A new start and regime

Many of you now know i have left the PTRuk. Thankyou for your messages didn't realise i had touched so many around the world! Personally i am not sure i have made the right decision to leave and jump into the direction i have but......at the same time circumstances dictated for once in my life a direction i had to turn.

But enough of that already, this leaves a good opportunity to teach anyone how to build a club from the bottom up. The club itself is set in a woodland area, 10 courts and currently boasts 70 juniors and around 180 adults. The programme is very basic and needs building and rescheduling.

I get to take over the current programme of 12 hours of group lessons. Here your name is made if you are good enough and the word will get out of your abilities and talents. Don't be afraid of hard work

First and foremost when walking into the club you have to understand the environment and needs of the members. To do this you need to join in socials and run some fun days. Get to know the members and put your face about. This means giving some free time away but don't worry it comes back to you and overall you never now who your membership consists of!
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I have only run 3 sessions at the club already and joined in a fun day but so far i have learned.....
The club is rife with school teachers
It also boasts a link to sport essex and a wealth of funding for coaching
School teachers have friends who can get you into schools very easily and within 2 days of negotiating we are in the first school and whats more they are coming to the club.

The aim of working schools is to get them into the coaching programme, my tactic is to use two secondary schools one is a private school. With the county high school the only suitable year to work with are Year 7's. Any other will be a waste of time and you can get those into tennis via other events like school talent id days.

You will need to build your programme and as it stands i have written a rough outline that i will post for you temporarily on my web andytennis.co.uk for you to look at, this is purely from listening to the members and understanding what has worked in the past.

Get your holiday programmes out early and take these into schools with you, always keep these, your business card and a current diary with you to book lessons and always have an up to date understanding of where you are.

Remember build it and they will come!

From here on in i will give you a daily blog until such time you can work a 40 hour week over 5 days.