Get on court this week

A one-hour private lesson is $100 with Hayk and $120 with Markos. If you train two or more times a week, the package rate brings that to $90 and $110 per session. Group lessons for three to four players are $55 per player. Private coaching across Los Angeles typically runs from $85 to $140 an hour, so both of our rates sit inside the normal range for the area. Markos is at the upper end as head coach and the one who also takes hitting-partner sessions — not because the coaching itself is different.

Either. Both coach the full game at every level, so the honest answer is to take whichever one has the time you want. If you would like a steer: Hayk is on court most weeks with children, juniors and players starting out, and Markos most weeks with 3.0-and-up players, competitors and adults who want technical work at speed. Tell us the age and level when you book and we will say who we would put you with — including when that is the cheaper option.

No. We arrange the court, and there is no membership to join. And if you already have a court you would rather use — a club, an apartment building, a school, a private court at home — we will come to you instead. Just say so when you book.

That is the most common first lesson we run. Hayk starts children as young as five with shorter rackets, lower-compression balls and a court scaled to their size, so they are rallying in the first session instead of missing for an hour. Nothing needs to be bought in advance.

The first twenty minutes are assessment — we watch you or your child hit and find the one or two things holding the level back. The rest of the hour goes into the first of those. At the end you get a straight answer about where you are, what we would work on over the next month, and how often you would need to train to get there.

From five years old to adults in their seventies. Hayk handles the youngest players and beginners of any age; Markos coaches from solid intermediate through tournament level.