Academy is run at Sunrise Tennis Club - where I play a lot -It is a nice facility
agree... it's an excellent facility and he runs a great program down there.. highly recommend if you have the $$ for it
Nick Saviano used to be a national coach and really knows his stuff. I agree with getting the book, one of the best tennis books ever.
Great coach with older kids , well run Academy. But I dont think Nick has the patience with younger kids that Rick Macci has - I would recommend his Academy for 12 years upward, Rick's for kids younger than that.
I'd like to know what Macci charges per hour but, I honestly have no idea. I've heard some absolutely insane fees. Anyone know?
chalk....last time I heard Rick was up to $300/hour! His academy is less expensive on a per hour basis but you get other instructors and the occasional Macci attention. I notice kids like Sonya Kenin leave Macci after a year or so....the costs must just eat up the parents.
But Macci also gives away a ton on his videos through the USTA and on Tennis Resource. A clever parent can provide almost Macci like lessons by studying all his videos.
If you really want the best coaching in the area contact Diego at Xtreme Tennis Academy. He is in Hollywood, Florida.
You are completely wrong. Rick Macci coaches all his top kids himself. There may be an issue with the cost but not with his coaching expertise or commitment.
1. The website has been disabled.
2. Macci has worked with Roddick, Pierce, Capriati, and the Williams sisters as kids. Saviano has a nice body of work, including Sloane Stephens. Nick B. has worked with just a few folks who have done okay!
Perhaps you could list the players Diego has trained that would make him the "best" coach in Florida?
What part of FL? Or does it matter? And how old?
Uhmmm, I'm not wrong. Macci, who I feel is excellent, does not do what Solomon or Diego do,,,,,,, that is, be on the court for 8 hours and hit/coach with each and every kid in the academy on a daily basis, throughout the course of the entire day.
Further, Nick B. isn't even seen on the court unless it is a "special junior", at which time he just blabbers and doesn't do any of the real coachin. Saviano is much better, but still not in the same league as Solomon or Diego.
Uhmmm, I'm not wrong. Macci, who I feel is excellent, does not do what Solomon or Diego do,,,,,,, that is, be on the court for 8 hours and hit/coach with each and every kid in the academy on a daily basis, throughout the course of the entire day.
Further, Nick B. isn't even seen on the court unless it is a "special junior", at which time he just blabbers and doesn't do any of the real coachin. Saviano is much better, but still not in the same league as Solomon or Diego.
Frankly I think most academies are primarily hard court. Although Saviano's is at a facility with mostly clay courts, they generally train on the hard courts (with occasional ventures onto the clay).
I believe the same is true for Solomon at LDC, right Drak?
Total nonsense. I have watched Macci and Saviano and Nick B. work. I have seen them all impart boat loads of knowledge to the kids.
That is different from what you said before.
Rick does not leave the coaching to his assistants . I agree he does not work out on a group basis with all the kids, but he works one on one with any of his kids whose families can afford it ! Whether it's better to do half hour or one hour lessons one on one or spend time working in a group as you say Solomon or Diego do is a matter of opinion.
No it's not, unless you have reading comprehension problems.
I guess you do have reading comprehension problems. Go back and read my posts. I made it clear Diego and Solomon provide coaching with each and every kid in their academies individually, as opposed to the others who leave the teaching to someone else. They (Diego/Solomon) are also hitting/drilling with every kid while providing instruction.
You are now just repeating the incorrect statement you made before.
As I have said several times Macci specialises in giving very young kids their foundations and he does that by working with them 1 on 1. He does not drill in groups - the kids do that in his Academy with his assistants.
Hmmmm, see your own post below, which is what I've been saying repeatedly:
Thanks for confirming what I have already said.
Like I said, Solomon and Diego DO NOT LEAVE LEAVE THIS TO THEIR ASSISTANTS. THEY DO IT THEMSELVES.
In addition, also provide one one one throughout the course of an entire 8+ hour day to EVERY student, not just select ones who pay a little more.
No - the individual lessons are given by RM. The group drilling and fitness is done by his assistants though he sets the drills .
I know this. I have repeatedly said this.
Diego and Solomon work with about 12-15 kids a day.
Does Solomon have young kids 6-9 years in his Academy,
does he do private lessons and what do they cost ?
- I see from their website that they do full time and after school programs so do you mean 12-15 kids in the full time program or does that include the after school kids who I guess are the younger ones ? And do the numbers not increase in the summer break ?
One other thing . Solomon was very much a baseline player - does he encourage those kids who want to get forward and volley ?
Not much if any. I rarely see kids this age, although they do attend.
He also still works with players like Dementiava, Canas, Dushevina, and other ATP/WTA players. Here is a vid I took of dementiava:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF4tWB5BPvQ
Thanks, the video was interesting - don't see Dementieva at the net too often. Hope Harold wasn't responsible for her serve ! If she had a better one she could have won so many more titles.
But your answers, looking at the websites of this Academy and visits to some of the otheres just reiterate what I have been stressing.. I don't know whether Solomon's Academy is better than Saviano for instance but for the youngest kids Rick Macci's Academy is the best and that is why there is such a high percentage of them there. . As they get older maybe they move on maybe they stay but since I have kids at the younger end that is my concern right now. I am yet to see anyone point out a coach that teaches or relates to them better or an Academy where they will find other young kids of similar ability levels.
Central FL is preferred, but at this point I'm not too choosy. I'm willing to go down to S. FL. Austin is another choice that would work for me. experience on this board as added reference. Thanks in advance.
Thanks, the video was interesting - don't see Dementieva at the net too often. Hope Harold wasn't responsible for her serve ! If she had a better one she could have won so many more titles.
Actually, Harold and his team are very responible for her success in 2008, when she won the gold and reached number 4 in the world. She had a very successful year, and her serve improved quite a bit. However, she is somewhat of a head case, and can't seem to get it together to win a slam.
Tennis Coach Florida would you recommend taking my 8 year old daughter to Macci this summer for a week?My next door neighbor went and stayed at Maccis when we were younger for about a year when Macci was at Greenleaf he liked it.He had a video of him playing Capriati and he beat her 6-0 on the grass court they had at Greenleaf.