Neilson Holidays and Mark Petchey

Since 2016 our tennis programme has been endorsed by Mark Petchey a former world’s top 100 players and former coach to Andy Murray.

Mark says “What’s great about Neilson is that there’s something for everyone: you can be a complete beginner or an advanced player and there will be sessions and opportunities for you. I’m a big fan of encouraging participation at all levels, so this is the perfect partnership!”

Mark brings his years of experience as a tennis coach to implement changes that will ensure that no matter what their level, guests can leave the holiday a more confident player. His involvement includes consulting and crafting the overall detailed tennis programme across all resorts. He also works with us to help deliver the Neilson ethos into everything we do on court. He does this by training our amazing coaches in the RPT coaching methodology to provide the guests with the best instruction and overall experience and fingers crossed have inspired them enough to join a Club back home.

One hour of group coaching is available for all abilities and to all guests aged 14+. Theses are colour graded from green which is complete beginner to blue which is intermediate group, red group is our high intermediated group which is for our club players and finally our black group which is our high club level players that play regular. During these sessions you well learn how to improve your technique. If you’re wanting more Game play then social tennis will be the prefect thing for you. You can also join our Social tennis, which is available most evenings, this is a great time to make new friends, have a beer and practice your new skills learnt in during the group coaching sessions.

Free play tennis is a great time to get grab a racket and practice your tennis and or to have a fun hit around with your friends and family. Coaches are available to offer tips.

If you’re wanting more of a workout on the tennis court, then Fit for tennis sessions will be perfect for you. These sessions involve a combination of hitting lots of balls and constant running to great tunes early in the morning to set you up for the day.

Children as young as two will get an introduction to tennis within their kids’ clubs. The session will be run by a qualified tennis coach with plenty of tennis-based games to keep the fun factor sky high. If your kids’ want to play more tennis speak to one of the coaches and they will be able to arrange private tuition.