LTA Regional Player Development Centre
Giving gifted players the chance to optimise their tennis potential between the ages of 10 and 14 years, with tennis coaching at Active Bolton Arena’s LTA Regional Player Development Centre.
Creating great athletes and all-round good people
The RPDC programme
Active Bolton Tennis Academy guarantees to offer a service that will give your child a chance to optimise their tennis potential between the ages of 10-14 years. The players in our programme are challenged in an intensive, professional environment with like-minded players and coaches driving the day-to-day standards. Within the RPDC structure, all players will be offered a bespoke weekly training programme comprising of daily squad sessions, strength & conditioning sessions, and individual lessons. To learn more about how players are chosen for the program and the tournament support available, please visit our Player Selection Process & Tournament Support page.
Our Philosophy
The coaching team are fully invested in developing young individuals into successful tennis players. Alongside our philosophy of OWNIT, we take a ‘Person First’ approach to equip our players with the resilience, leadership, and accountability they will need not only in tennis but in everyday life. Our RPDC creates great athletes and all-round good people. Previous players selected from Active Bolton Arena for National Academies are Ella McDonald, Hannah Rylatt, Millie Skelton, and Viktor Frydrych. To understand how sports science supports player development at our centre, please visit our RPDC Sports Science page.
FAQs
We offer a range of tennis memberships for peak and off peak use with a 12-month contract, which give you maximum court allowance of 2 off-peak courts per day, or 1 peak court per day.
We also offer a range of tennis and fitness memberships to help you get the most out of our facilities at Bolton Arena Sports Village.
Explore our membership options.
To speak a member of staff, please call 01204 488 104 or email memberships@boltonarena.com.
For first time bookings, call our reception team on 01204 488100.
All further bookings can be made call on our Bolton Arena Sports Village app or website portal.
You can request a login for our website portal and app through our reception team. This allows customers to make bookings and payments of Bolton Arena Sports Village’s facilities without the need to contact reception.
If you already have a portal login, you can book a tennis court here.
Monday: 06:00 – 22:00
Tuesday: 06:00 – 22:00
Wednesday: 06:00 – 22:00
Thursday: 06:00 – 22:00
Friday: 06:00 – 22:00
Saturday: 07:30 – 19:00
Sunday: 07:30 – 19:00
Bank Holidays: 08:00 – 16:00
Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day: Closed
Tennis court hire is available from just:
- £12.50 per hour for under 18’s during off-peak hours
- £16 per hour for adults during off-peak hours
- £21.50 per hour during peak hours
If you are an existing customer, you can book your tennis court online via our web portal.
The tennis courts at Active Bolton Arena are high performance indoor hard courts, to give you the best game year-round.
Off Peak Times
Monday to Friday 07:00-16:00 & 21:00-22:00
Saturday to Sunday 16:00-19:00
Peak Tennis
Monday to Friday 16:00-22:00
Saturday to Sunday 08:00-16:00
Please fill in the form to enquire about joining our LTA Regional Player Development programme.
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