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Tennis Coach resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what tennis coachs actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most tennis coachs should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Tennis coach working across club, school and council programs, with a focus on junior development and squad coaching. Combines on-court technique correction with structured fitness and drill programming, plus the scheduling and booking admin that keeps a coaching program running. Tennis Australia accredited and comfortable teaching first-time juniors and adult beginners through to competition players.
Key skills
- Tennis technique assessment and stroke correction
- Individual and group lesson delivery
- Junior development and ANZ Tennis Hot Shots programs
- Training drill and fitness routine design
- Player feedback and progress tracking
- Court booking and coaching schedule management
- Parent and adult learner communication
- Customer service
- Tennis Australia Coach Console
- Court Reserve
- SwingVision
- Dartfish
- PlaySight
- Written communication
Experience: example bullet points
- Planned and delivered weekly individual and group lessons across beginner to competition level, building a regular junior squad that filled the after-school timeslots
- Assessed player technique on court and gave targeted feedback, which lifted rally consistency for squad players across a full season
- Organised and ran junior development programs, coordinating Hot Shots sessions and end-of-term match play days
- Prepared training drills and fitness routines matched to each squad's stage, easing loads back during the competition season
- Managed court bookings and coaching schedules across two venues, cutting clashes and double bookings over a busy summer term
- Used SwingVision and Dartfish footage in review sessions so players could see their own technique and track changes week to week
- Handled enquiries from parents and adult learners, explaining program pathways, squad levels and what each session involves
Education
Tennis Australia coaching accreditation (Community Coach through to Junior Development Coach), often alongside a Certificate III or IV in sport coaching or a related degree, with current first aid and CPR and a Working with Children Check.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Tennis Australia
- Community Coach accreditation
- Junior Development Coach
- ANZ Tennis Hot Shots
- Cardio Tennis
- Coach Console
- Court Reserve
- SwingVision
- Dartfish
- PlaySight
- Working with Children Check
- National Police Check
- HLTAID011 Provide First Aid
- CPR
- club coaching
- squad coaching
- school holiday programs
- child safety
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.