Henry - Tennis coach - London
Henry - Tennis coach - London

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Henry

  • Rate £200
  • Response 1h
  • Students

    Number of students Henry has accompanied since arriving at Superprof

    50+

    Number of students Henry has accompanied since arriving at Superprof

Henry - Tennis coach - London
  • 5 (55 reviews)

£200/hr

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Highly-innovative tennis coach with proven systematic methodology for transforming all levels of player

  • Tennis

Lesson location

    • at your home or in a public place : will travel up to 10 km from London

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About Henry

I have coached players of all levels, from complete beginners to high-performance juniors and internationally-ranked players competing on the professional circuit.

As a player, I was the three-time county champion of Sussex as a junior and then competed on the National and International professional tours at Open level, achieving an LTA rating of 1.2 (old system), WTN of 5.1 and UTR of 12.7.

During my time as an adult competitive player, I reconstructed each of my major strokes (serve, forehand and backhand) from scratch through my own research on technique and biomechanics, worked with some of the top coaches in the world, and rigorously studied other areas of the game such as sports psychology, learning theory and the neuroscience of skill-development. The combination of this body of knowledge with thousands of hours of coaching experience has given me both a unique understanding of the game of tennis and ability to communicate this knowledge as a rigorous system which transforms both my students' understanding of tennis and level of play.

Outside tennis, my other interests are philosophy (in which I hold a Master's degree), psychology, literature, film, music and football, and alongside coaching I also work as a private tutor teaching English as a school subject to children between the ages of 8 and 13.

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About the lesson

  • All Levels
  • English

All languages in which the lesson is available :

English

General overview:

Over thousands of hours of playing, coaching and studying both tennis and other disciplines, I have developed a distinctive approach to teaching tennis based on synthesising concepts and techniques that have never before - to my knowledge - been programmatically combined and applied to the teaching of the game.

The methodology is based on systematically breaking down all the key technical, physical and mental skills required for high-level tennis performance into micro 'components' (ie the individual parts of the overall skills), based on what the laws of physics, physiology and psychology (to the extent of my understanding of them) dictate is required to play tennis well.

My lessons transmit this body of knowledge as an integrated and dynamic process which combines theoretical explanations with concrete exercises, all tailored to the specific individual needs and development stage of the student I am working with.

Your lesson:

Since the foundation of enjoying tennis is having high-quality groundstrokes, the lessons always start with work on these, except for if your specific needs require prioritising another shot.

I will first assess your groundstrokes before then developing them through the following stages:

Stage 1: any shadowing or drop-feed work necessary to establish your basic technical foundation to the point of being comfortable with grip, ready position, split-step, unit turn, racket drop and contact point.

Stage 2: balls fed from the other side of the net, in order to integrate this basic technical foundation with the more advanced fundamentals of: further footwork components, anticipation of the ball, rhythm and timing of the swing, control of the racket face and extension through contact.

Stage 3: rally-based training which develops the ability to apply the fundamentals learnt in stages 1 and 2 in a live situation, by testing the ability to anticipate and control the ball in the full length of the court.

Stage 4: point-based scenarios and any additional concepts regarding shot-selection, strategy and footwork required to navigate these, as well as work on serves and volleys.

We will move through the stages according to your level at the start of the session and rate of progress, and revert to and from prior stages as and when necessary.

At the end of the lessons I will provide you with a summary outlining what I recommend for the next stages of your development, including any suggested practice exercises and materials such as notes, videos and articles that are relevant for your progress.

Regarding availability, I am available for lessons in Central and West London on Thursdays and weekends.

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Rates

Rate

  • £200

Pack prices

  • 5h: £1,000
  • 10h: £2,000

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