World class tennis at bolton arena.

Bolton Arena is the first purpose built indoor tennis tournament venue in the UK offering the facilities to stage regional, national and international events. It has 8 acrylic indoor tennis courts for public use or one indoor court with two practice courts for tournaments, with a playing surface of the standard at Florida's Flushing Meadow. A gallery viewing area via a bridge overlooks the courts.

Outside there are 6 floodlit American fast dry clay courts whose playing surface rivals those at Roland Garros in Paris.

With a comprehensive programme of tennis courses and coaching, the Arena caters for all ages and abilities from those preparing to serve their first ball, to developing and training players to realise their full competitive potential.

To arrange a tour or to discuss our fantastic value packages, please give our membership team a call on 01204 488117.

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Bolton Arena Tennis Coaching Programme

Introduction from Head Teaching Professional Jim Edgar

"We aim to provide aspiring players of all ages and abilities the opportunity to maximise their potential. The tennis programmes we run here at Bolton Arena offer unrivalled coaching with highly motivated and qualified staff".

All our coaches are LTA qualified and have many years of experience in their field of coaching. So whatever your standard of play, we can offer you a challenging and exciting experience of tennis.

Join in and let us help develop your game!

KEY ELEMENTS OF OUR TRAINING PROGRAMMES

• Technical/Tactical analysis
• Individually designed game plan
• Tournament schedules planned
• Intense on court training
• Fitness assessment
• Speed & speed endurance
• Power (training) development
• Core stability
• Mental skills training
• Heart rate monitored cardiovascular development
• Biomechanical video assessment
• Muscular strength & endurance
• Agility & quickness
• Prehab
• Sports nutrition

Periodised development plans allow players to achieve their potential in the most effective way.

Schools Outreach Programme

Our Tennis Development Officer has implemented a comprehensive schools outreach programme in 60 primary and secondary schools across Bolton. The most enthusiastic children can come into the coaching programmes at Bolton Arena.

Mini Tennis

As an LTA accredited Mini Tennis Centre our aim is to offer affordable mini tennis programmes to as many local children as possible. There are 6 levels that players progress through from the age of 4-8. The most talented players will be selected for the Junior Performance Academy.

Coaching is in small groups throughout the week and weekend.

Junior Development Programme

For players aged 10-16 who want a fun, challenging coaching and play programme. Keen competitors can enter our LTA Box leagues and social players can attend Junior Club Night. More committed tournament level players can apply to join the Junior Performance Academy.

Junior Performance Academy

A more intense mid week training programme for County and National Futures players. It consists of up to 6 hours of intense tennis coaching and physical conditioning per week. All members of the JPA take individual lessons and have a good competitive programme. Players can progress from the JPA into either the full time squad or the scholarship squad at Rivington & Blackrod High School.

Scholarship Squad

For players aged 11-18 years who wish to combine study, GCSE to A Level, with a first class tennis programme.

Bolton Arena has linked with Rivington & Blackrod High School to offer a flexible education package allowing serious players the opportunity of up to 3 hours of tennis per day and 1 hour of physical conditioning. The school is located only 10 minutes drive from Bolton Arena and has an excellent record of academic achievement.

All players on the scholarship squad will have a personal tutor to monitor their studies and have access to a Specialist Learning Centre. Accommodation with host families is available for players who live too far away to commute daily.

Players of National standard are welcome to apply to join the Scholarship squad.

Full Time Squad

Formed in 2001 the Bolton Arena full time squad has quickly developed into one of the leading centres in the UK for serious players moving into professional tennis. Combining a very competitive tennis environment with a physical conditioning programme that is second to none, the squad includes 6 of Britain's top 20 male players and 11 players with ATP or WTA senior world rankings.

The squad operates 40 weeks a year and is used as a training base for touring professionals and to prepare players for the transition from junior to senior tennis.

A flexible approach allows any player of National standard the opportunity to train on the squad for any set period of time to suit their circumstances.

All on court and physical conditioning work is quantified by the use of heart rate monitors allowing the coaching team to check each players work rate.

Through regular screening and continual monitoring within our state of the art Health and Fitness suite and individual biomechanical analysis in our Sports Education Theatre, we are able to correct any imbalances or mechanical problems.

Every player has a personalised long term development programme to help them reach their potential and to suit their particular style of play.