2024 Fall Adult Tennis

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We are offering one-hour group adult tennis lessons for a 9-week season (week of September 2 - week of October 28). Our Monday classes will be 7-week season (commencing on Monday, September 9 and we will not have class on Monday, October 14/Indigenous People's Day).

Please note that all of our classes are held outside.

About adult lessons: We are offering tennis lessons for beginners, advanced beginners, intermediate and advanced players. Our beginner classes will help new players learn the basics of the game including forehand, backhand, volley, and serve. Our advanced beginner classes will cover proper stroke technique, footwork, positioning and game strategy. For our intermediate classes, we'll focus on refining key strokes and help players improve their consistency, control, directional control, depth and variety. For our advanced classes (4.0/4.5+), we'll customize our class and work on players' specific goals which might include developing depth and variety of shots, being more aggressive at the net, court coverage, footwork and strategy. For all of our classes, we will have a max of 4 players to a court.  



-About specialty classes: For the speciality shot classes, Coach Forrest will focus on a few key strokes (i.e. serves, approach shots, volleys, lobs, serves).  For the Doubles Strategy class (Friday), players will play actual games (a set) under the watchful eye of Coach Forrest. Forrest will intermittently pause play to guide players in recognizing missed opportunities, and better shot selection, court positioning, and movement patterns.

-About cardio tennis: These classes bring together a variety of cardio workouts, tennis drills, and games. A typical class involves a warm up featuring dynamic movement, catching/tossing skills and light hitting, followed by a variety of games and a cool down.

-Coaches: Our Fall program will be taught by coaches Danielle Faucher, Alex Alterman, Syd Butler, Forrest Bankston, Narguess Moasser, Mark Johnston and Iliya Taranin, Check out their bios here.  



-Price: $40/class or $360 for a 9-week season.  (For Monday classes, the price is $280 as it's a 7-week season due to Monday Federal holidays: Labor Day and Indigenous People's Day).



-When: Please see schedule below. If you are interested in creating a POD class with friends, please contact Kate Emanuel at kate_emanuel@yahoo.com. Of, if you want to see if we can change the level (i.e. beg, intermediate, advanced) or time for a class you're interested in, contact Kate.



-Make-ups: For personal absences, we will offer 1 make-up class where players can attend other classes during the season. We will provide an online sign-up where players can trade slots. If we need to cancel a class due to weather, the coaches will work with each class to schedule a make up class during the week of November 4.  



-Where: Lafayette-Pointer Park Tennis courts (Courts 1 and 2). Please note these are outdoor courts.



-Tennis gear: If you need to buy any gear, we have a relationship with Tennis Zone (4839 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, WDC) where you can get 10% off (mention LTA).



Questions? Contact LTA Co-Director Kate Emanuel at kate_emanuel@yahoo.com