About the academy
The Art of Tennis Academy develops young players in a multidisciplinary environment, combining tennis, movement and creativity to build confidence and inner strength from the earliest stages of life.
The academy grew out of a simple belief. Children learn best when they are moving, making and playing at the same time. Tennis gives them the movement. Art gives them the space to think. Put together, they build a kind of confidence that lasts well beyond the court.
Coaches work with small groups so every child gets attention. Sessions are active, encouraging and built around the age and ability of the players in front of us, from first swings at four years old through to competitive juniors.
Weekly programs, seasonal camps and custom training across Vancouver, working alongside local community centres. Families come for the tennis and stay for the environment their children grow up in.
What guides us
To develop young people through tennis, movement and creativity, in an environment where effort is valued more than results and every child is given room to grow.
An academy known not only for the players it produces, but for the confidence, curiosity and character its students carry with them long after they leave the court.
What guides us
Open to everyone: you do not need a background in tennis to start. Most of our players arrive having never held a racquet. What matters is that a child is willing to try something new.
Community
We deliver programs with community centres across the city. Working through them keeps our classes close to home and keeps costs within reach for the families in each neighbourhood.
These are the academy’s published community partners — the associations and public bodies behind the centres where classes run.
Founding principal
The person behind it
Juan Carlos founded the academy and still teaches in it. An early childhood educator, he has worked with local community centres creating and developing grassroots programs for children — the kind of classes where a four-year-old’s first swing and a thirteen-year-old’s first serve get the same attention.
He believes in the importance of physical activity, and in the expression of creativity in the early development stages of life. That belief is the academy: tennis and art taught as one practice, in the neighbourhoods children actually live in.
The coaching team works in small groups so every child gets attention. If you would like to know who will be teaching your child, ask when you call — we will tell you.
Come and play
Call and tell us your child’s age. We will find the class, confirm the current session and answer the questions this page cannot.