our coaching team
Meet the One Community Tennis Coaches!!
Starting from left to right: Tash, Troy & Richard
Tash has been playing tennis for 10+ years socially and competitively. She has been coaching for 5+ years and in this time has been focusing on building the fundamental skills and techniques of children and adult tennis players of many different abilities! Tash has completed the Tennis NZ Coaching Assistant Course and is starting work to become an International Tennis Federation (ITF) Level 1 qualified coach.
Richard is a highly skilled and experienced tennis player. He has 12+ years of competitive tennis (specialising in Doubles Tennis) and has benefited from many years of elite coaching both in New Zealand and China. Richard has completed the Tennis NZ Coaching Assistant Course and will soon be starting work to become an International Tennis Federation (ITF) Level 1 qualified coach.
Troy is an International Tennis Federation (ITF) Level 1 qualified coach, Tennis Central Coach Of the Year 2025, Tennis NZ Coach Developer and Director of One Community Tennis. He has been coaching for more than 17 years.
One community tennis
One Community Tennis was formed at the end of 2023. Prior to that Troy had spent 6 years with PLANiTPRO working with all levels as well as spending many years coaching with in their performance program. Troy’s true passion is in the club arena (where he first started) and having gathered a wealth of knowledge, with his time at PLANiTPRO he wanted to come back to the tennis club scene to create a strong development pathway that suits all players. 1 C Tennis is here to work with local clubs by creating a strong partnership and coaching program that works for each club and their community, providing coaching that fits any player. Having an amazing team, 1 C Tennis is ready for anything!
Proud to be working with local clubs!
