Get better
Coaching
One-to-one lessons at £24 for 45 minutes, a beginners' course at £40 for four weeks, and a Thursday improvers' group at £6 a head.
Dai has been coaching in this shed for twenty-odd years. He will fix your grip first, then your feet, then tell you to stop hitting it so hard. That is usually the whole lesson.
The four-week beginners' course runs on Monday nights from September to April. There are no more than six to a court. You get a borrowed racket, goggles and the only rule that really matters: get back to the T after every shot. By week four you will be playing proper rallies and aching in new places.
The Thursday improvers' group is for anyone who has been playing a while and has stopped getting better. Dai sets up drills, feeds balls and watches for habits. Most of those habits are in your head rather than your wrist.
One-to-one lessons are for one specific problem. Book two or three and practise in between: lessons without practice are an expensive way of getting told the same thing again.
What is included
- Rackets and goggles to borrow on the beginners' course
- No more than six people on a court in any group
- Court fee included in one-to-one prices
- Honest advice on when you do not need another lesson
What it costs
One-to-one £24 for 45 minutes, court included. Beginners' course £40 for four weeks. Improvers' group £6 a session. Every price is on the prices list, and the courts page tells you peak or off-peak for any hour.
Questions about coaching
I am over fifty. Should I start?
Plenty do. Tell Dai about your knees and your heart first, and see your GP if you have been told to take care. Racketball is often the better first step.
Is Dai qualified?
He holds a senior coaching award and a current DBS check; both are placeholders on this demonstration site.
First game is on us. Bring shoes that do not mark.
Ring or send a line and someone from the club will give you a game at about your level, lend you a racket and tell you honestly what you are doing wrong.