During the course you will:
- Be able to provide general coaching advice across physical, mental, tactical and technical domains
- Plan and deliver structured lessons from official LTA Adult and Junior coaching products, e.g., Cardio Tennis, Tennis Xpress, FAGE LTA Youth
- Develop more advanced skills in communication and organisation
- Gain introductory knowledge of ‘observation and analysis’ of players
- Understand basic principles of skill acquisition, safeguarding and player development
In addition to the five-day course, guided learning hours are approximately 22 hours. This incorporates around:
- 8 hours of qualification experience, including practical video-based tasks
- 14 hours of online coursework on the LTA Learn platform including 15 Learn units, tests and tasks
On completion of the course, LTA Instructors are formally trained in:
- Cardio Tennis
- Competition Organisation
- FAGE LTA Youth
- Safeguarding
Structure
There are two separate components to LTA Qualifications: Training and Assessment.
- Training: The LTA Instructor course consists of five days of face-to-face training, separated by a minimum of four weeks. This allows time for eight hours’ work experience and coursework completion.
- Assessment: Final assessments are conducted during a real-life lesson of your choice, at a tennis venue of your choice. Assessments are recorded by you (using smartphone equipment) and then submitted virtually by video upload.
For the LTA Instructor course, the five days of learning are split into core and elective days. There are four days of core training and one day of elective.
Coaches can choose from one of the two following Elective options:
- Great Group Coaching: 30+ Drills and Games to End Your Tennis Lesson
- Great Group Coaching: Repetition vs Realism.
Course prerequisites
- You must have completed and passed your L1 Award in Coaching Tennis or the LTA Assistant course.
- You must have the LTA Enhanced with child barred list DBS check. If you are not an LTA Accredited coach, your LTA DBS must be less than 12 months from issue date. If you have current LTA Accreditation the DBS can be less than 3 years from issue date. If you have an Enhanced DBS from another organisation the LTA will except this ONLY if it is on the Government Update Service.
- You must have successfully completed the LTA Tennis Instructor Readiness Test or you must have a current or previous rating of 7.1 (post 2003) or higher, a current singles WTN of 1 - 25.00 (male) or 1 - 27.00 (female) The Readiness Test can take up to two weeks to be assessed once submitted - please allow sufficient time for this when signing up for the course.
Assessment prerequisites
Candidates must:
- fully complete five training days (core and elective) and all coursework tasks before they can book their final assessment. The elective day can be completed before, during or after the Core Training.
- Hold a valid First Aid certificate of competence - this is to ensure you are safe to practice upon qualifying.