We are offering one-hour group adult tennis lessons for a 7-week season (mid January - mid March, 2025). Please note: Our classes will be held outside, so bundle up and be ready for a workout! 

As we do with every adult season, we may need to consolidate and combine classes if we don't have 4 players for each class. We keep our classes to a maximum of 4 players (due to popular demand) and so our coaches can give players more individualized instruction. We will be in touch before classes start if we need to consolidate. 

About adult lessons: We are offering tennis lessons for beginners, advanced beginners and intermediate 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 our "Intermediate/Specialty Shot" classes: Taught by Coach Forrest, this class offers highly technical tune-ups and for each class, Forrest will focus on one key stroke (i.e.  serves, approach shots, volleys, lobs).  This is for Intermediate (or higher) players.

-About our "Advanced Beginner/Time to Play!" class: This class is for Advanced Beginner players who have begun to rally and are eager to learn the ins and outs of playing. Class will begin with refresher drills to warm up, followed by doubles play guided by Coach Forrest who will guide the class on the ins and outs of playing. He'll cover the why’s of court positions at starts of points, basic strategy, score keeping and its common variances, partner communication, coordinating court coverage and movement with your partner (and more as it comes up!) This is challenging but thrilling stage as you start your journey applying what you practice in drill sessions.

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

-Price: $40/class or $280 for a 7-week season. For Monday classes, the price is $200 for a 5-week season (as we will not be holding classes on Monday, Jan. 20 (MLK Holiday) and Monday, February 17/President's Day).

-When: Please see schedule below. If you are interested in creating a POD class with friends, please contact Kate Emanuel at [email protected]. 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 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 are reserving the first two weeks in March as make up weeks (for weather related cancellations) and will schedule on an as-needed basis.

-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 [email protected]

Thanks!