COACHING
FOR EVERY
RACQUET.
Accredited coaches across all four sports. Clinics from £15. Private lessons from £45/hr.
Your game,
your programme.
Every player is different, every sport is different, and a drill that works for a club-level squash player is useless to someone picking up a padel racquet for the first time.
Our coaches build sessions around where you are and where you want to be. All are governing-body accredited — LTA for tennis, PPA for padel, PSA for squash, Badminton England for badminton — with competitive playing records across amateur and semi-pro levels.
Video analysis on request. Progress tracking standard.
Pick your racquet.
Tennis
Group clinics Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Saturday junior squads (U10, U12, U14). Private lessons daily.
Padel
Saturday beginner clinics, Tuesday/Thursday intermediate drills, and block-booked private tuition with Carlos Mendez (ex-World Padel Tour).
Squash
PSA-accredited coaching with Tom Alberti, former English National squad player. Solo technique sessions, pair drilling, and competitive match-play review.
Badminton
Badminton England Level 3 coach Lin Chen running Sunday morning adult clinics and a Thursday night juniors programme. Private lessons by appointment.
Who you'll be learning from.
Carlos Mendez
Head of Padel · Lead CoachFormer professional player with 10 years on the World Padel Tour. Carlos moved to London in 2021 and has coached over 500 players across the Smash Padel and Smash Raquets clubs. PPA accredited.
Sophie Hargreaves
Head of Tennis · Lead CoachLTA Level 4 with a specialism in junior development. Sophie played Division 1 tennis at university and now runs the Smash Raquets junior tennis programme and Saturday adult clinics.