Teaching tennis lessons in LA has been exciting to say the least! I teach at several different courts throughout the city including private houses, hotels, condos and apartments, and high schools. My main location is at the Ritz Carlton in Marina Del Rey, which is good because it's the closest to Hermosa Beach! When I'm given a lesson, I just plug the address into my GPS (what would I do without my GPS?!) and have just as much fun driving to the courts as I do teaching the lesson. My favorite drive by far has been on Mulholland Drive which weaves through Hollywood Hills and Beverly Hills. It's right out of a movie scene; the houses are all different, from stucco to cottages and can be seen behind ivy-covered fences. One day I'll have to do an actual tour of the city so I can stop rather than just drive by!
The clients I'm meeting are just as interesting as the locations I'm teaching them at. Just today I played doubles with Matthew Perry's agent and I've done Cardio Tennis classes with a lady who works with R&B producer, Babyface. It seems everyone knows somebody! It's taking a while to built a clientele, but after talking to a few of the guys I work with, I think it'll be a few months before I'm working the hours I want. In the meantime, I'll just enjoy the drives!
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