Gary the Tennis Guy

My daughters enjoyed tennis with Gary. He was very patient and made the lessons fun. They are looking forward to their next lesson.

Gary is a USTPA certified coach and coaches both boys and girls tennis at a local Bay Area high school. He is giving my daughter tennis lessons and has been excellent to date. He has a clear vision on what he wants his students to learn, but also allows for some flexibility in the overall approach. In my daughter's case, he's working with her on having a shorter back stroke when preparing for forehands and backhands. He gave her the option of working more on strategy and keeping her existing forehand and backhand stroke fundamentals in place, or working on modifying and improving the mechanics of both of those strokes. She wanted to improve on mechanics, so that's what she is working on now. I'd highly recommend Gary.

My 11yo son was taking tennis lessons at a club in Orinda and believed that I was paying way too much. I decided to try out Thumbtack to find a different coach. We found Gary and I loved his style of teaching much better than the old "top $" coach. He recognized my sons weaknesses right away and ran drills and exercises with him that helped a lot. We took the summer off because of soccer and vacations, but I plan to start back up with Gary as soon as my son's schedule dies down. I highly recommend Gary!

He was very friendly and kind. My dad (64 years old, intermediate level) hit with him twice and really enjoyed with playing tennis with him. He is good with kids as well. Good tennis coach for beginner to intermediate player. Thank you, Gary!

Have done one lesson with my kids and he made sure it was fun and engaging. We are continuing our lessons.