Tennis lessons with
Coach Roger Breternitz
From$99.22 per lesson
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Tennis lessons with
Coach Roger Breternitz
From$99.22 per lesson
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5.0â˘4 reviews
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About your tennis coach
For over 30 years, I've shared my love for tennis with students from beginners to intermediate levels with proven techniques with a personalized approach, helping you achieve your goals while enjoying the game. I am committed to developing well-rounded players. Also, having 2degrees in education from a major university, has helped me greatly in shortening a players learning curve. ANDâŚI make learning fun!
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Teaches: Kids, Teenagers, Adults, Seniors
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Levels: Beginners, Intermediates
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Lives in: Laguna Niguel, California
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Years Playing: 30 years
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Given: 5 lessons
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Jason
My son Jason, who is 12, first started playing tennis at eight years of age. In Las Vegas, Nevada for several years and had several tennis coaches. We recently moved to San Juan Capistrano California and wanted to continue his Tennis Lessons. I conducted a Google search and found Coach Roger over the years. We have had several TENNIS coaches for our son. This is the first time we have ever come across such an amazing tennis coach. Roger is patient, kind genuine the entire family took a liking to Roger. My son for the first time feels very comfortable with his tennis coach who truly inspires him and at the same time makes him feel very comfortable. He is an amazing patient tennis coach Jeremy.
San Juan Capistrano, California.
Cynthia O'toole
I started taking lessons from Roger on a weekly basis, and my game has improved tremendously in just a month. He has a way of showing you just how to hit the ball, how to position yourself, and just where to be, so that you begin to have success and fun quickly. I've now crossed the line from newby hacker to tennis player, I feel like I'm on my way!
Nara
Roger is a great tennis coach, and is always positive to enhance the student strengths while working on the weaknesses. He is very knowledgeable and can teach many different levels for a beginner like me he was great to understand what my goals were and how to get there. I took a four pack of lessons and would not hesitate to take another four pack in the coming months.
Nora, Laguna, Nigel, California
Ed Reder
Roger has been teaching group lessons for over 12 years for ASA and everyone constantly remarks how easy he makes learning the basics, and how much fun it is. He has also presented Hypo Tennis clinics that everyone raves about. I have personally taken several private lessons from Roger, and my play improved overnight. The man truly has a gift for teaching, with two degrees in education it's easy to see why. Roger is a teacher's teacher who has many "Tricks" up his sleeve to get you to learn faster, play better, and win more matches. He's got my vote for teacher of the year, in tennis. I would recommend him to anyone wanting to learn the right approach to the game.
Beginner training plan
Your first lessonFirst of all, I talk to them about their experience. In trying to learn tennis. Find out their background. and what may be several of their goals, such as being able to play with their friends who are semi beginners, just be able to control the ball and sustain a rally. Or it may be to play competitively on a high school or college team someday. Then I will go over the different grips needed to hit forehand backhand, etc. then talk about some of the skills specific to build their ability such as how to watch the ball being hit by the strings and keeping your eye on the place, the ball used to be after you hit it. Then, then we will move over to a training aid. I have called a stroke master. It is a flexible rod with a tennis ball on the end that gives them a motionless ball to swing on and make contact with. Then. I will demonstrate the proper form for hitting a forehand, how to put your feet how to turn your shoulders into the shot, watch the ball and a proper complete follow-through. Depending upon their ability to swing and make contact with the String on the stroke master, I will actually stand 30 feet back and pitch them an underhanded ball that sits up in their strike zone. 90% of the time a beginner will find it difficult to make String contact with the ball. This is when they find out how difficult the sport of TENNIS actually is. I keep it low-key and say âall we want to do is hit the ball on the strings today. We donât care where the ball goes, so donât worry about thatâ. One of the things I try to accomplish in their first lesson is to put them at ease and donât worry if they canât hit the ball, etc. I think itâs very important to establish a relaxed rapport with students and be as patient as you possibly. Can. I tell them âif you knew how to do this you wouldnât be hiring me to teach you so donât worry youâre gonna get betterâ the more relaxed, they feel about making a mistake the faster they will learn according to Bloomâs taxonomy of education. At the end of the lesson, we do a quick review on the things we tried to accomplish and how well we did with those beginning techniques. The review is very important at formulating and establishing their goals and complementing them on how well theyâve done.
Lesson 11+Once again, everything depends upon the students success as what has been taught in the last lesson, a good instructor knows when to reestablish a level of proficiency in all the different areas of learning such as simple, forehand, and back hands then working on the serve showing a different types of serves than working on volleys and talking about what it takes to win under pressure. Now I become a tennis coach more than a tennis teacher showing different techniques and tips and tricks on how to turn the tables in your direction.
Lesson 4-10Everyoneâs progress depends upon how much they practice what they learned or shouldâve learned in the last lesson sadly, most younger students use their lesson as practice time. I believe that learning is a series of plateaus. You learn how to bounce the ball up and down well, then youâll learn how to hit the ball on the strings. Then you learn how to hit targets on the other side of the net and so on so forth the concept of giving them new things to practice that are well within their capabilities is what I try to do. I tried to bring the student along as fast as possible without creating a situation where they become frustrated a point I would like to make is that itâs very important that a good instructor realizes when the student is just not getting it and then drop back a few plateaus to where they, feel comfortable and accomplishing the task.
Lesson 2-3We review very quickly what was done in the last lesson and do a recap of things like grip change for shot selection, keeping your eye on the ball until it leaves the strings, getting your feet in the right position to hit the particular shot. Then if they had a chance to go out and practice
that hitting up against the wall or have somebody else pitched them a ball for a couple of days, they be more profession and hitting a live ball you pitch to them underhanded so we step it up a level I pitch the ball away from them a couple of feet. They have to take some steps and hit the ball. This involves them getting their feet in the right position quickly and the racket back while running to the ball.
Youth players
Working with kidsSince I was a 6/7 and eighth grade teacher in the public school system, I have a pretty good rapport of kids that age. You need to channel their energy rather than try to hold them down. I have several games that we can play to stimulate more focus of that energy
Working with teenagersTeenagers have to be recognized as individuals that can think on their own, and you need to bring out some of their hidden talents and give them challenging enough tasks to bring them along in proficiency as quickly as possible
What you need to bringAll students must have a pair of shoes made for TENNIS, not just âtennis shoesâ
And, itâs good to have a hat to shield your eyes from the sun a baseball hat is good for this
What I can bringI have several training aids that shorten the students learning curve drastically. One is called a stroke master, which is a flexible rod with a tennis ball mounted on the end so that they can swing away at a slower racket, head speed, and get the form down very well without having to be confronted with the bouncing ball, etc., etc..
I also have the ultimate tool for teaching someone the proper service motion for maximum efficiency. You can see it on YouTube if you put in the search term âTennis serve Flop Stickâ
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If you need to cancel your lesson, no worries! You can get a full refund if you cancel within 24 hours of making your booking. We want to make the process as hassle-free as possible for you.
And if you simply want to reschedule your lesson, change the date and time, or adjust the number of students joining, we've got you covered there too. You can easily make these changes within 24 hours of booking, and up to 72 hours before your lesson starts.
Our goal is to make your experience smooth, enjoyable, and worry-free. So go ahead and book with confidence, knowing that we're here to accommodate your needs every step of the way!
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