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Junior Group Lessons & Clinics in Water Mill, NY
Junior group lessons in Water Mill 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 Water Mill you are based; one certified, background-checked coach whose groups fit calls within one business day.
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Junior groups in Water Mill run through the clubs and, in the Town of East Hampton, the Recreation Department’s clinics. We put Water Mill 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 Water Mill: what's different here
Estate courts on Mecox Bay and the ocean lanes in the most expensive ZIP code on the South Fork, no public court or club that any source places inside the hamlet, and the Majors Path clubs and Southampton Village’s courts a few minutes west.
Water Mill 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 hamlet had 2,506 residents at the 2020 Census and a median home price of $5,885,000 in 2024, the third most expensive ZIP code in the country, with more than 60% of its houses counted as seasonal by the Town’s housing plan; the courts here are private, on the estates along Mecox Bay and the ocean lanes. A Water Mill family without a court uses Southampton Village’s $25 permit or the Majors Path clubs (Southampton Racquet Club memberships from $2,547.13 in 2026), each about ten minutes away; the Town of Southampton’s fee schedule has no tennis line.
Public courts in Water Mill are run by the Town of Southampton Parks & Recreation in Hampton Bays (no public courts confirmed in the hamlet; Southampton Village’s permitted courts are the nearest); 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 Water Mill 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 Water Mill
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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