The first coach a child has decides whether they play tennis for a season or for twenty years. Hayk is the one you want for that — patient, genuinely fun to be on court with, and completely unwilling to let a child build a habit they will have to unlearn later. $100 an hour.
Not whether their child will become a tour professional. Whether they will enjoy it enough to come back next week, whether the coach will be patient with a seven-year-old who cannot stand still, and whether the money is buying real coaching or an hour of supervised ball collection.
Those are the right things to worry about. A child who is bored for an hour learns nothing and quits by spring. A child who is entertained but never taught properly develops a service motion that has to be rebuilt at fourteen. The job is to do both at once — and that is a genuinely different skill from coaching adults.
Hayk is the coach in this program built for exactly that. Kids, juniors and complete beginners are what he does, not what he takes when nothing better is on the schedule.
Nobody learns tennis on a full-size court with a yellow ball at five years old. Sessions are scaled properly so children succeed from the first minutes.
A text after the lesson describing what your child actually worked on. Not a generic "great session today" — the specific thing being changed and how it went. It is a small thing that takes two minutes and it is the difference between paying for tennis and understanding what you are paying for.
You also get an honest answer about whether more frequent lessons are worth it for your child right now. Sometimes the answer is no. A seven-year-old training three times a week usually ends up loving tennis less, not more, and we will say so.
You are welcome to watch, and equally welcome not to. Some children play better with a parent on the fence and some do not — we will tell you which one yours is, kindly.
At some point a junior who is enjoying it starts asking about tournaments, or a high school team, or wanting to beat someone specific. That is the signal that the coaching needs to change — from building strokes to building a player who can win points with them.
Both coaches take a junior that far — Hayk keeps plenty of his players all the way through, and Markos, at $120 an hour, spends most of his week on exactly this: point construction, opponent patterns, serve development under pressure and the intensity that comes from being coached by someone who has competed internationally. Plenty of juniors in this program train with both in the same week.
We will tell you when your child is ready. We will also tell you when they are not, which is the more useful half of that promise.
Nothing needs to be bought and nothing needs to be known. Hayk starts children from zero every week.
Large clinics work for some children and leave others standing at the back of a line. One-on-one fixes that immediately.
A structured weekly plan, proper technique, and a route into tournament tennis when they are ready for it.
Because a child who does not enjoy the hour will not be playing this sport in two years, whatever their technique looks like.
Movement and coordination work that a child experiences as a game rather than as drills. It sets the tone for the hour.
A single technical focus per session, broken down small enough to succeed at and repeated enough to stick.
Live ball, scoring games and competition against the coach — where the new skill gets tested under a little bit of pressure.
A short text to the parent after the session: what was worked on, how it went, and what to expect next time.
Hayk runs the junior side of the program. If your child is under fourteen, brand new to the sport, or has tried lessons before and lost interest, he is the right booking — and at $100 an hour he is also the more sensible one.
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.
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 |
Filmed during real lessons on the courts we coach on. No stock footage, no actors — just what an hour here looks like.
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Five. At that age we use short rackets, low-compression red balls and a scaled-down court, so children are rallying in the first session instead of missing for an hour. The focus is coordination, balance and enjoyment — technique comes in properly around seven or eight.
Not for the first lesson. We will bring one in the right size. Junior rackets are sized by height, and buying the wrong one is one of the most common and most damaging mistakes parents make — so ask us before you buy and we will tell you exactly what size and roughly what it should cost.
Absolutely. Some children focus better with a parent watching and some do noticeably better without. We will give you an honest read on which one your child is after a session or two.
For most children starting out, once a week is right — enough to progress, not so much that it becomes a chore. Once they are genuinely keen and want to compete, twice a week plus match play is the level that produces real improvement.
It is one of the better reasons to book a private lesson rather than a group. There is no line of confident kids to be at the back of, and the whole hour can be pitched at their pace. Tell us when you book and Hayk will plan the first session around it.
Yes — semi-private sessions for two work well for siblings of a similar level and age. Ask when you book and we will quote it.
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.
