LTA Level 3 DCA Course

Batchwood HPC offer the following coach education assistance for this qualification:

  • Field placements to gain valuable practical experience alongside our coaching team
  • Individualised coach education to improve coaching skills in response to feedback from the DCA tutorials
  • Individual coaching to improve demos and feeding skills 
  • Individualised coach education training for coaches re-taking the DCA

Contact Mandy Franks 01727 844250 for more information.

LTA Development Coach Award

The Development Coach Award (DCA) follows the Level 2. The course is designed for coaches interested in working with beginners and improvers, children and adults, both individually and in groups. It includes N/SVQ Level 2 Coaching, Teaching and Instructing Tennis.

Before applying for the DCA, you must first have attended either the Level 1 Coaching Assistant Course or the Tennis Assistants (TA) Course, have an Appointed Persons First Aid certificate and a CRB Enhanced Disclosure certificate.

For a full list of course requirements and availability on courses please refer to the downloadable DCA course information on the LTA website www.lta.org.uk

There are four modules and three blocks of practical coaching experience over a period of five months. Each module consists of three days of course time, together with three periods of six weeks for practical coaching experience when at least nine one-hour lessons must be coached. Tutor contact time on the course is 12 days in total.

To Apply: 

You will need to complete and sign the DCA application form, which you can download from the lta website as well as completing the online profile monitoring form. You can also download an explanation sheet which explains what we will do with your details.

The address for applications is:

DCA Coordinator
Coach Relations
The Lawn Tennis Association
100 Priory Lane
Roehampton
London SW15 5JQ

 

 

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