Performance Squads

About our academy squads

Bolton Arena Sports Village Tennis Academy performance squads offer an intense and enjoyable training environment with similar standard players, under the guidance of our experienced performance coaching team.

All sessions include strength and conditioning sessions (S&C), where the players will focus on ‘tennis specific’ fitness training.

We welcome players from external venues to join the performance strand of the academy and are always happy to work with their individual coach to get the best out of the individual.

Each age group in the pathway has the choice of two squads per week with our senior coaching team.

Our mission is to give players the chance to follow their dreams of one day being part of the full-time academy and becoming a professional tennis player like so many have done over the years thanks to what is now Bolton Arena Sports Village.

Junior Squad Program

Bolton Arena Tennis Academy performance squads, offer an intense and enjoyable training environment with similar standard players, under the guidance of our performance coaching team. All sessions have a combined S&C attached, where the players will focus on ‘tennis specific’ fitness training.

We welcome players from external venues to join the performance strand of the academy and are always happy to work with their individual coach to get the best out of the individual.

For more information on the squad program, please contact tennis@boltonarena.com

Kids tennis performance pathway

Fast track Under 8s

Red performance U8’s

Orange Competitor Ages 6 – 8 years

Green Competitors Aged 8 – 9 years

Full Ball Aged 9-10 years

U12 performance Full Ball

U16 performance Full Ball

U18 performance Full Ball

“Steve coached me when I first started out playing tennis aged 8 or 9 up until I was 11 or 12, winning the U12 Nationals under his guidance!

He always brought great energy and enthusiasm to my lessons and taught me how to use my ‘lefty crafts’ at an early age, which has been a great staple for my career. Ten years later I’m still very much in touch with Steve. He has always been incredibly supportive throughout my journey in tennis and offered guidance in recent years. A fantastic coach for all ages!

I genuinely believe that my early years working with Steve at Bolton Arena set me on a great path for my career. He taught me great foundations and player identity early on, which has given me so much clarity in my game to date.”

Beth Grey (WTA Player)

WTA Player

“I trained at Bolton with Steve as my individual coach between the ages of 10-13. In that time, I made some big strides as a player. Working with Steve, I learnt a lot about being disciplined and he taught me the values of becoming a top player. Steve expected extremely ambitious standards from myself and it’s all for the right reasons.

He had a good balance of being ‘tough’ while, at the same time, making the game enjoyable. He created a fantastic team environment at Bolton, which made everyone want to compete 100% all the time and get the best out of themselves. I’ve been coached by some of the world’s top coaches and Steve played a huge role in my career.”

George Morgan – Tennis

Orange Bowl Champion U14, U18 and Wimbledon Junior Doubles Champion

“I’ve known Steve for many years now and have seen him help many youngsters become fantastic players. For me, being a player who is more towards the end of their career, he’s found such a great balance between giving advice and coaching me but also understanding that my needs are different from that of a junior player.

That adaptability is what makes a good coach, great. We communicate a lot about my game and discuss both of our opinions on it, making it much easier to highlight and work on areas to improve. I’ve really enjoyed my time with him so far, the energy and positivity he brings to each practice, and I can’t wait for more work together in the future!”

Heather Watson – Mixed Doubles Wimbledon Champion

Mixed Doubles Wimbledon Champion

Reach your potential

Children can progress into the LTA player development pathway at Bolton Arena Sports Village from the age of 10 when they are eligible for the regional player development centre. Players are selected by the LTA and Bolton Arena Sports Village for suitability for this programme.

For more information on the squad program, please contact tennis@boltonarena.com

LTA player development pathway

LTA selected players

Bolton Arena Regional player development centre selection

Development at Bolton Arena Regional player development centre for Children aged 10-14 years.

LTA National Academy or Performance Squads for children aged 14+

Full Time Academy for children aged 15+.

FAQs

We offer a range of tennis memberships for peak and off peak use with a 12-month contract, which give you maximum court allowance of 2 off-peak courts per day, or 1 peak court per day.

We also offer a range of tennis and fitness memberships to help you get the most out of our facilities at Bolton Arena Sports Village.

Explore our membership options.

To speak a member of staff, please call 01204 488 104 or email memberships@boltonarena.com.

For first time bookings, call our reception team on 01204 488100.

All further bookings can be made call on our Bolton Arena Sports Village app or website portal.

You can request a login for our website portal and app through our reception team. This allows customers to make bookings and payments of Bolton Arena Sports Village’s facilities without the need to contact reception.

If you already have a portal login, you can book a tennis court here.

Monday: 06:00 – 22:00

Tuesday: 06:00 – 22:00

Wednesday: 06:00 – 22:00

Thursday: 06:00 – 22:00

Friday: 06:00 – 22:00

Saturday: 07:30 – 19:00

Sunday: 07:30 – 19:00

Bank Holidays: 08:00 – 16:00

Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day: Closed

Tennis court hire is available from just:

£12 per hour for under 18’s during off-peak hours
£15 per hour for adults during off-peak hours
£21 per hour during peak hours

If you are an existing customer, you can book your tennis court online via our web portal.

The tennis courts at Bolton Arena Sports Village are high performance indoor hard courts, to give you the best game year-round.

Off Peak Times

Monday to Friday 07:00-16:00 & 21:00-22:00

Saturday to Sunday 16:00-19:00

Peak Tennis

Monday to Friday 16:00-22:00

Saturday to Sunday 08:00-16:00

Meet the team

Elliot

As a Coach Elliot has over 10 years experience working from club to grand slam level. Coaching players who have represented Great Britain at Junior & Senior level as well as multiple National Champions.

Sabrina

Head of RPDC, Sabrina has first-hand experience of the Academy, having trained at Bolton Arena Sports Village as a performance player from aged 7 to 18. Sabrina is currently a Level 4 certified coach working primarily with our U12’s-U18’s.

Simon

Simon is currently the Cheshire County Performance Coordinator. This role includes overseeing more than 100 players in County Training and helping player programmes to give the players the best chance of improving.

Howard

Head of Strength & Conditioning, This experience includes working with players across various levels including, national and international juniors, ATP and WTA professionals including a former world number one.

Matt

Matt ran the performance programme at the Northern LTC, producing numerous national and international level players and has coached a player to win the National Championships 2022. Matt is the current coach of the U18 Boys Cheshire team.