County to International

Performance Tennis

High-performance training and tournament support for ambitious players chasing county, national and international level.

Committed juniors & adults
By assessment
Finchley Manor
Multiple sessions/week

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Overview

What is Performance Tennis?

Performance Tennis is Ignite Tennis’s high-performance programme for committed, competitive players, based at Finchley Manor in north London. Led by LTA Level 4 and Level 5 performance coaches, it combines intensive technical, tactical, physical and mental training with tournament planning and travel support.

The programme develops players competing, or aiming to compete at county, national and international level. Entry is by assessment, so every player trains in a squad that matches their level and ambition, with multiple sessions a week and the option to add individual coaching and athletic development.

Ignite’s directors have developed players from first session to professional level, with senior backgrounds across the LTA, Middlesex County and high-performance centres, so performance players are guided by coaches who have done it themselves.

What Players Develop

The Four Pillars

Every session develops four sides of a player’s game: technical, physical, tactical and mental, so improvement is rounded, not one-dimensional. Coaches guide each player from the fundamentals through to competitive match play.

Technical mastery

Advanced shot technique and weapons
Serve and return under pressure
Consistency and control at pace

Tactical & match craft

Game styles and patterns of play
Opponent analysis and match plans
Singles and doubles strategy

Physical performance

Speed, strength and endurance
Tennis-specific movement
Injury prevention (with Fitness & Athletic Development)

Competition & mindset

Tournament scheduling and travel support
Competing under pressure
Routines, resilience and focus

LTA-qualified performance coaches

Coached by people who’ve done it

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Where It Runs

One club. One high standard.

Adult Coaching Fitness & Athletic Development Holiday Camps Individual Coaching Junior Development Performance Tennis Schools Programme

Finchley Manor

Our performance home. One of the world’s oldest clubs (established 1881), with 10 tennis courts, squash courts, a gym and clubhouse.

Address: Lyndhurst Gardens, London N3 1TD, United Kingdom

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Beginners to competitors welcome

By assessment. Book a session and our coaches will evaluate your level and ambitions.

Squad training, tactical and match-play work, competition support and tournament planning, with optional individual coaching and athletic development.

Yes! Tournament planning and travel support are part of the programme.

Committed, competitive players; our coaches will confirm the right squad at assessment.

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