LTA
Physical Preparation Coach
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Sports Science & High Performance Coach – Performance Tennis
About the LTA
We’re The LTA – the UK’s governing body for tennis and padel, championing a vision of ‘Tennis Opened Up’ and a mission to transform communities through inclusive, inspiring, and welcoming sport. With padel’s rapid growth, we’re passionate about helping bring this expansive, engaging game to more players across the country.
About This Exceptional Opportunity
Within this vision, performance tennis is central to redefining what ‘world-class’ means for British players: ambitious, collaborative and relentless in pursuit of excellence. This role within our LTA Performance department will shape the physical capability, resilience and competitive readiness of Britain’s most promising tennis talent, ensuring their performance aligns with the rigorous demands of the professional tour schedule.
Based at the National Tennis Centre and across national/international competition environments, you will play a pivotal role in designing and delivering physically prepared players—driven by individualised programming, high-quality diagnostic assessments, and integrated support from a multi-disciplinary team (coaches, sports scientists, sports psychologists, etc.).
Key Responsibilities
You must be a high-performance coach with proven success in:
- Understanding the fundamental components of sustained excellence in elite tennis (including physiology, psychology, professional behaviours and standards).
- Balancing long-term development with short-term performance needs, accounting for fatigue, travel and the demanding schedules of professional athletes.
- Conducting physical diagnostics to efficiently identify athletic strengths, limitations and risks—and translating these findings into targeted, adaptable preparation.
- Managing optimal preparation (recovery, training load, nutritional support, tactical balancing) for players and teams competing in local/regional and international events.
- Responding independently to technical and medical problems, ensuring consistency, adaptability, and sustained resilience in performance.
- Demonstrating exemplary professional behaviours, including communications with parents/players, peer colleagues, and expert partners.
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The Ideal Candidate
You’ll have:
- Proven high-performance credentials, ideally a career in professional athletics/sports coaching (football, cycling, basketball etc. are favourable).
- A track record of delivering impactful physical performance improvements to elite/emerging professionals with measurable outcomes.
- Specialist technical skills in performance programming, conditioning, injury recovery strategies, load management and wildlife.
- Fluency in science-based consultations supporting behavioural psychology, nutrition and medical aspects of performance.
- Exceptional communication—owning clarity (written/verbal), capability in detail-oriented assessments, and experience inspiring teams.
- Relevance is matches and governor’s personality and experience.
About You
The LTA pride themselves on diversity and inclusion. We particularly value applications from:
- Ethnically diverse communities
- Deaf and disabled people
- Membership to the LGBTQ+ community
- Those with lived experience within minority communities in the UK
A welcoming environment where values like empathy, understanding and sustainability align daily.
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Prerequisites
- Insurity: The application window closes Sunday 19 July 2026, midnight. Early applications strongly encouraged. Should the level of interest exceeds initial expectations, we reserve the right to close or extend this window early.
- Dialogue Process:
- First-stage interviews: Week commencing Monday 27 July 2026.
- Final-stage interviews: In-person at the National Tennis Centre, week commencing Monday 3 August 2026.
- Recruitment Support: Adjustments during the recruitment process are available (extra time for assessments, advance interview questions, alternative content formats, wheelchair access). All information provided is strictly confidential and maintained in the best interest of contributing a comfortable experience.
For queries about your application, email recruitment@lta.org.uk.
Looking Ahead: Life at LTA
We are building a culture centering on inclusion, equality, and sustainability. Check out our colleague’s stories here or visit our Benefits page to explore the comprehensive support we provide professionals of all backgrounds.
Testimonials:
"My experience (including extracurricular aspects) has been fantastic, especially during nursing initiative. As everyone’s just respectful of one another regardless of culture or background, it’s outstanding what the culture at LTA has given its the team through empathy and support!"
"Beginning at LTA, I’ve been constantly impressed with the collective commitment to open-up tennis and enhance diversity, inclusion and sustainable practices."
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