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HEAD COACH

HEAD COACH GREG BAMFORD:

SPORTS QUALIFICATIONS:

Hansen Award (Six month course to teach sports to handicapped and other special needs people) at Hammersmith College January - June 1991.

RPT Level 5 Qualification: National Master Professional.

European Registry of Tennis Professional: Professional Tennis Director.

LTA ICA 1994 (excellent course. Entry requirement to make divisional winners in the ratings tournaments).

USPTA Level 4 Qualification: Elite Professional.

LTA Level 4 Qualifications: Senior Club Coach and Senior Performance Coach.

Other LTA Course: Developing Coaching Skills to Improve Behaviour in Children.

Karate 1st Kyu Brown Belt. Studied karate from 1973 to 1980 achieving international standard from 1978 to 1980. The karate style of training generally helps concentration during match play and try to teach the same in tennis.

During this time he became mentally tough. It is the teaching of progression techniques acquired through karate that he used to teach tennis ten years prior to taking any formal tennis coaching qualifications.

Ice Skating 1985 to 1987. Achieved county level. In Ice skating the emphasis is on posture and balance.

Balance is a key element in tennis.

Judo in 1964/5. As a thirteen year old junior, was captain of our school judo team winning the London Championships. In the same year he was also captain of the senior judo team coming runner up in the senior competition.

In 1963 schoolboy boxing champion.

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For over 60 years Greg has played various sports, some to good county standard and some to international standard. For most of these years he  has also learned how to use weights and stretch bands for muscle conditioning and improvement of performance and injury prevention through the employment of correct technique, training and mental toughness (which is built in to his lessons).

For all sports, the instructors would always use him to help or to run the class while they were away on a course.

Whilst Greg has a “catalogue” of drills, he tries to keep things simple and easy for Clients to understand.

SPECIALITY:

Mental toughness, Technique, Fitness, Diet & Nutrition and Winning.

TESTIMONIALS

Testimonials from some of Greg Bamford’s Clients are listed.

His successes with adult singles, doubles teams and junior coaching speak for themselves!