Town of Southampton
Junior Group Lessons & Clinics in Southampton, NY
Junior group lessons in Southampton 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 Southampton you are based; one certified, background-checked coach whose groups fit calls within one business day.
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Junior groups in Southampton run through the clubs and, in the Town of East Hampton, the Recreation Department’s clinics. We put Southampton 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 Southampton: what's different here
The Village’s permitted public courts, the Town’s courts on Majors Path in North Sea, Southampton Racquet Club & Camp with Cliff Drysdale Tennis, the Meadow Club on First Neck Lane behind its gates, Future Stars’ camp courts, and the estate-section courts south of the highway.
Southampton juniors can reach a Town clinic, a club program and an indoor bubble inside twenty minutes, which is why the question we ask first is the child’s ball colour, not the address.
The Town of Southampton’s 2026 Parks and Recreation fee schedule prices basketball, bocce and hockey courts at $20 an hour and lights at $40 an hour but has no tennis line at all, and its sports programmes are priced at the cost of instruction plus overhead; Parks & Recreation is at 6 Newtown Road, Hampton Bays. North Sea Community Park on Majors Path got four Har-Tru courts in 2010, built under Future Stars’ direction, and pickleball courts in October 2021; whether the tennis courts are still running in 2026, and at what fee, we could not confirm.
Public courts in Southampton are run by the Village of Southampton Parks Department inside the village (a $25 individual or $75 family court permit); Town of Southampton Parks & Recreation in Hampton Bays outside it; 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 Southampton 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 Southampton
Sixty seconds: who is learning, their level, what kind of lessons, and where you are based. One certified, background-checked coach who teaches that age and level calls you within one business day. Free for players and parents; nobody else gets your number.
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