Rayleigh Tennis Academy is the Coaching Academy at Rayleigh Lawn Tennis Coach headed by Ryan Wilson
20/05/2026
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A simple way to get started. For Top Spin notice we start with the racket head below the racket handle and for slice we start with the head above the handle. Just starting with the racket in these positions can help the child find the correct swing path for top spin and slice.
Zack is right handed, you may see us getting your children to hit left handed forehands during tennis classes! Please don't think we've forgotten what hand your child plays tennis with! When hitting a double handed backhand it is the left hand that should control the shot! This is great practice to make the backhand stronger! Also I believe as tennis evolves in the coming years there will be top players that can hit two forehands! Either way this practice is a win win!
07/02/2026
Massive congrats to Rayleigh Tennis Academy player Sofia Nice and her Rayleigh Club mate Kyla Eves who represented Essex Under 18 Girls and both won all 3 of their County Singles Matches!
This was the first time Sofia has represented the county which is an amazing achievement for someone who has just turned 15!
Sofia won her first match 4-0, 5-3, then her second match 4-1, 5-3 and her final match a very impressive 4-0, 4-1. The counties they beat were Nottingham, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. Well done to both girls and also to the Essex team for the 3 victories!
17/10/2025
For Children all ages 7 upwards (6 year olds theat play regularly also welcome)
21/09/2025
Well done to loads of our Junior Academy players and also many of our ex Junior academy players who all took part in our Club Finals.
Mens Int Singles Zach beat Ellery
21& Under Isaac beat Marcus
16 & under girls Sofia beat Layla
14& under girls Amelia beat Brooke
Mens Int doubles Diwij & Isaac beat Ed and Alex
Ladies int doubles Pippa won with Lucia
Boys 16 singles Zack beat Adam
10& Under Boys Cristian beat Stan and also Ciaran and Joseph.
Also big well done to former academy players from years gone by Louis Rawley (won the mixed), Emily Watts won the Ladies Doubles, Joe Beeching runner up in Mens Doubles. Also, although not from our academy a big well done to our Men's and Ladies Singles Champions Stewart Biggie and Kyla Eves and also well done to all the finalists that took part. There will still be some more Junior tournaments/finals happening in the next few weeks and over October half term.
14/09/2025
Massive well done to Rayleigh Tennis Academy's Cristian who is now officially the No 1 in Essex for his age group and also inside top 60 in the country. Great effort Cristian!
02/09/2025
What an amazing summer for Rayleigh Tennis Academy's Sofia. At 14 years old she started the summer winning the Ladies Southend & District Singles, played in several high level singles tournaments with some great results, worked really hard on her game and has now won both the Essex Open ( with fellow Rayleigh Academy player Layla Rowe) and more recently the Essex closed Girls under 18 Doubles (with clubmate Kyla Eves) Sofia is currently ranked 11 in Essex for Girls 16& Unders and is poised to break into the top 10! Well done Sofia and keep up the hard work!
01/09/2025
What a star! Rayleigh Tennis Academy's Cristian Hicks has completed a brilliant summer by winning the Essex Closed Championship in the Under 9 age group! Cristian also finished 5th in the 10& Unders. We believe the points earned will.make him the new number 1 in Essex for his age group! This caps aoff a great summer for Cristian who had already won some Grade 3& Grade 4 tournaments! Well done Cristian!
06/08/2025
After a slow start and going 4-0 down the girls showed great character coming back to win 9 of the next 13 games, losing the first set 6-3 before taking control and winning the 2nd set 6-2. Unfortunately lost the tie break decider but both should be proud of the resilience they showed fighting their way back into a match. Well done girls!