Ed Taylor

Club and Academy Coach

Ed started playing tennis at 14 and his love for the game developed very quickly. He relishes the competition and all the hard work and his passion drives him to learn more and more as a player and now, as a coach.

Ed is a home-grown player - he learned and trained as a player at Halton in the Everyball programme and spent some time on the road competing. He now works at Halton as a travelling coach to players at all levels - county, national and international.

Ed's own words are an inspiration to those setting a course on a new career in any field:

“I remember the first session I had at Living Tennis at Bisham Abbey: it was a fitness session at 7 am and all the younger players who had been at full time tennis a lot longer than me were outlasting me at everything and I was knackered to say the least even after just the warm up! This drove me to push myself more and more and within no time I had caught up and was also beginning to perform well on the court.

"Countless early mornings and late nights on court and in the gym helped build my character and resilience. I kept telling myself every morning at 5:45 that I was getting up to pursue a life goal which helped my mind-set for the morning sessions and for the rest of the day. Of course some days I would struggle to motivate myself and I would lose hope but once I stepped on court I would lose myself in the hard work."

From September 2018 Ed will further develop his skills and edcuation as he embarks on his level 4 Senior Performance Coach qualification.