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Semi-Private Lessons

Semi-private tennis lessons in Los Angeles

Two players, one coach, and the thing private lessons cannot give you: somebody on the other side of the net.

Semi-private is the format most recreational adults should be in. You still get individual corrections, but half the session is live ball against a real person rather than feeds from a coach, which is much closer to how tennis actually feels.

It is also the best value on the rate card. At $65 each, two players get a full hour of coaching for the price of half a private lesson per person.

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01In detail

Matching the two players

The format works best when both players are roughly in the same range. Roughly is doing real work in that sentence: a gap of a level is easy to work with, a gap of five years of playing is a different session and needs planning.

When levels are genuinely uneven, the session gets restructured rather than cancelled. The stronger player works on control, targets and depth while feeding quality balls, and the newer player gets rallies they can actually play. Both improve, just at different things.

Couples, and the honest version

A lot of semi-private bookings are couples, and a coach on court changes the dynamic for the better. Corrections come from me rather than from each other, which removes the part of mixed-doubles practice that ends in silence on the drive home.

03Who pairs well

Two beginners
Excellent pairing. Learning the same things at the same time means you can practise together between sessions, which is where beginners improve fastest.
Mixed levels
Workable with notice. Send both players' experience in the request so the drills are built to keep both of you honest.
Two league players
The session moves toward doubles patterns, serve and return work and scored point play rather than technique.

02The session

How a semi-private hour runs

Both players are moving for almost the entire hour. Nobody stands behind a line waiting for a turn.

  1. 01

    First 10 minutes

    Rally together

    Crosscourt warmup while I watch both of you. The pairing tells me more in five minutes of live ball than either player would show alone.

  2. 02

    Next 20 minutes

    Split corrections

    One player works a technical point with me while the other plays the live side of the drill, then you swap. Both sides are active work.

  3. 03

    Next 20 minutes

    Patterns against each other

    Crosscourt and down the line patterns, serve and return sequences, doubles positioning if that is what you play.

  4. 04

    Last 10 minutes

    Competitive points

    Short scored games with a constraint, so the hour finishes with the thing you both came for.

04Who it's for

  • Couples
  • Friends who already hit together
  • Siblings
  • Parent and child
  • Two players of similar level
  • Players who want to split the cost of coaching

05What a session may focus on

  • Cooperative rallying
  • Crosscourt and down-the-line patterns
  • Serve and return sequences
  • Doubles positioning
  • Live-ball drills
  • Individual technical corrections

06Booking a semi-private

One court, two players, one hour. Payment is usually settled between the two of you and sent as a single total.

Both players do not have to arrange it. One person requests the session, names the second player's level, and we confirm from there.

Players
Two
Rate
$65 per player, $130 total
Court
One tennis court
Tell me
Both players' experience

Pricing

$65 / hour, per player

$130 per hour total, split between two players. No travel fee inside the service area; any court or reservation fee is stated before the session is confirmed.

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07Questions

Semi-Private Lessons FAQ

More answers on the full FAQ page.

08Where this is booked most

Semi-Private Lessons in the neighborhoods that ask for it most.

Not on the list? The full service area runs from Hollywood through the Valley to Glendora.

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