challenging their coordination with lots of drills, games and activities.

Recently we introduced a new LTA Youth Team Challenge format to our camps. This is a national initiative by the LTA, a fun competition designed for mini and junior tennis players. Players compete in small teams for points over a short series of challenges, with players receiving certificates, stickers, prizes and medals for their efforts! Each holiday camp will have a different Team Challenge fun theme which will guide the fancy dress and sticker concepts for that camp!

We have two types of camps:

  • Mini Camps:  For players aged 5 – 10 years old
  • Junior Camps:  For players aged 11 – 15 years old

Pricing:

If you hold a Coaching Plan, you can access Holiday Camps with 50% OFF (contact us for your discount code). If you do not hold a Coaching Plan, the camps are £15 per player.

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Coaching Fees

Start out with a free trial session and then get access to our tennis programme, which runs for 47 weeks per year, in one affordable monthly Coaching Plan.

Coaching Plan is paid monthly with no fixed-term contract, making it flexible and, most importantly, affordable! You’ll get priority access and a 50% discount on all tennis camps, competitions and events we deliver. To maximise your game, we recommend attending more than one weekly session; we offer a 25% discount on additional sessions.  The best place to start is to register for one or two weekly sessions online, and you can always contact us or your coach to upgrade to attend more sessions per week!

* A £2.50 one-off set-up fee is payable during registration.

Annual Venue Membership

After completing a free trial, it’s a requirement to become a member of the venue. Each venue has a different membership scheme, but all have a small annual fee that goes directly to the venue to improve and maintain the facilities to a high standard.

When you register, your welcome email will include information about venue membership, which you can purchase directly with the venue after your trial has finished.

If you have any questions about venue membership, please contact us.

Get in touch

 

Need to get in touch with the team? We’re all ears.

Safeguarding

We strive to ensure that all children, young people and adults at risk are safeguarded from abuse and have an enjoyable tennis experience.

Everyone who is involved in tennis has a shared responsibility to support this by promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk.

Reporting a Concern

National Tennis Association (NTA) strongly advise people to read our safeguarding policies and to contact us should they have any concerns.

Safeguarding Policy

Diversity and Inclusion Policy

If you have concerns or wish to report anything, you can contact NTA on: 0330 511 9496 (Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm). For further enquiries please email the Safeguarding Team at safeguarding@nationaltennis.org.uk.