SEVENTEEN STAFF · ONE CONVERSATION
The people on the court
Every coach at Rowan Hall teaches from the same syllabus and meets every Monday to talk about the same players. The coach who taught your child red ball still watches them at fourteen.
- 9
- LTA-accredited coaches
- 1 : 4
- coach to player, squads
- 17
- staff on site
- Monday
- the whole team meets
Director of Tennis
Marta Silveira
Marta reached 118 in the world before a shoulder injury ended her playing career at twenty-six. She spent eleven years travelling as a coach on the WTA and ITF circuits, taking two players into the world junior top twenty, and arrived at Rowan Hall to rewrite the academy syllabus from red ball to the elite programme. She still coaches four hours a day and sees every new player’s assessment session herself.
- Coaching since
- 2003
- Programmes
- Elite · Squads
- Languages
- English, Portuguese, Spanish
PERFORMANCE
Performance coaches
The squad and elite coaches. Each owns a group of players from selection through to their tournament year.
Head of PerformanceDouglas RennieLTA Master Performance coach. Leads the squads and the county tournament programme.LTA Master Performance CoachSquads · EliteFull profile
Performance CoachElena VasaryFormer Hungarian national team coach. Leads serve and return blocks across the elite programme and charts every squad match.LTA Level 5 · ITF Level 2Elite · National squad
Performance CoachTom BexleyRowan Hall junior, then four years on the ITF futures tour. Coaches the county squad and manages the tournament calendar.LTA Level 4County squad
Performance Coach & Match AnalystPriya RamanRuns the video analysis programme. Every elite player sits with her once a week to review the previous block of matches.LTA Level 4 · Dartfish certifiedSquads · EliteJUNIOR
Junior coaches
Red, orange and green ball. The first coaches a child meets, and the ones who set the swing shapes everything later is built on.
Head of Junior TennisAmelie FortinSeventeen years teaching the mini pathway; wrote the academy’s red-ball syllabus.LTA Level 4 · Youth Start specialistMini & Junior PathwayFull profile
Junior CoachCallum ReidTeaches the transition from orange to green ball, and runs the Saturday morning festivals.LTA Level 3Orange · Green
Junior CoachNadia OseiCoaches the youngest groups and holds the academy’s safeguarding lead role for junior programmes.LTA Level 3 · Safeguarding leadRed · Orange
Junior & Adult CoachHarry EllisonSplits his week between green-ball juniors and the adult beginner groups. Runs the Wednesday cardio tennis session.LTA Level 3Green · Adult groupsPHYSICAL
Strength & conditioning
Movement quality first, load second. S&C starts at eleven and is planned around the tournament calendar.
Strength & ConditioningSam OkaforMovement and injury-prevention specialist working across every squad from age eleven up.UKSCA accredited · MSc Sport ScienceSquads · Elite
Strength & Conditioning CoachJonah PryceWorks with the twelve full-time players daily: landing mechanics, on-court speed and the growth-phase load protocol.UKSCA accreditedEliteMEDICAL
Physio & medical
Screening each term, treatment five days a week, and a rehabilitation plan written with the coach rather than around them.
Lead PhysiotherapistDr Helen MarshScreens every squad and elite player each term and holds clinic on site five days a week. Fees are paused from the date she signs an injury note.MCSP · HCPC registeredAll programmes
Sports TherapistOwen BlakeMatchday and post-training treatment, and the recovery protocol used through the tournament season.BSc Sports Therapy · Soft-tissue specialistSquads · EliteSPECIALISTS
Other specialists
The people around the coaching, from psychology to stringing. All of them see players on site rather than by referral.
Sports PsychologistDr Ana WhitfieldOn site fortnightly. Teaches the between-point routine used across the academy and works one-to-one with elite players through tournament blocks.BPS Chartered · HCPC registeredSquads · Elite
Performance NutritionistReena ChandraPlans the elite programme’s matchday and travel nutrition, and runs a termly session for boarding players and parents.SENr registeredElite
Academy Manager & Parent LiaisonGill AnsteyBooks parent meetings, holds the safeguarding lead role for the academy, and is the person who answers when you call the office.Safeguarding leadAll programmes
Master StringerPeter NolanTwenty-four hour turnaround on site, and the tension log kept for every elite player’s frames.ERSA certifiedAll programmes
JOIN THE TEAM
We hire coaches who want to stay
Rowan Hall funds LTA qualifications for every coach on the staff, and the average tenure here is nine years. Vacancies are posted twice a year.