MEMBERSHIP

 

TenniscoachUK members now have FREE access to the world renowned Tennisplayer.net web site!

Visit the members zone to access your userid and password.
 

WELCOME

Welcome to the web site of tenniscoachUK, the trading name of the British Tennis Coaches Association!

 

TenniscoachUK is the only independent professional body for tennis coaches and assistants in Britain and has almost 3,000 members representing a wide variety of qualifications and nationalities.

Click HERE to find out more about the benefits we provide!

 
 

STRATEGIC REVIEW RELEASED TO MEMBERS

 
The first Strategic Review document produced by tenniscoachUK has now been sent to all members and interested parties and is already provoking significant feedback to the National Office.

The document outlines the key issues affecting the development of our organisation and of tennis coaching as a profession, and sets out our proposals to then address the identified issues.

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TENNISONE ACCESS NOW AVAILABLE
TO MEMBERS

 

We are pleased to announce that members now have FREE access to the TennisOne resource web site as part of the ever improving package of tenniscoachUK membership benefits.

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MEMBERSHIP SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED

 

TenniscoachUK have released the results of their 2008 Membership Survey, the first comprehensive survey of tennis coaches made in Britain for over ten years.

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SAM AND EMMA WIN PLAYER PLUS TITLES

 

Congratulations to Emma Devine (coached by Ellinore Lightbody) and Sam Hutt (coached by Tom Greenland) for winning the 2008 Player Plus titles at the weekend.

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VIDEO CHANNEL NOW AVAILABLE

 
We are pleased to announce that COACHLINE.TV, the tenniscoachUK video web site, is now up and running and available to all members.

The launch version features in-depth video profiles of three of the leading coaches in the UK - Alan Jones, Mark Cox and Martin Weston.

 

ROADSHOW DATES ANNOUNCED
FOR LATE 2008
 

We are pleased to announce the new dates for the 2008 tenniscoachUK roadshow, now rescheduled for the end of the year, following the problems we had with approval for licence credits from the LTA earlier in the year.

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FREE ACCESS TO TENNISONE WEB SITE FROM JUNE
 

As part of our drive to provide coaches with the very best benefits package, we are pleased to announce that all members of tenniscoachUK will soon be entitled to FREE access for one year to the TENNISONE web site, widely regarded as one of the world's premier online tennis instruction sites.

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MEMBERSHIP RISES TO THREE YEAR HIGH

 
Membership levels at tenniscoachUK have risen to a three year high, with the total standing at 2856 as at the end of February 2008

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PANEL PLEDGE TO SUPPORT BRITISH COACHES
 

The tenniscoachUK advisory panel held its inaugural meeting in Warwick last week and pledged to focus its efforts to develop and promote our organisation, actively support British coaches at all levels of the game and support the governing body in promoting and developing British tennis.

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PLAYER PLUS ENTRY FORM AVAILABLE
 

The 2008 Player Plus entry form is now available to download from the web site.

This year's event is open to ALL members and now has substantial prize money on offer to the winning coaches.

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EIGHTY PERCENT CONFIRMED AS GUIDELINE
 

The Inland Revenue has confirmed that it is using a guideline of 80% total turnover with one client as its main trigger for determining whether the status of a self-employed coach may be worth investigating.

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RECENT NEWS

 

SIX OF THE BEST

Six more prominent coaches have signed up to the tenniscoachUK Advisory panel and will be invited to the first meeting in March to discuss the way forward for the organisation and for UK tennis coaching.

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LEADING COACHES JOIN ADVISORY PANEL

Jeremy Bates, Jo Durie, David Felgate, Alan Jones and Mike Walker are the latest coaches to join the tenniscoachUK advisory panel which will have its first summit meeting in March.

The new advisory panel will provide the tenniscoachUK board with expert advice, opinion and proposals to enable tenniscoachUK to develop its influence on the direction coaching should take in the UK.

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HEWITT COACH TRAINING DATES RELEASED

We are pleased to announce that Peter Smith, coach to Lleyton Hewitt between the ages of 6 and 18, is coming to Britain from his highly successful academy in Australia to deliver three training sessions in the UK, exclusively for tenniscoachUK members, in March and April.

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MARK COX JOINS THE TENNISCOACHUK TEAM

Former top twenty world ranked player Mark Cox has been appointed as the new president of tenniscoachUK.

"I am delighted to join the Board as President and hope that I can contribute to everyone's benefit" said Mark. "I feel it is important for British coaches to have an independent voice and clearly it is in everyone's interests to be working together as the ultimate interests of tennis being a successful game are common".

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ROADSHOW DELAYED

Late changes to the LTA Licence Credit Authorisation policy have resulted in a delay to the start of the 2008 tenniscoachUK Roadshow....more
 

ALL CHANGE AT THE TOP

The Annual Conference saw significant changes in the structure of the tenniscoachUK board. Jim Edgar has taken over from Jane Poynder as Chairman....more