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Edinburgh Newhaven Harbour Club
Existing Members
Tennis Coaches
Coach Profile
Development Coach Award
This qualification is aimed at coaches who will work with groups and individuals of beginner and improver standard
Club Coach Award
Upon completion of the Coach Award, coaches can train to become a Club Coach through 6 days continuous professional development (CPD). Coaches achieving this qualification can run a coaching programme within a club across all ability levels. The Development Coach Award (DCA) has now been replaced by the Club Coach Award.
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Senior Performance Coach
The Senior Performance coach course is a thorough and high level coaching course consisting of 400 learning hours. Seven 3-day modules of course information at either Chiswick (London) or Nottingham alternate with two 8-week mentored experience blocks in one of the LTA High Performance centres and 2 competition experiences. The theory elements of the course are tested through online learnin
Master Performance Coach
This is for coaches who work at the very highest level of performance coaching. The Master Performance Coach Qualification is not aimed at one particular age group of players. Instead, coaches coach high level players of all ages to a high standard.
Coach Award
This coaching qualification takes 12 days (plus an assessment day). It covers the key coaching skills required to be an effective coach; as well as the tactical, technical, physical and mental information a coach needs to work with beginners and improvers.
Senior Club Coach
This qualification is aimed at coaches who will be either managing a section of a Club, or running a small team of coaches. There will be an increasing emphasis on the management side of running a business which will complement the advanced on court coaching skills that are also required in these coaching environments
Neil Harden
Edinburgh Newhaven Harbour
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More About Neil
Neil has worked in tennis for over seven years during which time he has worked in development tennis for Edinburgh Leisure through to running local club coaching programmes in various Edinburgh clubs. Neil is also the Adult Racquets professional at Newhaven and has successfully run the adult programme for the last 18 months. Neil is also involved in the East of Scotland squads and still plays competitive tennis at county level.Member Testimonial
Neil has coached my two children for the past two years, showing great enthusiam for their development. I have seen significant progression over this period, not only in their tennis ability but in their passion for playing. I feel Neil's professional but fun approach to coaching has lead to their continual development and has kept my children wanting to develop and play tennis.
To enquire about booking a coaching session with a self employed Racquet Professional please contact reception or call the club on 0131 554 5000.
