LTA Senior Tennis Coach

As part of our vision Tennis Opened Up, and in partnership with Sport England, we are pleased to announce the first ever female-only LTA Senior Coach course to redress that imbalance.

The course, positioned at Level 4 in the Coach Qualification pathway, prepares candidates for lead and head coach roles in the industry.

Coaches are the lifeblood of our tennis and padel industries. They are often players’ first and most consistent point of contact in venues, they influence and shape the places in which they work to create open and welcoming environments, and of course they provide players with enjoyable coaching sessions.

Having a diverse workforce that reflects the tennis-playing population is critical to ensure we continue to open tennis up. Currently, only 23% of our Accredited Coach workforce is female, and only 17% of our Senior Coaches are female. This course will help to directly address this under-representation by growing the number of female Senior Coaches in Great Britain. The course will provide more female coaches with the tools they need to become head coaches in venues across the country. This will provide clubs and programmes with inspirational female role models to grow female participation.

The course will be supported by a team of female LTA Qualification Tutors who have inspirational profiles in the world of tennis playing, coaching, and leadership.

For further details and/or to register your interest in the course please get in touch here

The Senior Coach (SC) qualification is aimed at those who wish to advance their on-court coaching practice, as well as developing the skills needed to fulfil the role of a head coach.  

On successful completion, coaches will be trained to: 

• Be highly competent on-court coaches, able to provide impactful coaching to improve players of all ages, stages, and abilities. 
• Fully understand and practically apply the Performance Coaching Principles and the key performance coaching frameworks and know how they apply in a grassroots and development framework. 
• Understand the fundamentals of personal leadership and coaching styles 
• Gain age and gender specific knowledge of learning and skill acquisition. 
• Nurture the players holistically through creating transformative training environments putting the person before the player. 
• To be able to effectively plan the long-term development of players. 
• Run a successful coaching programme in any coaching environment. 
• Manage a team of coaches and provide internal coach development opportunities. 
• Implement more expert coaching behaviours that drive inclusive and welcoming environments for tennis participants.  

Senior Coach 

• Four modules of three days for core training. 
• Virtual session prior to each core module. 
• Four days of electives (from a list of Senior Coach level approved CPD options). More information will be provided on these electives when a place is confirmed on the course.

The detailed qualification learning outcomes and curriculum is provided upon acceptance on the course.

For optimal course quality and impact, the LTA Senior Coach has prerequisites to ensure that the course demands are aligned with your existing knowledge and skills. These are: 

• Hold either the LTA Tennis Coach qualification (or Level 3 equivalent). 
• Be an Accredited+ coach at time of application and for the duration of the course. 
• Have (or have had) a rating of 5.1 or better or successfully complete a Senior Coach Readiness Test (Senior Coach applicants with a historical play test grade 2 will not need to do the Senior Coach Readiness Test). 
• Appropriate coaching experience to enable you to progress through a curriculum.

Senior Coach 2025

Venue: Lexus Nottingham Tennis Centre

Times: Virtual 09:30 - 12:30. Practical modules 08:00 - 16:00

Elective days TBC

The Senior Coach course costs £1575.

The LTA is committed to ensuring that our qualifications are accessible for all, which is why it is vital that all candidates where possible outline any reasonable adjustments/or special considerations you may require prior to attending the course.  Please use this link to outline to the LTA and Course Tutor the additional support needs that you will require on this course in order to maximise your learning.

The final decision made by the LTA Reasonable Adjustment & Special Consideration Requests panel will be made within 14 working days of submission and cannot be challenged. 

There are very limited spaces on the Senior Coach Qualification.

Coaches can sign up for the Senior Coach course on the Course Search Tool when a course is live.