Adult Tennis
We provide adult lessons, cardio lessons and private lessons for adults
Adult Tennis Lessons
We offer group tennis lessons for beginners, advanced beginners, intermediate and advanced players. We offer Spring, Fall and Winter programs at the Lafayette-Pointer park courts. Drills cover proper stroke technique, footwork, positioning and game strategy. This is a great way to get some exercise, meet new people and hone your tennis skills. For our classses, we have a max of 4 players to a court.
Cardio Tennis
Our one-hour classes provide fun and casual group exercise for all ages, ability and fitness levels. Our sessions 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. Our coaches will also provide light coaching (strokes and footwork).
2024 Spring Adult Tennis:
We are offering one-hour group adult tennis lessons for a 7-week season (week of April 1 - week of May 13).
Please note that all of our classes are held outside.
Register here (yes, you can pro-rate!)
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 these classes, Coach Forrest or Coach Iliya will focus on a few key strokes (i.e. serves, approach shots, volleys, lobs, serves).
-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 spring program will be taught by coaches Danielle Faucher, Alex Alterman, Forrest Bankston, Narguess Moasser, Mark Johnston, Iliya Taranin and Ree Holman. Check out their bios here.
-Price: $40/class or $280 for a 7-week season.
-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 week. We will also provide an online sign-up where players can trade slots. If we have to cancel a class due to weather, the coaches will work with each class to schedule a make up class--we will reserve the week of March 20 (Monday-Thursday) to schedule these weather-related make-up classes as well as the weekend of May 31-June 2 (Friday-Sunday). (We are avoiding Memorial day weekend for make up classes.)
-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 Director Kate Emanuel at kate_emanuel@yahoo.com
