Adult coaching

The biggest group of adults we coach is people who have never played or who last held a racket at school. The Monday beginners' course starts every six weeks and all you need is a pair of trainers.

Groups are capped at six a court, and a coach feeds balls rather than making you rally before you can. By week four most beginners are keeping it going across the net, and by week six they are on the court for a Sunday social game.

Above that, there are three weekly groups: improvers on Mondays, intermediates on Wednesday mornings and a match-play group on Friday mornings that works on doubles positions and what to do with a second serve. You can move up when the coach thinks you should, not when a term ends.

Rhian and her assistant coach take one-to-one lessons on the clay courts. Most people book a block of four to fix a single shot, then stop. We would rather you left and played than kept paying.

What is included

• Rackets and balls to borrow for the beginners' course
• No more than six to a court in any group
• A short written note after a one-to-one block
• Moves between groups whenever the coach and you agree

What it costs

Group sessions £11 an hour for members, £14 for visitors. Six-week beginners' course £66. One-to-one £38 an hour. Every membership fee is on the join page, worked out to the pound from today.