For players who are not trying to learn tennis — they are trying to win matches. Point construction, opponent patterns, serve development under pressure and the part nobody coaches: what you do when the plan stops working at 4–4. Most competitive players train with Markos at $120 an hour; Hayk takes this work too, at $100.
Most junior players who lose consistently are not losing because their forehand is worse. They are losing because they have no idea what they are trying to make the opponent do, they have one serve instead of two, and their game plan has no version B.
That gap is coachable, but it is not coachable in a group clinic and it is not coachable by someone who has never had to solve it in a match themselves. It takes a coach who has competed — who knows what a second serve feels like at 4–5 in a third set and can teach the routine that gets it in anyway.
Markos competed internationally and came through a European training background before coaching in Los Angeles. That is the perspective these sessions are built on: technique in service of winning points, not technique for its own sake.
The mix depends on the player and on what is coming up in their tournament calendar, but the components are consistent.
High school tennis in Southern California is deeper than most parents expect, and the jump from a solid junior game to a competitive varsity position often comes down to serve, fitness and shot tolerance rather than pretty strokes.
For players thinking about college tennis, the honest conversation is worth having early: what level is realistic, what UTR range that implies, and how many matches they need to be playing to move it. We would rather give you that assessment straight than sell four more lessons a month against an unrealistic target.
Training for these players usually pairs a technical or tactical session each week — most often with Markos — alongside regular match play and, where useful, hitting partner sessions between lessons.
One coaching session a week maintains a game. Two sessions plus competitive match play develops one. If a player is chasing a ranking, the ratio that works is roughly one coached hour to two or three hours of playing — coaching gives the plan, matches expose whether it holds.
The weekly package rate of $110 a session exists for exactly this group, and it lets sessions be planned across a block rather than improvised one hour at a time.
USTA or UTR events, and you are losing to players you know you can out-hit.
You want a varsity spot, or you have one and you want to move up the ladder.
You need an honest read on where your level actually sits and what it would take to move it.
And no idea how to use them. That is a tactical problem and it is the fastest one to fix.
Straight into rallying at pace, because a competitive session should not spend fifteen minutes on a feed.
One tactical or technical priority, drilled cold and then progressively under more pressure.
Point play with rules attached — score starting from behind, targets that must be hit, patterns that must be run.
What held up, what broke, and specifically what to look for in the next match you play.
This is Markos's work. Competitive coaching needs someone who has been in the matches, and the $120 rate reflects the depth of the technical, tactical and mental work in these sessions.
Markos coaches every level, and spends most of his week with 3.0-and-up players — cleaner mechanics, sharper patterns, and matches that start going the other way.
Every rate on this site is the rate you pay. No booking fee, no platform commission, no membership.
| Session | Hayk | Markos |
|---|---|---|
| Private lesson (1 hour)One-on-one, one hour, on a court near you | $100 | $120 |
| Weekly package — 2+ sessions per weekBilled per session, structured plan and progress tracking | $90 / session | $110 / session |
| Group lesson (3–4 players)Drill-based session with live point play | $55 / player | $55 / player |
| High-level hitting partner (1 hour)Competitive-intensity rallying, patterns and match simulation | — | $120 |
| Semi-private for twoSiblings, partners and doubles pairs — ask when you book | On request | On request |
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Solid intermediate and above — you should be able to rally consistently from the baseline and serve into the box reliably. If you are not there yet, private lessons build that foundation first, and we will tell you honestly which one you need.
On-site tournament support can be arranged around the schedule. Ask when you book so we can look at the calendar together.
UTR moves through match results, so the coaching that raises it is coaching that changes how you win points — patterns, serve, return and pressure play — combined with playing enough rated matches. Lessons alone will not move a rating; lessons plus matches will.
A private lesson can be technical from the ground up. Competitive training assumes the strokes exist and spends the hour on making them win points against a specific kind of opponent.
Plenty do, and plenty stay with one the whole way through — both coaches take a player from first racket to tournament level. Where a junior does use both, it is usually fundamentals and consistency during the week with one and a competitive session with the other before a tournament block. We coordinate between ourselves either way, so the sessions are not pulling in different directions.
Tell us the player, the level and the part of town. We will match you to the right coach and arrange the court — usually the same day you ask.
