Regional Player Development Centre Coaching Team

Sabrina has first-hand experience of the Academy, having trained at Active Bolton Arena as a performance player from the age of 7 to 18. Throughout her time training here, Sabrina represented Great Britain on numerous occasions, achieving a national ranking of No.1 in Great Britain U16s.

On leaving Active Bolton Arena, Sabrina gained a scholarship at Texas Tech College in America, with the college ranked as high as 5th nationally, with a personal double ranking of No.8 nationally.

Sabrina is currently a Level 3 certified coach working primarily with our U12’s-U18’s, providing coach support on several LTA player tournaments and assisting with junior county cup teams. As a coach, her philosophy is to help develop the person alongside the player.

T: 01204 488110 E: sabrinafederici@activebolton.com

Howard is the Head of Sport Science, leading a multi-disciplinary team of strength and conditioning coaches, physiotherapists, as well as sports nutrition and psychology support.

Howard has been involved with the physical development team since 2009. This experience includes working with players across various levels, national and international juniors, ATP and WTA professionals, including a former world number one. He is an accredited strength and conditioning coach, certified tennis performance specialist, and a BA in Sports Coaching. Prior to coaching, he served six years in the Royal Marines Commandos.

His philosophy is to use his professional knowledge and varied personal experience to run a holistic tennis-athlete development program, with the main goals of reducing the risk of injury and improving on-court performance. He is also passionate about the development and education of coaches, having presented his training methodologies across the globe at coaching conferences.

T: 01204 488110 E: howardgreen@activebolton.com

As a junior, Simon played tennis to a high level, winning various national events from 12U to 16U. He also represented Great Britain at U12, U14 and U16. Before going into coaching, Simon attended Indiana State University, where he studied Business and represented the University for Tennis. He has represented Derbyshire Men’s County for the past 20 years.

Simon has coached in different performance environments, including Loughborough University, Hills Road, Cambridge, and David Lloyd Cheadle, where he ran the performance programme. Simon has coached international and national standard players, producing national champions in singles and doubles, with two players going on to represent Great Britain. In addition to his full-time coaching commitments, Simon has also been involved in Cheshire Tennis since 2011, captaining various age groups during this spell.

Simon is currently the Cheshire County Performance Coordinator. This role includes overseeing more than 100 players in County Training and helping player programmes to give the players the best chance of improving.

T: 01204 488110 E: simonthornewill@activebolton.com