Are you looking for a career change / retiring or finding part time work? Yorkshire Tennis and Beckett Sport Education are helping to support local LTA Registered Venues to find more tennis and padel coaches!
There have been a number of great examples over the last few years, where people from different industries (teaching, fire service, police service, public sector for example) with transferable skills have seen them become part time of full time tennis and padel coaches, including Jill, Sophie, Peter and Dave who share their journeys on the below video link,
Get Into Coaching – Jill, Sophie, Peter and Dave Videos!
Jill switched to tennis coaching following a successful 20 year teaching career and as Jill shares, she,
“Wanted to combine my two passions, being education and teaching people with the sport that I love!”
Sophie was a PE Teacher for 15 years and got into padel a few years ago and completed her LTA Padel Instructor course in 2024,
“Padel coaching gave me more control and time over my diary and having more flexibility around family life.”
Peter retired from teaching after 46 years and discovered tennis recently and got into coaching. Peter sums up this journey,
“I’m living proof, its never to late to start!”
Dave was a frontline firefighter for 30 years and got into padel on retirement to keep himself fit and active…a few years later Dave is now coaching part time and highlights,
“Delivering and sharing your knowledge is really rewarding!”
Yorkshire Tennis & Beckett Sport Education – Get Into Coaching Offer
Full information can be found here, including the Expression of Interest Form link, which is also below.
The offer of support is flexible and people can choose from the below in 2025,
– Invite to x 2 online coaching / opportunities / meet and greet (introduce Yorkshire Tennis / Beckett Sport Education).
– LTA Instructor (Level 2) grant funding support
– LTA Instructor Readiness Test Day support – linked to Instructor courses (tennis or padel)
– LTA Coach Mentoring 1:1 sessions
There is limited funding available, so we are asking interested people to complete the expression of interest form here. Funding will be allocated on a first come first serve basis and linked to the criteria and information requested on the form. Each form will be assessed by Beckett Sport Education and Yorkshire Tennis.
If you have any questions or queries before filling in the expression of interest form, please contact Jo Cunliffe (Beckett Sport Education) on 07391037293 or J.L.Cunliffe@leedsbeckett.ac.uk.
