Coaching

A class for every level.

Three accredited coaches, six weekly classes, and the most loved junior programme in the postcode.

Adults

  • Beginners

    Tue & Thu · 7–8pm

    Eight-week introduction. Rackets and balls provided.

    £90 / 8 weeks

  • Improvers

    Mon & Wed · 7–8pm

    Working the T, length to the back, drop and boast patterns.

    £100 / 8 weeks

  • Performance Squad

    Sat · 8–10am

    Match-play and conditioning for league candidates. Coach-selected after a trial.

    £18 / session

Juniors

  • Mini Squash

    Sat · 9–10am

    Foam-ball, half-court warm-ups and games. Ages 4–7.

    £70 / term

  • Junior Starters

    Sat · 10–11am

    Blue-dot ball, full court, learning the lines. Ages 7–9.

    £75 / term

  • Junior Squad

    Wed · 5–6:30pm

    Double-yellow training, ages 9–14. Match-play and tournament prep.

    £100 / term

The coaches

  • MA

    Marisol Aravena

    Head Coach · England Squash Level 3

    Joined Hampstead in 2018 from a programme in Madrid. Specialises in straight-drive mechanics and the junior pathway.

  • IW

    Idris Wakefield

    Senior Coach · PSA Coaching Certified

    PSA Tour 2009–2012, England Squash-accredited since 2017. Runs the adult Performance Squad and the conditioning class.

  • PS

    Pranavi Subramanian

    Junior Lead · England Squash Level 2

    Built our junior pathway from the ground up in 2019. Leads mini, starter and squad programmes.

“Marisol re-built my service in three sessions. Twelve months later, I'm playing county league.”
James · Premium member
“Three of my four children learned to play squash here. The pathway is the best in NW3.”
Pranavi · Family member
“Saturday Performance Squad is the high point of my week — and the lowest position in the box leagues.”
Tom · Competition member

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Voices from the pavilion

What members say.

  1. I joined in 1997 and stopped counting the friendships somewhere around 2003. A late-evening rally on Court III in midwinter — the heating clanking, the ball going pock — is the closest thing north London has to a small miracle.

    Margaret Holloway

    Member since 1997 · Competition

  2. It’s the kind of club where the bar staff know your tipple, the coach remembers your service, and the cat will sit on your kit-bag if you leave it unattended. I cannot recommend it more highly.

    Idris Wakefield

    Member since 2018 · Intermediate

  3. Three of my four children picked up their first racket here. They’ve since left for university and other lives — but every time they come home, the first thing they ask is whether Lady Catherine still rules the pavilion.

    Pranavi Subramanian

    Family member since 2008

  4. I came expecting it to feel stuffy, given the seal and the centenary plaques and the founding date in Roman numerals. Then the ladder secretary put me in box four, told me to find the T, and offered me a cup of tea. The warmest club I’ve ever played at — and the only one with a kitchen garden.

    Ola Pettersen

    Member since 2024 · Social