About The Padel School
Two brothers. One mission.
The Padel School was created by brothers Sandy and Tom Farquharson with one clear ambition: to make world-class padel coaching available to every player, at every level.
Their approach brings together professional playing experience, almost two decades of coaching knowledge and a structured methodology designed to help people understand padel, practise with purpose and fulfil their potential on court.
What began with two brothers hitting a ball at their local tennis club has grown into a global learning community supporting padel players, coaches, clubs and academies around the world.
Global Padel Coaching and Education
The world’s most trusted padel coaching
From first-time players to experienced coaches and growing clubs, The Padel School provides a clearer route to learn, develop and progress.
The Story Behind The Padel School
It started on a tennis court in the south of England
Long before The Padel School existed, Sandy and Tom were two brothers spending summer afternoons hitting a tennis ball back and forth at their local club. There was no grand plan. They simply wanted to play the next ball.
That shared enthusiasm became a serious commitment. Sandy progressed onto the professional tennis circuit, completed a Master’s degree in Biomechanics and coached Tom and other professional players through their tennis careers.
Tom followed his brother onto the professional circuit and won the Wimbledon boys’ doubles tennis title in 2010. From the outside, it looked like the sporting journey they had both hoped for. The reality was more complicated.
The coaching they needed was always out of reach
Both brothers retired from tennis knowing they had not reached everything they were capable of achieving.
They had spent years training and competing, but consistent access to genuinely high-quality coaching was often out of reach. Too frequently, they were left to work things out for themselves, guessing at technical changes and repeating mistakes without the guidance they needed.
They left tennis with experiences they would never trade, but also a lasting frustration: the knowledge that could have transformed their development had existed all along. That experience would eventually shape everything The Padel School became.
From Professional Tennis to Padel Coaching
A new sport created an opportunity to do things differently
Sandy discovered padel first and travelled to Spain to understand the game at its highest level. He sought out leading coaches working with world-number-one players, trained alongside top professionals and studied the technical and tactical principles behind their success.
Using his background in biomechanics and sports physiology, Sandy began turning that knowledge into a structured coaching methodology that could be taught digitally and accessed anywhere. Alongside this work, he competed on the World Padel Tour and represented the Men’s GB Team for more than a decade.
Tom followed after retiring from professional tennis. He trained at professional padel academies in Madrid, worked with leading coaches, practised with top-10 players and went on to represent the Men’s GB Team.
Rather than beginning another professional playing career, the brothers saw an opportunity to build something larger: a way for every player to access the knowledge, structure and guidance needed to fulfil their potential on court.
Making a bigger impact on the game
Online coaching, coach education and club partnerships that are helping shape the future of padel.
Meet The Padel School Founders
Two different coaching perspectives, united by one purpose
Sandy and Tom combine professional playing experience, technical knowledge and almost two decades of coaching development.
Together, they have taken everything they learned through tennis, padel, biomechanics, professional competition and years spent working with players and coaches, and turned it into a connected methodology that can support people at every level of the game.
Sandy Farquharson
Coaching qualifications
Playing and coaching experience
Specialist expertise
Role in developing The Padel School methodology
Personal teaching philosophy
Tom Farquharson
Coaching qualifications
Playing and coaching experience
Specialist expertise
Role in developing The Padel School methodology
Personal teaching philosophy
The Padel School Mission
Make world-class coaching available to every player, at every level
Almost two decades of knowledge now sit within The Padel School platform, combining professional tennis and padel careers, biomechanics, years spent learning from leading coaches and thousands of hours spent coaching, competing and refining.
The Padel School exists to make that knowledge accessible beyond elite environments, so players do not have to spend years trying to work everything out for themselves.
It supports players at every stage, from beginners trying to understand the fundamentals and club players who have plateaued to competitors preparing for tournaments or improving their padel rating. It also supports the coaches and clubs responsible for giving those players a better experience.
For players
Replace random advice with a clearer pathway, purposeful practice and coaching that can be applied during training and matches.
For coaches
Access structured education, practical tools and a connected methodology for helping players develop.
For clubs
Create stronger coaching environments, clearer player pathways and programmes that support participation, retention and sustainable growth.
Everything The Padel School creates is guided by the same objective: to make high-quality padel education clearer, more accessible and more effective.
The Padel School Coaching Philosophy
Clear coaching.
Purposeful practice.
Lasting improvement
The Padel School turns that mission into a practical method. Rather than offering disconnected tips, it helps players understand what matters next and carry each lesson onto the court.
At the heart of this approach is the TPS Performance Cycle™, a methodology that connects online learning, purposeful training and match experience.
REFLECT
Reflection is how you fast-track progress. By reviewing what happened, you train smarter next time instead of starting from scratch each time.
BUILD
Build is all about constantly refining your game through quality repetitions and focused exercises, whether with a coach or training solo.
LEARN
This is about understanding ‘the why’. Once you truly understand the theory, the gains you make in training are exponential.
Padel Books, News and Insights
Keep learning on and off the court
Explore practical books, expert ideas and the latest stories from The Padel School.
The Padel School Blog
Read the latest from The Padel School.
Discover news, stories and ideas from The Padel School and the wider world of padel.
Padel Training & Match Journal
Turn every session into your next improvement.
Connect your online learning, training sessions and matches. Set clear objectives, record what worked and identify exactly what to focus on next.
The Padel Player’s Guide
Understand the game more deeply.
Develop your technique, tactics and decision-making with Sandy Farquharsons' comprehensive guide to learning and improving your padel.
The Padel School Podcast
Hear from players, coaches and experts from across the world of padel.
Insights, stories and practical advice to help you understand the game and improve your padel.
Careers at The Padel School
Help shape the future of padel
The Padel School continues to grow its international community of players, coaches, clubs and partners.
From coach education and content production to events, partnerships and community support, every role contributes to the same mission: making exceptional padel coaching available to more people.
If you share that ambition, explore current opportunities to become part of the team.