Country Club Tennis Coaching

                                    Tennis Coaching Tips

Our country club tennis coaching section is designed specifically for those coaches who are coaching at the country club level. This homepage provides tennis articles and resources that cover many of the specific areas related to coaching at country club from tennis lesson plans, coaching junior programs, conducting adult social events, pro-am's, summer camps, pro shop management, coaching ladies groups, managing staff to much more.

Full Time Tennis Program

We have a number of tennis coaches who run full-time tennis programs around the world. These programs cater towards junior tennis players, college level players all the way up to professional players. As a result we have included this tennis program schedule for both existing and new coaches who are running full-time programs.

The program below has been in use for many years and has produced numerous top one hundred ranked players including Pat Rafter so they have proven results from their design. Read Tennis Article >>>>

Tennis Lesson Plan for a Group Warm-up 

By David Horne - The twist to this warm-up is that it allows for the players who show up at various times. Not every player will show up on time for a group lesson so you need to be prepared to be flexible. The ideal number of players on the court for a group drill is obviously four players. However, all coaches know that there is always that "unpredictability" when it comes to who will and won't show up on time for a team drill session. You will always want a game plan as to what you will focus on for that day with a few pre-planned drills but you must be prepared for a change in the numbers. Click here for Tennis Lesson Plan >>>>

A Day at the ‘Tennis’ Beach 

By Dave Preston - Last year I hired a new Pro at the club where I am Director of Tennis. Listed on his resume was ‘Beach Tennis Professional’…now 6 months later we have a beach tennis court at our club (what we believe is the first country club in America to have one) and the members love it…In this article I explain ‘What is beach tennis?’ as well as what we are offering our members to make their tennis experience a ‘Day at the beach’......Read More about Beach Tennis >>

Ladies Group Drill Lesson Plan - Working on Net Play

By David Horne - One of the key issues facing coaches of club level ladies teams is to get them to be more comfortable in attacking the net and staying up there without retreating back to the baseline. By performing the following drills your players will become more comfortable in approaching the net. This session consists of six drills with the emphasis on net play, reflexes, approach shots, accuracy on volleys, team work and tactics. Click here to read more about ladies tennis lesson plans >>>>

Ladies Group Tennis Drill Focusing on Court Positioning and Recovery

By David Horne - For many tennis coaches a significant portion of their time is spent on coaching ladies groups. For club level coaches most of your morning coaching sessions will be devoted to ladies groups. As a result you are constantly being challenged to come up with new and exciting drills. I always like to have a theme for each lesson as this helps the group to understand what they are working on and the purpose of the drills. This is a drill format I recently used with a  group of six intermediate level ladies that focused on court positioning, team work and recovery......read article>>>

The Return of the Tennis Club Championships

Dave Preston - In recent years many clubs have had problems putting together a Club Championship Tournament at their club. This is primarily due to the fact that because of hectic busy work schedules members are finding it more difficult to commit to a tournament that can last up to one week……but here is a solution to offer your members a great opportunity to become CLUB CHAMPION......read more about tennis club championships >>

Tennis Camp and Squad Dynamic Warm-up Drills for 50 plus Players

For many coaches, having to control and organize a large group of players at one time can be a daunting task. This often occurs during summer or holiday camps where a camp is likely to have fifty - plus students. This tennis article outlines a multi-court dynamic warm-up that you can use for a large group of players..........read full article about tennis camp drills >>

Weekly Tennis Lesson Plans [Series]

Global Sports Coaching has hundreds of drills on its website and in its e-books to help with all aspects of tennis coaching and development.  There are so many that we have decided to start producing weekly tennis lesson plans to help coaches use the drills most effectively...click here to view the tennis lesson plan archive.

Why Tennis Coaches are Failing Starter Adults

By Ken Barton - The number of adults participating in tennis is at best static, and is probably declining according to statistics and anecdotal evidence.  This can be attributed to; Lifestyle issues – adults have less time available for recreation; Inflexible formats – traditional formats (Saturday afternoon) have been adversely impacted by longer working hours......more>>

5 Club Tennis Events That You May Not Have Thought of!

By Dave Preston - Here are 5 events that you may want to try at your club. They can all be adapted to suit your club and its members......more about club tennis events >>

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