Reed Anderson Tennis School

After hearing about Reed’s camp from a neighbor, I researched, read, called, and finally booked it with a couple of local friends for the three morning option. We had an outstanding experience with Reed, Laurie, and Sue, his instructors. He was unbelievably communicative, calling back anytime I had questions about arrival time, parking, or even where to get coffee. He arranged for us to use CC showers before our departure and was able to be flexible on timing. We rotated through «stations» with each teacher and covered everything: grip, footwork, arm extension, racquet position, serve placement, return strategies, the mental game, playing to the score, using weather and conditions like sun and wind, etc. I gathered so much helpful strategy, information, education and tips in three days. Reed is also very personable, positive, fun and funny, and I just loved every minute of the camp. It was extremely productive and every minute was put to good use during the three hours. I simply can not recommend this camp highly enough.

Reed has a fantastic school. He was brilliant at pinpointing and explaining what I could do to improve my game, and it made a huge difference. I think one of the things that Reed does especially well is explain: usually when people tell me about how to hold my body, I have a hard time figuring out how to make it practice, but somehow Reed made it easy. Best teacher I’ve ever had, by far.
And, because the class size is very small, you get a lot of personalized attention. I mostly had one-​on-​one instruction, and the rest of the time it was two students per instructor.
On top of that… I had a ton of fun. They’re great folks, they have fun drills, and the experience is a blast. It also helps that Reed and Jeff are relaxed, easy-​going folks who have fun with what they’re doing.
Highly recommended!

I can’t comment on quality of instruction because I never got any. I was planning a trip to the area specifically for outdoor tennis instruction, and called Reed Anderson a month before my arrival date. I told him when I would be there and he wouldn’t book time for private lessons. He said it would be slow and I should just call when I arrived. Well, I did that. I called and left voice mail. He texted me back saying he was booked solid for the next 10 days. I told him that I’d called a month earlier and he hadn’t wanted to book lessons for me. His response: «sorry, my bad.» Period. He didn’t call me back, didn’t offer future discounts, didn’t suggest other alternatives. Just texted «sorry my bad.» What lousy customer service.

I didn’t know what to expect when I signed up for Reed Anderson Tennis School (RATS for short) as I have had several tennis lessons with pros before, but not a «camp.» The school is on the Mission Hills Country Club and I signed up for 3 days and so far have completed 2 days. I needed to revamp my game.
Reed has been teaching since 1974 and his diagnosis and advice far outstrip any coaching I’ve ever had. I wondered out loud to him why the other pros I’ve worked with didn’t make the same observations and relatively easy fixes, he said «It’s the gray hairs.» I think that’s it. He’s just seen it all and figured out how to communicate it quickly and effectively.
He works with another good coach, Laurie, who was trained in exercise physiology and really has amazing teaching skills and may have saved my shoulder from blowing out by correcting my toss on the serve.
If you need to really tune up your game and try to get rid of bad habits, then spend two or three days here and work on what they teach here and your game will definitely improve. I’m really glad I invested in this program and my expectations were exceeded.

Reed and his assistant Jeff were great. Reed was flexible when I had an elbow issue and there was no trouble switching from full-​day to half-​day sessions. There is no set routine and each day was loosely adapted to the needs and desires of the participants. The facility is top notch. The value can’t be beat.

Throughly enjoyed my experience at Reed Anderson Tennis School located inside the beautiful Mission Hills Country Club. Reed was an excellent teacher and I really appreciated his teaching style. I hate teachers that talk too much and try to change 101 things. My memory sucks, so I like teachers who give me just 1 or 2 major things to focus on and it helps me to improve my game. Laurie who helped out is also an excellent teacher with great energy who truly wanted to help us improve our game. Would definitely come back for more tennis camp!

We had planned for a two day trip (we flew in from NorCal), but due to unfavorable weather we only got in one day with Reed. That said, we made the most out of the 2^nd day and Reed took us through a little bit of everything and allowed us to let him know which skills we wanted to hone in on the most. The stroke analysis via video was very helpful, and it confirmed what I was doing correctly and most importantly highlighted areas of room for improvement. Reed showed me a trick on the backhand that instantly made a difference. He also caught very detailed mistakes I was making that I otherwise would have never noticed if he did not point it out. His instruction was concise and clear. He does not over instruct, and gave us the specific, key pointers needed to fix our mistakes.
The facility was beautiful — courts were well kept, with a beautiful view of mountains and greens. You have access to clay and grass courts also.
Finally, I appreciated Reed’s strong communication, as we were juggling with unfavorable weather conditions, which made trip logistics difficult. Reed always responded to emails and phone calls and kept us updated on class schedules. What I really appreciated was Reed was only planning on having a morning session on Sunday, but he went ahead and came for the afternoon session also so just me and my wife can get in some additional time. This shows great effort on his part.
One other item worth noting — Reed had one of the club instructors help out in the morning session, and she (Laurie) was EXCELLENT also. She showed us great doubles strategy and shared great tips on footwork. She played at a collegiate level and was a true professional, with a fun attitude.
All in all, I learned more in a one day session with Reed than I have learned in multiple group classes with other clinics. We plan on coming back again for sure. I recommend Reed Anderson’s tennis school with no hesitation and give it a raving ¹⁰⁄₁₀ rating!