LTA Youth Programme

Coaching Programmes

Youth coaching sessions

Our coaches follow the coaching programmes established by the sports’ governing bodies: the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and England Squash. The LTA Youth programme has five stages for children from age four to 10+. The Squash programme starts with Squash Stars from age five and is followed by Mini/Improver Squash and Junior Development Squash.

	Tennis	Pickleball	Squash
Monday	4pm to 5pm – 4 to 10 year olds 5pm to 6pm – 11 to 16 year olds
Tuesday	4pm to 5pm – 4 to 10 year olds 5pm to 6pm – 11 to 16 year olds		3:40pm - 5:00pm - Beginners/Improvers
Wednesday	4pm to 5pm – 4 to 10 year olds 5pm to 6pm – 11 to 16 year olds		4:20pm to 5:40pm - Mini
Thursday	4pm to 5pm – 4 to 10 year olds 5pm to 6pm – 11 to 16 year olds
Friday
Saturday	9am to 10 am – 4 to 10 year olds 10am to 11 am – 11 to 16 year olds	11am to 12pm - All ages, supervised play 12pm to 1pm - All ages, coaching	11:00am - 12:20pm - Developer
Sunday			4:20pm to 5:40pm - Mini

LTA Youth Programme Squash Programme

All you need to know about the

LTA Youth Programme

LTA Youth Blue – 4 to 6 years

This is an introduction to tennis. Here, we’ll help kids improve their balance, agility and co-ordination 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.

LTA Youth Red – 6 to 8 years

This stage 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.

LTA Youth Orange – 8 to 9 years

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

LTA Youth Green – 9 to 10 years

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.

LTA Youth Yellow – 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.