Nick Poulton

Spear’s Review

‘You will have a Roger Federer forehand and a Serena Williams serve in no time,’ says Nick Poulton of his one-to-one tennis and paddle-sports coaching service, Boof Tennis.

Offering his coaching services in the Chelsea Barracks, Belgravia and Knightsbridge, as well as for clients ‘all over Surrey’, Poulton developed his stripes as a teacher through giving private lessons at the Four Seasons Hotel in Hampshire as well as at The Garrison Club.

He is equally comfortable nurturing the racquet skills of adults who have never played a game in their lives as he is coaching budding younger talents. For children, he often organises group sessions with up to four players, and he seeks to develop their hand-eye coordination as well as ensuring they have ‘lots of fun’. Having seen the growth in fitness for the whole family, Poulton is also well equipped to travel with clients' families and coach intergenerational lessons.

‘Coach Boof’ as his students call him, first developed a love of tennis as a child. As a teenager he played at both county and country level. An ex-professional player, he is sponsored by Wilson Tennis & Padel and is affiliated with the Lawn Tennis Association.