Adult Coaching

The club offers various types of coaching at an additional cost to your membership, catering to a variety of players from beginner to advanced. For those who want to focus more on fitness, rather than technique and tactics, we have a Monday morning Cardio Tennis session. 

We also have a 5-week beginner course for people interested in learning how to play tennis, this course is ideal for people who are brand new to tennis or people who are returning to tennis after a long period of time. If you would like to join the 5-week beginner course, please contact: ashfordcoaching@taketennislessons.co.uk

Join the beginner course
For more details about Coaching Sessions including who can attend them, see below:
Session Type
Day
Time
Who can attend & session info
Contact
Cardio Tennis
Monday
09:30 - 10:30
Anyone - Fun cardio session: a fitness and tennis programme to suit all levels.
(£10 for members/£11 for non-members)
Roger White
07709 593464
Over 50s
Monday
10:00 - 12:00
Anyone - A session covering general techniques and gameplay.
(£6 for members/£8 for non-members)
Keith Claxton
07958 983018
Improvers
Tuesday
19:00 - 20:00
Anyone - A reintroduction to tennis for people who played in the past and want to get back into it. The session is to train situational and practical play, with some technical work mixed in.
(£10 for members/£11 for non-members)
Matt Banks
07935 245811
5-Week Beginner
Tuesday
20:00 - 21:00
Anyone - The general aim of the classes is to introduce people to the basics of techniques, implementing these techniques into first rallies and then points. After a number of sessions, the aim is that most people will be able to play matches with confidence.
(£65 for the 5-week course)
Duncan Willitts
07711 239825 or email
Drills
Wednesday
19:00 - 20:00
Full Members - The session aims to give technical advice with a focus on positioning too. A great session with a good workout attached.
(£10 - Members Only)
Roger White
07709 593464
Drills
Thursday
09:30 - 11:00
Full Members - The session aims to give technical advice with a focus on positioning too. A great session with a good workout attached.
(£10 - Members Only)
Roger White
07709 593464

If you have any queries about memberships, please contact: membership@ashfordtennisclub.co.uk

Our Coaching Staff

Duncan Willitts
Director of Coaching

LTA CCA/Performance (Part 4) licensed coach.
Duncan has been coaching for over 20 years and has experience of coaching all ages and abilities both individually and in groups. He has also coached the county squads for Middlesex LTA. Duncan played on the Britsh Tour and achieved a rating of 2.1

Fees: £48 per hour, £25 per half hour
Contact: 07711 239825 / email

Matt Banks
Head Coach

Level 3 Accredited + LTA coach

Matt grew up playing tennis locally in the Surrey area before heading off to Uni where he played number 1 tennis on the SOAS University tennis team.

He is a highly organised and analytical coach, who gets a real sense of enjoyment from meeting new people and seeing them improve at tennis.

Fluent in Chinese, Matt has returned to the UK from China to rejoin the Take Tennis Lessons team.

Fees: £40 per hour, £20 per half hour.
Contact: 07935 245811 / email

Roger White
Coach

LTA Accredited coach

Roger grew up as a junior in Ashford Tennis club and reached to a National level and took the opportunity to play Division 1 tennis in the USA. He is a certified PTR professional coach with a degree in Exercise Science. He has coached in the USA and his focus is movement, techniques and enjoying the game of tennis for all ages and abilities.

Fees: £40 per hour, £20 per half hour.
Contact: 07709 593464 / email

Keith Claxton
Coaching Assistant

Level 2 LTA coach

Keith has been a club member for over 25 years now and enjoys passing on his experience to new players and improvers.

He runs the 50+ coaching sessions which take place on a Monday morning.

Fees: n/a
Contact: 07958 983018