What is the best way for a beginner to learn tennis in New York City?

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NYC is a great place to start playing tennis and the best way is the same as for learning anything - a lot of practice. My advice - pickup as many games as possible, play a lot, switch courts and with some time you'd not recognize yourself. For a start, I'd personally recommend Walker Park Tennis Club http://trytopic.com/walker-park-tennis-club  on Staten Island. No crowd, reasonable fees, very friendly community who'll be willing to help with an advice.

We have group tennis classes for adults in NYC through our company, http://TennisTIP.com.  Click on the link below for a summary of our teaching philosophy to give you an idea of the experience you may have playing with us. http://www.tennistip.com/slycer/uncat/crystallizating-the-tennistip-experience/ Your may sign up on our website to reserve your spot in class.

It doesn't matter what state you are in,you are going to have to do some research first. Goggle can help,but always ask for a sample lesson, so you can see what you are getting for your money. You may need to go through 3 clubs too,until you can find the one you want to learn at. Take your time and find a coach that has a passion for teaching. If they don't,keep looking until you find one. Hope that helps.

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HI, there are some tennis coaches in here http://newyork.tennistonic.com/pg/tennis/Find-a-tennis-coach/?id=12125&%2FNew+York-New+York-United+States You may give it a try also at the tennis schoool in central park. Or  http://bumblebeetennis.com is also good and unexpensive

I've been taking lessons with Bumble Bee Tennis http://bumblebeetennis.com/ Relatively cheap and great so far; I'm having a lot of fun! (3 weeks in) Intro to tennis group lessons are roughly $28 / hr in Manhattan. Private lessons are $100 an hour. This is a little high so I'm still looking around for something a little lower for private lessons.