Meet the player
Aaron watches how your child moves, tracks the ball, swings, listens, and responds to feedback. He also asks what feels fun, difficult, or important to them.
A comfortable starting point—not a pass-or-fail evaluation.
Private coaching for kids and teens
Kids tennis lessons
built around the player.
Beginner-friendly, one-on-one instruction in Marietta and the North Cobb area—designed to help young players understand the game, enjoy the work, and see their progress.
A strong first experience
Learn the game.
Keep the joy.
The best early tennis lesson is challenging enough to create progress and welcoming enough that a child wants to return. Aaron balances both.
Private coaching gives a young player room to learn at an individual pace. Instead of asking every child to follow the same drill, Aaron can change the ball feed, target, explanation, or movement pattern based on what the player is ready to do. A complete beginner may work on finding a balanced contact point and sending the ball over the net. A developing junior may connect that same stroke to recovery, direction, and point play.
Parents should expect clear goals, age-appropriate language, and practical feedback. A lesson is not a test of whether a child is “naturally good” at tennis. It is a structured place to notice what is happening, try a useful adjustment, and build a skill through repetition.
What working with Aaron looks like
A thoughtful start.
A clear way forward.
Your child does not need to arrive with perfect strokes, match experience, or the right tennis vocabulary. Aaron starts with the player in front of him and builds from there.
A typical coaching journeyBuild the essentials
Lessons focus on the few changes that matter most: ready position, footwork, contact point, swing shape, recovery, and a reliable way to begin each point.
Clear cues your child can understand and repeat.
Connect shots to play
Technique moves into live-ball rallies, targets, movement patterns, serving, returning, and age-appropriate point play so practice begins to feel like tennis.
Skills that transfer from a basket drill to a real rally.
Make progress visible
Aaron revisits priorities, adds challenge when the player is ready, and explains what improved, what comes next, and what can be practiced between lessons.
A practical next step for both player and parent.
For parents
Development is not perfectly linear. Some skills click quickly; others need time. The goal is steady understanding, repeatable habits, and a child who stays engaged enough to keep learning.
Coaching by stage
The right challenge
at the right time.
The labels matter less than the actual player. These stages help parents understand how a lesson can change as skills become more reliable.
Comfort and contact
Learn a ready position, basic grips, balanced movement, a comfortable contact point, and how to begin a cooperative rally. Short targets and simple games keep the work understandable.
Shape and recovery
Connect forehands, backhands, serves, and volleys with footwork. The player learns to recover after each shot and use height, direction, and pace with more purpose.
Patterns and decisions
Use serve-plus-one patterns, returns, point construction, scoring, and pressure situations. Technique remains important, but the player also learns when and why to use a shot.
Why tennis is a strong early sport
Skills for the court.
Benefits beyond it.
Tennis gives children a mix of movement, coordination, decision-making, and individual responsibility. Starting early can create more time to explore those skills—but the experience should stay age-appropriate, varied, and enjoyable.
Starting early is not the same as specializing early.
Young players benefit from fun, varied movement and manageable challenges. The right first goal is not a ranking; it is learning to enjoy the process of getting better.
01
Movement
Coordination and balance
Tracking a moving ball while adjusting the feet and racquet gives children a playful way to practice timing, balance, agility, and hand-eye coordination.
02
Fitness
Active, whole-body play
Tennis combines short runs, stops, turns, reaching, and rotation. It can be one enjoyable part of the varied daily activity children need.
03
Thinking
Focus and problem-solving
Every ball asks a small question: where is it going, how should I move, and what shot should I choose? Players learn to notice, decide, and adjust.
04
Mindset
Resetting after mistakes
Points end quickly and a new one begins. With supportive coaching, children can practice staying composed, learning from errors, and trying again.
05
Confidence
Progress they can feel
A first rally, a more reliable serve, or better movement gives young players evidence that patient practice can change what they are able to do.
06
Long term
A sport that grows with them
Tennis can be recreational, social, team-based, or competitive. The same basic skills can keep creating opportunities to play well beyond childhood.
Between lessons
Support effort.
Notice growth.
A parent does not need to become the coach. The most useful support is often simple: help the child arrive prepared, ask what they enjoyed or learned, and notice specific effort.
Progress can look like a longer rally, a calmer reset after a miss, earlier preparation, or a serve motion that is easier to repeat. Those changes may arrive before match results. Naming them helps a young player understand that improvement is built from small, controllable actions.
If a child wants extra practice, keep it manageable. A few minutes of shadow swings, ball tracking, or cooperative rallying can reinforce a lesson without turning every trip to the court into a performance review.
Learn the terms you will hear ↗01Does my child need tennis experience?
No. Aaron works from the player’s current starting point. A first lesson can begin with how to hold the racquet, move to the ball, and create a comfortable rally.
02Are lessons only for children who want to compete?
No. Some children want a new activity and others want to prepare for school or tournament tennis. The instruction and pace should match the child’s goals.
03How does private coaching help a beginner?
One-on-one lessons let Aaron adjust the explanation, ball feed, pace, and challenge immediately. The player receives more relevant repetitions and feedback than in a large group.
04Should a young child specialize in tennis?
Starting early does not require specializing early. Young athletes generally benefit from varied movement, manageable challenges, rest, and an experience that remains enjoyable.
A confident first step.
Give your child a game
they can grow into.
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