NPL has a thriving Junior section
Coaches
Russell Woods – Head Coach
LTA DCA Licensed Coach
0800 043 0707 or 020 8339 0523
Russell is an enthusiastic coach who loves to push his students to develop their technical and tactical aspects of their game and wants them to feel that they have been pushed physically as well. He believes tennis lessons should be enjoyable and fun, whilst learning new skills. He wants those taking lessons to love tennis, just like he does.
Russell is professional, reliable and friendly and has experience in coaching all ages from 3 to 70 years old, both individually and in groups.
Coaching Programmes
Tennis Whizz Classes is a new and exciting class for your young ones, inspiring pre-school (2-4yrs) children through play and imagination. Each class is based on a story and they do activities and tennis drills that relate to different parts of the story. The stories range from pirate adventures, Into the Dragon’s Castle, Adventures with Dinosaurs and many more!
Mini Red/Orange/Green Classes are the different age groups and the colour is the reference of the type of ball they use and the size of the court.
- Mini Red tennis where the balls are bigger and bounce slower to allow the child time to develop their technique on their shots and make it easier whilst playing on a small court. Ages 5-8 yrs.
- Mini Orange tennis is the next progression where they play on a 3⁄4 court with balls that are smaller and move slightly faster than the red balls. Ages 8-9 yrs.
- Tennis Green is back on the full court with a green ball that is same size as normal hard tennis balls but bounce slower than hard balls to make the transition easier to the full court. Ages 10-11 yrs.
- Yellow Ball is full court and with the normal hard tennis balls and this is for 12 years plus.
We are also involved in:
- Mini Tennis Awards System
- LTA Match Plays in Coaching
- Organising matches against other clubs in the ESG League
- Middlesex Junior Summer League
Club Events
Family Tournament– 2015 date TBC (A Sunday in June)
This is a fun tournament where a junior and an adult form a doubles pair and will play against other pairs in a round-robin format, so everyone is guaranteed a set amount of matches. The winners and runners up in each group go into the knockout part of the tournament to then play for the chance to win the Clayton Cup! There is a BBQ as well to keep the energy levels up!
2014 Winners: Drummond & Jonathan Clarke
Junior Singles Championships – 2015 TBC (A Saturday pm in September)
This is the end of season club championships in the following age groups: 8&U, 9&U, 10&U, 12&U, 14&U & 16&U. It’s a round-robin format followed by the knockout stages! There is a BBQ included for this event and results go towards their LTA rating.
2014 Winners:
8 & Under – Dino Kasier
9 & Under – Ollie Drew
12 & Under- Kieran Bye
16 & Under – Harry Kershaw
Junior Club Sessions
Every Thursday between May – July
Time: 4.45pm – 6pm
Open to members only
Tennis Holiday Camps
We run tennis holiday camps at the club during all school holidays where players will work on all aspects of their game technically and tactically with a mix of drills and fun games!
Time: 10 – 4
Dates:
All School Holidays –
February Half Term
Easter Holidays
May Half Term
Summer Holidays
October Half Term
Xmas Holidays
For more details on dates and prices of tennis camps please visit: http://www.tennisengland.com/tennis-camps-surrey-middlesex.html
To sign up:
If you are interested in signing up please email [email protected] for more details or to book onto a course please call the Tennis England office on 0800 043 0707 or 0208 3390523.