MTA Coaches

Mike’s Tennis Academy is one of Cambridge’s most established tennis coaching businesses. All coaches are LTA qualified and hold the following training and checks:

Insurance
First Aid trained
Safeguarding and Child Protection trained
Enhanced DBS checked
Child Barr List checked

Mike Lipschitz – Head Coach

Mike is a level 4 coach and founded MTA in 2000 after 20 years teaching tennis in Europe and the UK. Mike took his first tennis qualification while still at high school in South Africa and then went to teacher training college where he qualified as a Physical Education specialist & History teacher.

He started teaching tennis in 1989, working in Holland, Germany, Spain and Portugal. In 1996 Mike was appointed Head Coach to the Cambridge Lawn Tennis Club. During seven years there the junior membership increased by 400% and adult memberships increased to near capacity.

Mike holds qualifications from two of the world’s largest and most active teaching organisations – United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA)and United States Professional Tennis Registry (USPTR). Mike has trained at the South African Tennis Coaches Association and the Bolletieri Academy and is a member of the Registry of Tennis Professionals (RTP) based in Spain.

Mike has also received the Lawn Tennis Associations Club Coaches Award (CCA) as well as being a qualified tutor for LTA Tennis Leader Courses.