Coaching
Coaching at Thame Tennis Club is principally provided by Steve
Bell. For Junior coaching Steve is assisted by
Mark Wilkins. Steve coaches Adult and
Junior groups/individuals as part of the club programme and also
privately arranged lessons.
See below for details of the current schedule. Steve also runs
Cardio Tennis
sessions, see below for more information.
Steve Bell
Steve is an LTA Club Coach with over 12 years coaching experience and 20 years playing experience.
During his coaching career he has developed and implemented successful coaching programmes at clubs and
for individual players competing at county and British Tour level. Steve is a long standing
player in the men's 1st team at Thame and competes in ITF Over 35’s events.
Steve enjoys working with people of all ages and has excellent relationships within the tennis
community; with players, LTA county staff, tennis providers and fellow coaches alike.
Mark Wilkins
Mark is the new addition to the coaching staff and will be fulfilling the considerably sized shoes vacated by Fiona in the delivery of the coaching programme!
Mark works Mondays through to Saturdays and covers for Steve when he is unavailable.
Mark has been a member at the club for 11 years, representing the club at both junior and adult level.
Having been through the Thame Tennis Club junior programme himself, Mark is familiar with the workings of the club and it's members.
This has led him into the role, following a successful three year period at Brighton University where he obtained a 2:1 BSc honours degree in Sports Science. This was in conjunction with representing the
Men’s University tennis team throughout his time on the south coast,
where he was also fortunate enough to be elected President and Men’s
Captain.
Mark is currently an LTA level II coach and will start his level III qualification in April 2011.
We wish him luck and thank him for his big contribution to improving the coaching programme since starting last summer.
Group Adult Coaching
Group adult coaching is provided for all levels. Please click below for schedules and booking forms:
Group Junior Coaching
Steve runs group coaching throughout the week and on Saturday mornings. Mark takes lessons on a Tuesday and on Saturday mornings. Please click below for full schedules and booking forms:
For more information about Junior tennis please refer to the Junior pages.
Hit with a Hoodie
Book up a Hitting Session with an U18 LTA coach/leader qualified player. Click here for more info.
Private Coaching
Steve and Mark provide private coaching as per the attached schedule - please click here for details.
