Town of East Hampton
Junior Group Lessons & Clinics in Montauk, NY
Junior group lessons in Montauk run from the Town of East Hampton’s youth clinics to the club programs on the red, orange, green and yellow ball progression for ages 3–18; a junior racquet costs $35–159 by age. Tell us the child’s age and level and where in Montauk you are based; one certified, background-checked coach whose groups fit calls within one business day.
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Junior groups in Montauk run through the clubs and, in the Town of East Hampton, the Recreation Department’s clinics. We put Montauk parents in touch with one certified, background-checked coach whose groups fit the child’s age and ball, and we say which programs are public and which need a membership.
Junior groups in Montauk: what's different here
Montauk Downs State Park’s six Har-Tru courts, the Town’s two courts on South Emery Street, the Montauk Tennis Club’s second site at Hither Hills Racquet Club on Montauk Highway, the Montauk Yacht Club’s renovated racquet center with the fork’s only padel courts, and the houses on the hills that mostly do without a court.
On the ocean side of Montauk the junior groups are at the clubs and the Town courts rather than on estate lawns, because a group needs two courts and a windbreak; afternoon sea breeze is the reason the good junior clinics here are morning clinics.
The Town of East Hampton’s two public courts on South Emery Street carry pickleball lines, with two stand-alone pickleball courts beside them and three more indoors at the Montauk Playhouse gym; Lions Field has no tennis courts despite the name people give it. Montauk is a hamlet of 4,318 people at the 2020 Census with 60% of its housing counted vacant, a fishing port first and a tennis town only in July and August; it sits about 120 miles from Midtown, and the Cannonball reaches it in 2 hours 41 minutes on a summer Friday.
Public courts in Montauk are run by the New York State Parks at Montauk Downs (run under contract by the Montauk Tennis Club) and the Town of East Hampton Recreation Department (South Emery Street); the tennis coach we put you in touch with knows the court rules and books the time.
How it works
Tell us about the lesson once. One certified, background-checked tennis coach who works Montauk and handles junior groups regularly contacts you within 1 business day. Free for players and parents, no spam calls.
FAQ
Junior groups questions
What age should kids start tennis lessons in the Hamptons?
The programmes here take children from 3: SPORTIME Amagansett’s John McEnroe Tennis Academy groups run for ages 3–18 on the red, orange, green and yellow ball progression, Future Stars’ Little Stars take 3–5 and its Rising Stars 2.5–7, and the Town of East Hampton’s youth clinics run in spring, summer and fall. The equipment agrees: junior racquets run 17–21 inches at ages 3–5 ($35–59), 23 inches at 6–8, 25 inches at 9–10 and 26 inches from 11. What the age should be is a question about the child, not the calendar; we could not read a governing body’s guidance on it, so we do not print a rule. Our advice is a red-ball group for a small child and a private lesson only once the child asks for one.
Read the full answer →Group lessons or private: which is better for my child?
A group for a child who is new, young or there for the fun: the ball comes from a coach, a feeder and other children, the hour is games, and the price is shared — a camp week is $1,045–1,595 in Southampton and $1,095 on the East Hampton tennis track in 2026, and the Town of East Hampton runs youth clinics in spring, summer and fall. A private for a child with a specific stroke to fix, a tournament to prepare for, or a temperament that shrinks in a crowd; the published Hamptons rate is $175–190 an hour against a $113 national average. Most children here do both: a group for the season and a private when the group has found the problem. The good coaches will tell you which the child needs, and we ask them to.
How does Hamptons Ace Tennis work?
You tell us about the player once: who is learning, their level, what kind of lessons, when, and where in the Hamptons you are based. We put you in touch with one coach who teaches that age and level in your part of the fork, certified by the RSPA or the PTR and background-checked, and they call you within one business day. From there it is their rate, their schedule and their court, or yours. It is free for players and parents; participating coaches pay us a referral fee for the introduction. We are not a club, a camp or a coaching business, and we do not sell your details; the one coach we send you to is the only one who gets your number. We cover 9 South Fork towns and 6 kinds of coaching.
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Book a tennis coach in Montauk
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