Padel Coach in Preston

• SOUL PADEL
• FREELANCE PADEL COACH
• Role description | Independent contract for services
• ROLE
• Freelance Padel Coach
• LOCATION
• Opportunities across the North of England and Scotland
• WORKING BASIS
• Self-employed; no guaranteed hours or work
• KEY RELATIONSHIPS
• David Garrido, Technical Director; Soul Padel coaching and club teams

SAME PADEL. MORE SOUL.

We're not just teaching shots. We're helping people discover a sport, build confidence and find their place in a community.

Soul Padel is on an ambitious growth journey to become the UK's most dynamic and recognisable grassroots padel operator. As we grow across the North of England and Scotland, we're looking for brilliant padel coaches who can bring skill, energy and personality to the court.

This is not a coaching role built around feeding balls from a basket.

This is an opportunity to shape how people experience padel - from a nervous first session to competitive matchplay - inside a fast-growing, community-led sports business.

OVERVIEW

Our coaches bring the Soul Padel experience to life. They make the game easy to understand, enjoyable to learn and welcoming for everyone.

• Deliver high-quality coaching for children and adults at every stage of their padel journey.
• Turn first sessions into lasting confidence, regular play and genuine progression.
• Create an inclusive court environment where people feel comfortable, challenged and supported.
• Help grow participation through private coaching, group sessions, academies, clinics and community programmes.
• Represent Soul Padel with warmth, energy and professionalism at every player touchpoint.

This is a hands-on role for someone who loves coaching, enjoys meeting people and wants to help build a coaching culture - not simply deliver a diary of lessons.

CORE PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

To help every player improve, whatever their starting point, while making padel enjoyable, inclusive and something they want to keep playing.

Our vision is clear

We welcome everyone to the court.

Our values guide us

Meet. Play. Connect.

Your role is to make those values real in every session - helping players feel known and supported while giving them a clear sense of progress and the confidence to keep developing.

You will work closely with Technical Director David Garrido and the Soul Padel coaching team to implement a modern coaching methodology built around player development, coach education and long-term programme quality.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• 1. Coaching & Player Development
• Plan and deliver engaging private, small-group and group coaching sessions.• Coach children and adults across beginner, improver, intermediate and advanced levels.
• Deliver technical, tactical and matchplay coaching that is clear, relevant and enjoyable.
• Understand each player's goals and provide simple, motivating feedback that helps them progress.
• Give every player - from complete beginner to advanced competitor - a clear opportunity to improve.
• Adapt sessions for different ages, abilities, confidence levels and learning needs.
• Where mutually agreed, deliver Soul Padel academies, clinics, junior sessions and community programmes.
• 2. Player Experience & Community
• Create a court environment where every player feels welcome and able to belong.
• Build positive relationships that encourage repeat participation and long-term engagement.
• Support players beyond the lesson by making pathways into games, programmes and club communities easy to understand.
• Contribute positively to club events, activations and participation initiatives.
• Bring personality and energy while recognising that different players need different coaching styles.
• 3. Coaching Standards & Collaboration
• Work closely with Technical Director David Garrido and the Soul Padel coaching team to implement our modern coaching methodology.
• Support a consistent player-development approach and high-quality programme delivery across Soul Padel clubs.
• Use independent professional judgement while respecting Soul Padel's safeguarding, welfare, health and safety, venue and brand standards.
• Respond openly and constructively to player feedback and reasonable quality guidance.
• Represent Soul Padel professionally in the club, online and through approved player communications.
• Help strengthen the coaching culture as Soul Padel grows across multiple locations.
• 4. Continuous Coach Development
• Engage in ongoing mentoring and technical support from David Garrido and the wider coaching team.
• Learn and apply Soul Padel's coaching methodology, session frameworks and player-development principles.
• Take part in coach education, observation, feedback and shared-learning opportunities.
• Contribute ideas and practical insight as our methodology and coaching programmes continue to evolve.
• Commit to continuous professional development and maintaining high technical standards.
• 5. Organisation, Safety & Professional Practice
• Manage availability, client communications, cancellations and coaching administration professionally.
• Arrange court time in line with club booking procedures and use facilities respectfully.
• Provide and maintain suitable coaching equipment unless otherwise agreed.
• Maintain all required qualifications, accreditation, checks and insurance.
• Report accidents, injuries, safeguarding concerns, serious complaints and data incidents immediately.
• Protect confidential information and use player data only for its authorised purpose.
• PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY

You will be judged on

• The quality, safety and inclusivity of your coaching.
• Player feedback, repeat participation and demonstrable player progression at every level.
• Your reliability, organisation and communication with players and club teams.
• Your contribution to Soul Padel programmes, participation and community life.
• Your engagement with mentoring, coach education and the Soul Padel coaching methodology.
• Continuous compliance with accreditation, DBS, first aid, insurance and safeguarding requirements.
• How consistently you represent Soul Padel's values and player experience. CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• LTA Level 2 padel coaching qualification or above.
• Current LTA accreditation appropriate to the coaching delivered.
• Current enhanced DBS certificate with satisfactory safeguarding status.
• Current recognised first-aid qualification.
• Appropriate public liability and professional indemnity insurance.
• Experience coaching a mix of ages, abilities or playing backgrounds.
• The right to work and coach in the UK.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong technical padel knowledge, explained in a simple and motivating way.
• Excellent communication and an instinct for making people feel comfortable.
• Able to challenge stronger players without intimidating those new to the sport.
• Organised, reliable and responsive.
• Confident operating independently and managing a self-employed coaching practice.
• Comfortable using Playtomic or willing to learn the relevant booking systems quickly.
• Personal Characteristics
• High energy, positive and approachable.
• Inclusive and community-focused.
• Player-centred, with high standards and low ego.
• Entrepreneurial and hands-on.
• Curious, coachable and eager to keep developing.
• Comfortable working in a fast-growth environment where everyone gets involved.
• WHY THIS OPPORTUNITY IS EXCEPTIONAL
• You will help shape how thousands of people experience one of the world's fastest-growing participation sports.
• You will coach across an open, welcoming environment built for beginners as well as experienced players.
• You will work closely with Technical Director David Garrido and receive ongoing mentoring, technical support and access to Soul Padel's coaching methodology.
• You will become part of a growing national coaching community with coach education, observation, feedback and shared learning.
• You will help build player pathways and programmes that can influence the future of grassroots padel.
• As Soul Padel grows, consistently high-performing coaches may have opportunities to progress into Head Coach,

Club Leader or other technical roles.

• You will have the freedom and responsibility that comes with operating as an independent coach within a distinctive community brand.

This is a build opportunity. Not a maintenance role.

WORKING ARRANGEMENT

Opportunities are currently available across Soul Padel locations in the North of England and Scotland. The specific club or clubs will be agreed as part of each appointment.

This is a self-employed contract for services, not an employed position. Coaches set their own availability, manage their own client relationships and remain responsible for the professional delivery and administration of their services. Soul Padel does not guarantee hours, work, court time or bookings. Required qualifications, checks, insurance and right to work/coach in the UK will be verified before appointment.

READY TO BRING MORE SOUL TO THE COURT?

We're helping people discover the game, improve together and find their community. If you bring coaching quality, positive energy and a genuine belief that padel should be for everyone, we'd love to hear from you.

Same padel. More soul.