MARIA BOLSTER TENNIS COACHING

Tennis Camps at Kinsale Tennis Club 2026

About Maria Bolster Tennis Coaching

Maria Bolster is a registered Level 3 coach with Tennis Ireland, with over 40 years of coaching experience in the USA, Spain and Ireland. Maria is also a former Irish number one tennis champion, a Fed Cup player and Irish International, at both junior and senior level.

Maria developed her game playing Varsity Tennis in the USA, where she completed a B.S Ed degree in Physical Education. Maria is co-founder of the Bolster Tennis Camp and she has worked with players of all ages and ability levels throughout her career.

Maria is committed to providing a professional coaching service designed to meet the goals of each individual, whether they compete regularly or play tennis just for fun.

Maria uses The Actions Method Coaching Methodology

This approach uses progressive problem solving activities to guide the development and acquisition of tennis skills. The Actions Method is built on four main pillars.

1. A learner centered approach.

2. A game based approach.

3. An open skill approach.

4. A global approach.

With younger juniors under the age of 10, the approach taken is called Progressive Tennis, which is a systematic progression of court sizes, balls and rackets to scale the game down to an appropriate level for 4 to 10 year olds. A Progressive Tennis Training System allows players to play quickly and successfully, while acquiring the required technical skills.

ADVANCED COURSE

In addition to the children's fun tennis, Maria offers an advanced course (by invitation only) to those children who have demonstrated an ability to rally within their colour level. Emphasis is on developing technical stroke production along with tactical matchplay training, in preparation for the introduction to competitive play.

ADULT COACHING

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