COACHING
COACHING
PHIL VIVIAN
Head Coach
Phil Vivian is the head coach at the club and a member of the MDL coaching team.
Please direct all individual coaching enquiries to Phil and
junior group coaching enquiries to Phil/Matt or MDL.
Phil has over 40 years of experience, teaching at many clubs around the UK.
He co-founded Holly Park Junior Tennis Club
which was the first all junior club in the UK.
Phil is an LTA Level 4 Coach
who is also qualified as a
Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) Coach.
Phil has been awarded
PTR (UK) Pro of the Year in 1998
PTR lifetime Achievement Award in 2019.
He has been a key-note speaker at
Coach Education seminars
and the PTR National Symposiums.
He has been a
PTR Coach Education Tutor and Chief Assessor
and was awarded the
International Tester of the Year 2013.
Phil has helped train over 3,000 coaches
in the past 25 years.
He combines his coaching role with a
restringingbusiness and is a
UKRSA Professional Stringer.
Please contact him if you require
CONTACT MATT VIA
Club Coach of Junior Sessions
Matt is a LTA Level 2 coach and is very close
to completing his Level 3 qualification.
Matt studied at Loughborough University
where he earnt his BSc (Hons) Degree
in Sport Science, Coaching & PE.
Matt is currently a full time
PE + Science Teacher
at Coombe Wood School
specialising in biomechanics,
performance analysis and psychology.
Matt joined as a Junior in 2014 and just
a year later volunteered to become
assistant coach during the junior sessions
to Tony Brown, our previous head coach.