Coaching

Reach your potential whatever your age or ability

Coaching at Duffield

Racket coaching sessions will help you get more out of your game and help you in achieving your goals, whether you want to learn the basics of the game, raise your general level of play or make faster progress through the leagues.

More specifically, we can help you improve aspects of your game such as:

  • fitness levels
  • speed, agility, balance or coordination
  • tactical awareness
  • technical or strategic play

For details of regular group coaching sessions, see our Tennis and Squash pages.

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Our Coaches

Meet the team

Coaching at Duffield is provided in a safe and secure setting with well-qualified, licensed coaches who follow the programmes established by the sports’ governing bodies: the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), England Squash and Pickleball England. More information about our coaching team can be found below. Coaching sessions for tennis, pickleball, squash and racketball are available for individuals, pairs or groups.

Skills for children

Our youth coaching programme

We follow approved youth coaching programme so you can be sure that the coaching is of high quality. The LTA tennis programme has five Youth stages for children from age four to 10+ while the squash programme starts with the England Squash programme Squash Stars, which starts from age five; this is followed by Mini/Improver Squash and Junior Development. For further information on the skills children will learn see the Youth page.

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How to book

To book a coaching session or request more information, please contact:
coaching@drf.club

Squash

Lesley Sturgess
07941 312673

Matt Gregory
07586 377409

Tennis and Pickleball

James Grindell
07968 058383

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