Tennis Coaching
Grosvenor Lawn Tennis Club Coaching
The club employs Jill Freeman as their club coach. Jill has been the club coach at Grosvenor for 10 years. Since becoming the club coach Jill has transformed the Junior coaching programme at the club and continues in her effort to promote tennis to young players and develop talentened players for the club. Jill also provides adult coaching for all levels of player.
As part of Jill's coaching achievments she has coached one of the counties top young juniors (Helen Parish) who currently plays in tournaments across the country as well as participating in the Essex training squads. Currently Jill is coaching a number of young juniors which are part of the Essex training squads, Jill is able say that she has been the coach of these young players from the very first time they hit a tennis ball.
This success is down to the fact the Jill strives to make tennis a fun and enjoyable sport for young people. This approach to coaching has proven successfull and thus Jill runs a number of school holiday courses at Easter and in the Summer break which are always full and enjoyed by all. Jill also runs a pay and play scheme on Saturday mornings from 9 - 10 am which is exculively for junior players.
The successful junior coaching coaching programme is also down to Jill being the tennis coach at a number of local schools. The schools that Jill currently coaches at are: Oakfields, St Josephs and Upminster Infant School
In addition to all of this Jill also offers coaching at Gaynes School as part of the adult learning scheme.