Wow. You must not live in the tennis capital of the world (Florida) like I do. There are tennis courts every few blocks. Clinics that keep the participants to around five with quality coaches. I was in one where there were just two students (including myself) the other evening. Every club has multiple coaches with availability. And I know a few coaches that teach outside of clubs.

Anyway, something is funky with your area. Or ... they're there but you haven't found them yet. Might just need to keep expanding your tennis network and eventually will meet someone that knows of a coach.

I'm a teaching pro in Illinois . There are many that teach outside their club to supplement their income. You just have to keep looking . Check out websites as well . There are some clubs that do not let their pros teach solo outside the club . If caught they can be terminated. Personally I think it's a stupid rule . Good luck.

Sea colony is a very nice place to learn tennis. Great facilities, private beach access, good pros. Cant speak to the Nike camp per say but it’s a great place

Total tennis might be your best bet - it’s on the Catskills, it’s got a camp feel, all meals served on-site. It’s kind of a rite of passage for folks in the northeast.

They have a bar in the lobby. I’ve been to half the places that chat gpt mentioned but they are more resorts where you can clinic for 2-3 hours than a fully immersive experience.

I went to Newcombe, IMG, Stratton, New England tennis holidays, and others. Check tennisresortsonline for reviews and style questions. For example, when I went, IMG was boot camp - fitness required. But they had a trainer! It was a long time ago. May have changed. You want to find one that (a) has enough players at your level that there will be a good base, and (b) matches the hours and intensity that you want.

I’ve been looking at active away.. they’re more tennis holidays in Europe but you play and practice I think 4-5 hours a day

The USTA's National Campus (outside Orlando, FL) runs 3-Day Adult Camps for singles and doubles (rotating) 3.0-5.0 levels. The facility is incredible and the coaching staff is top notch. You also get access to the same equipment managers as the American pros use (to advise you on racket adjustments, string type/tension, etc. for your game), plus the facility's physios.

The all-day camp itself wasn't as intense as I expected-- because they spend a bit of time talking you through strategy, mental components, etc, rather than just running hitting drills for 5 straight hours. But, you can use the facility during the camp (+/-1 day as well) to set up matches and pay extra for private lessons. I'd say their 5 hour routine plus a one hour private adder could meet criteria for "intensive."

Southern california - SGVBC, Arena BC (where lots of US national team members train at), OCBC to name a few. 

Lots of badminton facilities in Texas as well 

There’s the US open which is a BWF 300 series tournament. Not sure where it’s held this year 

California OC

I'm leaving Friday for a 6-day camp at the John Newcombe Tennis Ranch. This will be a second week long stay and third overall.

You get two three-hour clinics per day. I don't know if they have a target or capped instructor to student ratio but last time I think it was in the range of one instructor for every six or eight students. They have students self-sort by ntrp level at the start of each clinic. The instructors themselves are pretty good but I wouldn't say any better than you can find elsewhere. They have a lot of former college players but also a lot who quit in high school. Their head adult instructor was on American Ninja Warrior for what that's worth.

The accommodations and food are.. fine. Don't go into it expecting any sort of luxury. We've only ever stayed in their basic hotel rooms (the cheapest option) which I don't think have been updated in like 20 years. They have suites and cottages available but I've never been in one.

Overall I'd say Newk's goal is for people who want to have lots of fun playing lots of tennis. And they absolutely deliver on that. Plus at $1300-$1400 per person per week for tennis plus room and board (there's a cash bar), the value cannot be beat.

My wife and I are 3.0s for the record.

Total Tennis is a great option for the tri-state area bc it's easy to get to and relatively cheap (although prices have gone up recently.) Post-covid there are a lot of beginners. I think it's great for 3.0-3.5'ish players. Although I've seen higher level players for sure. I refer to it as a camp (definitely not a resort.) No frills. Food is good (used to be great.) Setting is beautiful. I go with a group of ladies every year and we have a blast, but it's maybe 75% about the socializing.

I went to the mouratoglou tennis academy this time last year for the weekend course. I really enjoyed it. I am low level advanced. Some feedback.

1. courts are great loved the venue. We stayed in the hotel and that was also top notch. However there is a budget hotel directly next door if you want a cheaper option.
2. The lessons were good. Nothing earth shattering but great fun and played with a French group of 3 others. They were very friendly all spoke English.
3. We also booked tennis courts afterwards and had a match but we were absolutely dead after that.
4. some ATP pros were training there. medvedev was practicing for the Monte Carlo open. We had lunch and watched a pro we didn’t know do drills and they were blasting backhands. It was a great meal.
5. Food is good and I enjoyed the food.
6. We timed so we got the train on the Monday morning to Monte Carlo to watch the open. now my favourite tournament I think.

Overall amazing and I was speaking to my friend that came with me that we would do the same thing next year. I couldn’t do it this year due to costings.

Total Tennis NY

Rafa Nadal Academy in Mallorca is the holy grail but pricey.

Yeah. I went last year over a long weekend. 4:1 coach player ration over 14 courts (although there's plenty more than 14 courts) 2 of those 14 courts were with players around 4.0-4.5 and the corresponding coaches were excellent. The food is locally sourced from farms and the hospitality is warm and friendly. If your wife's a 4.0 looking to improve her game then she will fit right in. The surrounding area is beautiful.

I've done the Sanchez Casal Academy in Barcelona. The level varied by week, i'm a 4.5 and it was mostly 4.0 level players. It was two hours a day with an optional one hour of strenght/fitness. I can tell you that I'm in really good shape and I was absolutely smoked by the end of the week. The humidity and clay courts just grind you down. The Academy itself had excellent instructors, but not much offered beyond drills. Would have loved to had some point play against other adults or kids.

What is her rating? Total Tennis may not have enough players at her level. Quality of instruction can vary.

I thought it was reasonable. The food was included and so was the room. The spa was nice. I saw Nadal and Moya everyday. I played 3 hours a day and then spend the afternoon on the beach. I thought the instructor was great and got some great tips improved a lot in four days.

Seconding Newk's! My friends and I - all 4.0s in our 30s and 40s - went a few years ago and loved it. If she has a friend who would go with her sometimes the do discounts for pairs. Plenty of people went solo as well and people were very friendly. Food was great too!

I would agree with everyone who says save your money. I did this in Minneapolis last year. And Nadal was mentioned once but it's nothing better than all drills. It was a 1:5 ratio for my group. Nothing major came out for me to her than the stuff I already know. I am a 4.5 player.

I've joined their team as a fill-in coach last summer in the Bronx for a camp. Worked the second to last day for both the junior and adult camp.

Everyone had a good time overall. Most of the other coaches were U.S college players from Spain. The adults were all more or less 3.5-4.0 NTRP players who'd I'd categorize as there for the novelty of training with the Nadal Academy. Not a lot of bandwidth to give too much personalized instruction but the coaches knew what they were doing. The adult portion was 2 hours and mainly drills and various kinds of games. If cost isn't an issue I'd recommend it.

The juniors were high performance based and was a true day camp (around 9am-4pm ish). The instruction was a lot more technical / tactical and there was a lot of bandwidth for addressing specific details in players as needed. The juniors I could tell were probably nervous from trying to impress the instructors as well as dealing with pressure from their parents who would be in the stands sometimes parroting stuff but with a less encouraging tone. The juniors themselves if I recall mentioned their UTR around 7ish for some of the older kids, but most I'd say were the crowd that would compete in regional tournaments and whatnot. The kids had a fun time and seemed to get value out of it. As far as whether it's worth it, I'd say a lot depends on what your expectations are and how much initiative you have vs the coach you are working with.

I went about 3 weeks ago. As a 3.0 player, it was alright. I got a bit of new insight that helped a bit. The instructors are all foreign college tennis players. You do some drills every day and then play some points against the people in your group. They assign 4 people per coach. If you have the money to do it, go for it. Otherwise it’s not anything amazing or life changing.

4.0-4.5 player. Have done the Mouratoglou in France.

I’d save the money if this is an expense for you. If you’re doing it for fun, it’s a good time. The coach will make a big difference. Had some great feedback from 2.5s to low 4.0s. (There was only 1 4.5 guy in the group, I just bumped this year).

I was in the top group, low 4.0 to low 4.5. We had the one Coach who wasn’t actually living/training in Spain. He came from Texas. The style of coaching wasn’t the same as the other courts.

Pros: some decent feedback on my forehand take back (the one day we had a Spanish coach).

Cons: coaching was like live ball drills you’d get at your local club on Sunday morning.

You’ll get better value by using the same money to pay for lessons with a good local coach

Ki Itsu Sai is great, but Jimmy Pedro's is where our best international competitors have gone to reach the next level, so hard to leave them out......

Tenri Judo LA. Takahashi sensei won ever USA open easily for years before he started getting injured in the last 5 years. US olympians came to LA to get rounds with him on a normal basis and never could compete with him.

Goes to show what an alternate to Kosei Inoue is capable of even with 10 years on everyone around him

I never been to regular classes at Pedro’s, but been to several Worlds/Pan-Am camps there. I never been destroyed like I was there. I’d go to my hotel room, cry, then come back later for more.

San Jose State and Willy Cahill.

Define best.

APEX member here! Alex (head coach) is fantastic. I've taken lessons from her for years and really appreciate the new membership model she's launched with APEX. It essentially is the same amount of money I would be paying monthly for private tennis lessons PLUS access to indoor group classes that are specifically geared toward tennis conditioning. It's also nice to have a backup spot to train with Alex if the weather's bad on the day of a lesson (since the only indoor courts in town are prohibitively expensive – Farmington and Boar's Head).

It’s very new which is likely why there aren’t more reviews yet. It is run by Alex de Guzman who used to run Second Serve tennis—she is a really great tennis coach, both for kids and adults. The new space builds on that with opportunities for cross training and different kinds of programming. If you follow them on Instagram there are lots of different opportunities to check them out! But also they are very lovely folks so I’m sure you could reach out too. (Source: I have taken tennis lessons from her for a few years and have loved them!)

We are using the intro package for our daughter and will probably sign up for the family plan. I don't have personal experience with Alex's coaching but she has been coaching some very advanced kids that I know and she is very well regarded by those families. I'm looking forward to some lessons in the future.

I think they make renewable energy mostly, not sure about this new side venture

My teenager has taken lessons with Alex for the past year and a half. She’s been great! Most of that was through her Second Serve business which did almost entirely on-court lessons. The transition to the Apex business model has been very recent and evolving, so not surprising that there’s not many reviews yet. My kid recently did a week-long camp with Apex that was half indoors and half outdoors. The kids seemed to get a lot out of it. The indoor training part is too new to offer a comprehensive review but my first impressions are positive.

Can you be a little more specific because Middlesex county is a little vague. Middlesex County could basically be Boston but can also be the border of New Hampshire or Rhode Island. So I could give you a rec but that might be an hour away from where you're at. But the best club by far is the Longwood Cricket Club in Brookline. But besides that you have the Wightman club in Weston, Longfellow in Natick and Wayland.

I’ve heard that the Wightman Club in Weston is really good

Westin Racquet club, Cedardale is ok, seacoast tennis club if by the NH border. Nashua swim and tennis used to be ok, but not sure now. I think there’s another one in waltham too thats decent, but haven’t been there in 15 years.

Peters Park in the South End.

Savin Hill has one

the common has one

Porzio park in Eastie