the business of tennis coaching
I’m Karl Stowell. I’ve always been a tennis coach, and for the last 15 years it’s been as a head coach / running a tennis coaching business. I’m now Head Coach at Sutton Tennis & Squash Club, with about 500 kids on the programme, several great coaches, several schools and tennis camps with 60-100 kids per day.
This website is my way of writing about the things I know, which is running a tennis coaching business, particularly tennis camps, schools, club programme, managing a team and more…………
I’m Karl Stowell. I’ve always been a tennis coach, and this website is my way of writing about what I know, the business of coaching. Click below to read more……..
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Marketing Your Tennis Programme Part 7 – Schools
Schools are a great way of building, promoting, marketing your tennis programme – one of the best! I’m not really talking here about just going …
Beach Ball Tennis
Using beach balls is a great way to make tennis easy and fun for very young children, and also beginner juniors and even adults. Have …
Race to the baseline – a serving game for 4 year olds upwards
Here is a very simple but effective serving game which I use a lot! It works for groups of 4 year olds upwards, but as …
The Mini Olympics – a warm up for groups of 3-4 year olds
Here is a warm up you can do with 3-4 year olds, but also works with older children as well. It’s just a circuit of …
Marketing Your Tennis Programme Part 6 – Free Online Directories
Go to google and search for the service that you are offering. For instance, if you are a tennis coach in New York, you might …
What equipment can you use to teach 3-4 year olds tennis?
I am asked often about what equipment can be used when teaching 3-4 year olds tennis. I do lots of this at the moment, and …
Catch Your Way In – A Fun Kids’ Tennis Game
This game is a bit of an oldie – but keep reading for some ways to adapt it for very young children. And keep in …
Marketing Your Tennis Programme Part 5 – How to use your leaflets & posters
First a question – should we keep using leaflets? Having written a (hopefully useful) article about creating leaflets and posters and then all the info …