Calvin T.

I've been playing tennis for about 14 years now. Ever since I picked up this sport, I've been playing about once a week. I play both indoors during the winter and outdoors during the spring/summer. Not only do I play this sport, I also love watching both professional tennis and local tennis tournaments. My idol is Roger Federer. I admire his gameplay and his approach to life and business. Needless to say, I'm a huge tennis nerd from equipment, to mechanics, to style. On a personal level, I grew up in Hawaii and moved to Seattle to attend the University of Washington. I've been here for more than 12 years now and am loving every bit of it. I'm an IT Consultant in the area and would love to chat about all things consulting, technology, data visualization, IPA's, whiskey and football/fantasy football. Let's play some tennis while this sunshine holds!

I've played many years of tennis and have played with all levels, so I understand where people are and how they can improve, both in the short-term and long-term. During the first session, I would spend 3-5 minutes talking to you about what you want to get out of the session, whether it's to work on forehand drills, serve toss, volleys, rallying for part of the session, or learning the basics. Depending on your level, I will allow you to choose what kind of shots you want to work on first. Otherwise, I will go over the basics of every shot. My general structure is as follows: 3-5 minutes to go over what the student wants to improve upon; 5-10 minutes of footwork basics; 10-15 minutes of forehand demonstrations, drills, types of grips for different shots, and difficult shots and how to conquer them; and 10-15 minutes of backhand demonstrations, drills, types of grips for different shots, and difficult shots and how to conquer them; 10-15 minutes of volleys; and finally, 2-5 minutes of debriefing.