








Mark has over 30 years’ experience coaching in clubs and tennis centres in the UK. He has been training coaches for the LTA and ITF for over 20 years, and has tutored more than 100 certification courses for the LTA in the UK. Mark was a lead member of the team charged with the development and launch of the ITF Tennis…Play and Stay campaign, working with staff and experts from other major nations. This also involved writing the ITF Tennis…Play and Stay manual which has been translated into over 30 languages, and the ITF Adults Tennis Xpress programme.
Mark is a regular speaker at conferences worldwide, and has presented on every continent, both in English and French. Mark has presented at ITF Worldwide Coaches Workshops including 2023 in Bogota, Colombia, has trained tutors for Tennis Europe and presented at numerous Tennis Europe coaches conferences and symposiums.
Mark is a Founder and Director of inspire2coach, a company which he owns and set up with co-Director Richard Marklow. The company offers coach education worldwide and runs more than 30 tennis facilities in the UK. As an LTA Coach Development Centre, i2c has so far certified over 10000 coaches and assistants in the UK. Mark is also responsible for leading the company’s international projects with key partners around the world.
Richard is one of two Directors of inspire2coach.
Richard has worked in the world of tennis for over 30 years. He has been successful in many diverse areas of tennis.
For many years he combined tennis coaching with running a prominent Indoor Tennis Centre’s tennis programme. Here he learnt skills including managing an experienced team, programming, sales, marketing and budgeting.
He has also had a successful tennis coaching career working with many top National junior players. He loves coaching and can be seen on court working with all levels of players.
Richard is a well-respected Tutor working at all levels of qualifications both for the LTA and inspire2coach. He also delivers a wide variety of CPD courses. He now works on international contracts abroad for inspire2coach in countries such as Finland, Greece, Qatar, Portugal.
He has presented at many conferences in the UK and abroad.
Richard is also a qualified mentor. He helps coaches using his extensive experience to improve coaching and business standards.
Simon has worked in tennis for the whole of his life and previously owned the largest competition business in the UK organising 2000+ tournaments a year across the country. Simon has a real passion for tennis, in particular competition and believes that competition provides another opportunity to practice, develop your skills and enjoy the sport. Simon is still heavily involved in LTA competitions, refereeing over 120 days a year at some of the Country's best grade 3 competitions.