Tots Tennis
Our 45 minute Tots Tennis sessions are ran weekly by a fully qualified and DBS checked member of our coaching team. These multi skill development sessions specifically designed to engage children aged 2-4 years old are a great place to start when it comes to embarking on your child’s tennis journey. Sessions run on a pay as you play basis at Birchwood leisure and Tennis Complex and cost £7.50 per session. All equipment is provided.
Junior Ace Programme
These sessions are the first stage of structured coaching on our junior programmes with sessions available for children aged 4-16. Ace sessions are fun and engaging 1 hour groups ran indoors at Birchwood and outdoors at Great Sakey, following a high quality scheme of work tried and tested over a number of years. Here players will have the opportunity to develop their fundamental skills and athletic movements, as well as gaining a sound understanding of the various shots used to play tennis. All equipment is provided, so why not come down and find your inner Raducanu with LiveWire today?
Membership is paid for monthly via direct debit and includes free access to our outdoor tennis courts across Warrington as well as attendance to your weekly coaching session that runs throughout term time at Birchwood and throughout the entire year at Great Sankey.
Membership packages:
- Ace Junior
- Ace Junior Plus
Tennis Camps
Already on our programme or never player before? Our Tennis specific camps at Birchwood are a great opportunity to hone your tennis skills for children aged 4-14. Each day follows the same format with half day (£13.50) and full day (£20.00) options available.
8.30-9.30: Drop off
Take advantage of our new early drop of time where players are welcome to sit with a member of our coaching team playing supervised board games and activities until 9.30, players may be allowed to go on court but this is at the discretion of the coach in charge.
9:30-11.00: Coaching
Each day the coaching component of tennis camp will be centred on a new stroke and tactical intention. The groups will be split into various age groups dependant on the varying ages on the day of camp. Each group will be led by a separate fully qualified and DBS checked coach who will be on hand to advise and help each player develop their tennis skills.
11.00-12.00: Games
This is a chance to practice what you have learned and try it out with some of our favourite games such as jail, wipe-out and round the world as we believe playing fun games is one of the best ways to develop your skills!
12.00-1.00: Lunch & collection for players aged 7 & under
1.00-3.00: Match Play
Here’s where is gets really competitive learn all about playing matches and competing, take advise from your coach on how to improve your tactical game and be in with a chance of winning player of the day!
Junior Performance Programme
Already play and looking for junior tennis squads of the right level? Then our Junior Performance Programme might be the best fit for you. This performance programme is ran on an assessment / invitational basis with players usually playing to a specific rating, ranking and competitive level.
If you are already on our ace programme or playing elsewhere but looking to further develop your game and commit to competing as well as training several times a week then the Performance Programme may be best suited for you. As a LTA recognised 10&U performance programme our performance squads are built to help best players in the area come together and train on a weekly basis. The sessions consist of Individualised specific training for players at county, regional or national level.
Offering one of the most well rounded programmes in the area each of our sessions cover technical, tactical, mental and physical areas and are used to support a player’s individual programme. Typically, players train from 5 hours per week at the age of 6, to upwards of 10 hours per week at 11+ as a combination of individual and group sessions.
Membership is paid for monthly via direct debit and includes free access to our outdoor tennis courts across Warrington as well as attendance to your weekly coaching sessions that run throughout term time at Birchwood Leisure and Tennis Complex. Our performance sessions run for players aged 5-18.
Membership packages:
- Tennis Performance 1hr 1S
- Tennis Performance 1hr 2S
- Tennis Performance 2hr 1S
- Tennis Performance 2hr 2S
- Tennis Performance 2hr 3S
If you are interested in finding out further information about our group coaching or would like to join any of our junior coaching programmes please fill out an enquiry form and we will get back to you.
Our Philosophy
At LiveWire we encourage a harmonious parent, player and coach relationship. In order to enhance this triangulated approach, we have created our EVOLVE philosophy which comprises of 6 key pillars that underpin the ethos of our tennis coaching programme.
No matter the pathway you choose or the length of your journey with us,
Energy, Values, Opportunities, Learning, Volume and Enjoyment are all pivotal to our player development philosophy.
Our Foundations
In order to develop a game for life we want to all players build a solid set of foundations. These form the base of your game helping both players and coaches alike, measure and evaluate process based development.
All our programme planning at LiveWire is specifically designed around our 6 key player development foundations. These have been uniquely identified by our coaching team to best help players through their tennis journey. Across the 6 foundations we cover technical, tactical, mental and physical skills enabling our players to form a strong foundation to their game for life.
More detail relating to the specific foundations squads are working on is circulated through our half termly communication streams including parent education workshops, newsletters and regular email contact.
LiveWire Tennis - Join our Tennis Programme
To join LiveWire on a Tennis membership, or to enquire about a tennis membership, please complete the form below. Then a member of LiveWire will be in touch with you.
