The most common reason people put off booking a tennis lesson is not the money. It is not knowing what they are walking into. So here is the whole thing, start to finish.
When you book, we ask who is playing, roughly what level they are and where you are based. That is enough for us to match you to the right coach and arrange a court close to you. You will get a confirmation with the time, the location and who you are meeting.
If you do not own a racket, say so and one will be there for you — including a correctly sized junior racket for a child. Wear anything you can move in. Flat-soled shoes are fine.
An introduction, a light warm-up and some easy rallying. This part looks casual and is not: it is the coach watching how you actually hit when nobody has told you to do anything differently. That is far more informative than a formal assessment, and it is much less uncomfortable for the player.
By about twenty minutes in, the coach will tell you what they have seen. Not a list of ten faults — the one or two things that are costing you the most, and what is causing them. Very often it is not the shot you thought it was. Players who are convinced their backhand is the problem frequently have a footwork problem that only shows up on the backhand side.
For a child, this conversation happens with the parent as well, in plain language rather than coaching jargon.
The rest of the hour goes into the first of those things. Focused repetition to build the new pattern, then progressively more live ball so the change has to survive a real rally rather than a friendly feed. For juniors, most of this is disguised as games — the technical point is real, the delivery is not a lecture.
You leave with three things: an honest answer about where your level actually sits, one clear thing to practise before the next session, and a realistic view of how often you would need to train to get where you want to be. If the honest answer is that once a month will not achieve your goal, we will say that.
For parents, that conversation continues by text after the lesson — what your child worked on, how it went, and what comes next.
Both coaches teach the whole game to every level — technique, footwork, serve, movement and match play. What differs is who each one is on court with most weeks. Book whichever suits your schedule; if you would rather we picked, just tell us the age and level.
Hayk coaches every level, and spends most of his week with juniors and players starting out — patient, genuinely fun to train with, and relentless about clean fundamentals.
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.
Send this and it reaches the coaches directly — no marketplace, no call centre, no service fee. Most enquiries get an answer within a couple of hours during the day. If you would rather just text, that number works too.
Anything you can move in and shoes with a flat sole — running shoes are fine to start with. Proper tennis shoes matter once you are playing regularly because of the lateral movement, but nobody needs them for a first lesson.
No. Tell us when you book and we will bring one in the right size — including junior sizes for children. Once you know you are going to keep playing we will tell you what to buy and roughly what it should cost.
That describes a large share of our first lessons. The session is paced to the player, and the aim of the first hour is that you leave having actually rallied — not that you leave exhausted.
No. Book one lesson, see what you think. At the end you will get an honest assessment of where you are and how often you would need to train to reach what you want — with no pressure attached to it.
After the lesson — cash, Venmo or Zelle. Nothing is charged upfront and packages are billed per session as you use them.
One hour, an honest assessment, and no package to sign. $100 with Hayk, $120 with Markos — either coach, any level.