Group of ten people, including seven young female athletes and three male coaches, standing on a colorful and vibrant outdoor tennis court, posing for a photo with green trees and a cloudy sky in the background.

Scotland’s Leading Coaching Team

Professional Coaching for Every Age and Skill Level

Expert coaching across every racket sport

Mark Walker Coaching is recognised as one of Scotland’s leading coaching teams, delivering expert training across all racket sports. With years of experience, our dedicated coaches provide professional guidance for players of every age and ability, helping them develop skills, confidence, and a lasting love for the game.

Meet the team

Your Game Starts Here

Mark Walker Coaching offers a wide range of services, from summer camps to personalised coaching across most racket sports.

Camps

We run School Holiday Camps at all 3 venues for young people from Primary 1 upwards. The Camps are all led by our experienced qualified coaches. These great fun sports camps allow children to experience tennis, pickleball, table tennis and racketball. The sessions operate between 9am and 12pm Monday to Friday as well as 1pm -4pm for table tennis and pickleball. We are able to provide supervision over lunch for an additional fee if required.

• Dunblane Sports Club

• Stirling Lawn Tennis & Squash Club

Coaching

Our Coaching program for Junior and Adults at both Dunblane and Stirling runs throughout the year in school term time. We have Classes for pre-school children, red ball, orange ball, green ball, yellow ball, adult beginner, adult improver and advanced at both venues. Please click on the link for the Club and Class where you’d like to book in to or ‘contact us’ if you’d like to find out more information on which class would best suit you.

• Dunblane Sports Club

• Stirling Lawn Tennis & Squash Club

Clinics

Our Adult Doubles Clinics are designed to give 2 hours of group coaching with players of similar abilities. Each themed session is designed to help players develop new skills and confidence which they can use in their future tennis matches. Always extremely popular and ‘sell out’ events, it’s important to book in quickly to avoid disappointment. To find out more ‘contact us’ for more information

Individual Tennis Lessons

Our team of LTA accredited and qualified coaches are able to offer individual coaching at our locations.

All levels and abilities are catered for. Whether your new tennis, looking to improve or be more consistent at playing, we have it all covered in a fun and professional tennis environment. Discounts are available for block bookings and we also offer ‘vouchers’ for those wanting to buy gifts.

Pickleball

New to 2025 we offer Pickleball Coaching at Dunblane Sports Club, Kings Park and Cromlix House Hotel. This fast growing sport is great fun to play and easy to learn. James leads the coaching and has all the equipment you need if you’re an absolute beginner. James can take small groups and individual players to help improve their play whether it’s for social or competitive play.

We are also able to offer fun coaching social events for up to 8 players at Cromlix House Hotel with Afternoon Tea included. ‘Contact us’ for more information on Pickleball Coaching and events.

Table Tennis

Coach James leads a weekly Coaching sessions allow young for juniors who would like to learn Table Tennis at Dunblane. A former Scottish Internationalist player, James helps teach new skills and develop our players. We offer coaching for both social and competitive Table Tennis players. James is also available for individual lessons too, please ‘contact us’ for more information.

Stringing

NEW! We now offer stringing services for tennis and squash rackets. We can provide you with strings or you can supply your own strings if you prefer. We can also supply and fit new grips to rackets too.

‘Contact us’ to find out more.

Learn & Play

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