Adult Lessons at Wanless Tennis
Wanless Tennis has many instruction programs available for adults, whether you are a beginner just starting out, an intermediate player that wants to take their game to the next level, a seasoned high-level player that wants to fine tune their game, or a social player who just wants to enhance their enjoyment of the game.
Programs for 2025
The following programs are available in the Spring, Summer, and Fall in both daytime and evening sessions. Program dates and times are detailed in the schedules below.
| LESSON NAME | LESSON DESCRIPTION | LEVEL | SCHEDULE | ||
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SUMMER NIGHT | FALL DAY/NIGHT |
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| New for 2025! Tune Up for Spring Clinics: Series of drop in clinics to get moving |
Want to shake the winter cobwebs off your game; prepare for team tryouts or simply start the season in full stride? Come out and get the season off to a great start. Meet some new members in a drop-in style class special – skip work at lunch and get started with drills, games or cardio. There is something for everyone. | All skill levels welcome | Day Thurs Apr 17 and Fri Apr 18 |
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| New for 2025! Early Spring Advanced Bootcamp – Focus Teams |
Get back on track after a long winter with 4 days of camp style training to get you back and ready to play league tennis, challenge your next opponent in the ladder or simply elevate your game to new heights and gain bragging rights! | For levels 3.0 and up | Day Apr 28, 29, 30 & May 2 |
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| LiveBall | Enhance your doubles play by playing coach led games to play out points in a fun, high-paced, and competitive hour. | For levels 3.0 and up | Night Fri 7 PM Drop In |
Fri 7 PM Drop In |
Night Fri 7 PM Drop In |
| Cardio Tennis | Hit 500-1000 balls an hour and get your heart rate going by combining tennis and sport specific fitness during the hour. Minimal technical feedback; maximum volume. | All skill levels welcome | Day Apr-June Thurs 11 AMNight Apr-June Tues 6 PM |
July-Aug Tues 6 PM |
Day Sept-Oct Thurs 11 AMNight Sept-Oct Tues 6 PM |
| Cardio and Liveball Combo | It starts with Cardio: hit 500-1000 balls an hour and get your heart rate going by combining tennis and sport specific fitness during the hour. Minimal technical feedback; maximum volume. It ends by playing coach led live-ball games that are engaging and fun with your peers. | For levels 3.0 and up | Day May Sat 11 AMApr-June Mon 12 PM |
Day Sept-Oct Mon 12 PM |
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| Fundamental Tennis “Learn to Play” | Learning to play tennis? No problem. The hour is dedicated to learning all the basics with technical feedback geared to you personally in a group dynamic with other players at the same skill level. Goal is to start rallying with control. | For levels 0-2.0 | Day Apr-June Mon 11 AMNight Apr-May Thurs 6 PM |
Day Sept-Oct Mon 11 AM |
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| Intermediate Fundamentals | We will work on developing groundstrokes, volleys and serves with a more advanced approach. Emphasis will be on rallying and maintaining good technique while placed in various point situations. | For levels 1.0-2.5 | Day Apr-June Wed 11 AMNight May-June Thurs 6 PM |
July-Aug Thurs 6 PM |
Day Sept-Oct Wed 11 AMNight Sept-Oct Mon 8 PM & Thurs 7 PM |
| Master the Doubles w/ Drills and Skills |
This clinic is designed to fine tune your doubles skills, work on essential drills to elevate your doubles game, learn strategy and practice the right way. Intermediate level and above is recommended, must be able to rally and have volleying skills and serve the ball in the court. | For levels 2.0 and up | Night May-June Thurs 7 PM |
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| Mastering Groundstrokes | Spend the hour working on the forehand and backhand, rallying and the consistency required to improve your game. It is an hour dedicated to building good habits on your ground game both tactically and technically. | For levels 2.5-3.5 | Day Apr-June Wed 12 PM |
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| Master the Topspin and Rally | Self explanatory title. Hitting with topspin is a skill that requires reinforcements and technical coaching. Clinic will be split between technical work to master the spin and incorporating this into rallies. Goal is to establish a great overall rallying foundation and focus on the area of the court where we find ourselves the most – the baseline. | For levels 2.5 and up | Night Apr-May Tues 7 PM |
Day Sept-Oct Wed 12 PMNight Sept-Oct Tues 7 PM |
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| Shot of the Week | Those signed up will be split up per court in relative levels and appropriate drills will be performed to push those attending to work on and develop the shot of the week more. From forehands down the line to the lob, all the shots will be covered week by week then put in some form of game play. | For levels 2.5 and up | Night Apr-June Tues 7 PM |
August Tues 7 PM |
Night Sept-Oct Thurs 6 PM |
| Mastering Volleys & Spins | Spend the hour drilling the volleys, getting familiar with various ways of taking the ball out of the air; catch, punch, block volleys and then incorporate them in various games. The slice and volleys are similar in lots of ways from the required grip to the way the racquet face meets the ball; working on both can help you incorporate them faster in your game. | For levels 3.0 and up | Day Apr-June Thurs 1 PMNight May-June Tues 7 PM |
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| Mastering Serves & Returns | The two most important shots in the game that get spent the least amount of time on. Not anymore. Spend the hour working on the fundamentals of serving by breaking the serve down and focusing on the athleticism and mechanics of serving. In addition, we will be working on the different returns and mentality when receiving a serve of all levels. Get those reps in all around. | All skill levels welcome | Day Apr-June Thurs 12 PMNight Apr-May Thurs 7 PM |
July Thurs 7 PM |
Night Sept-Oct Tues 8 PM |
| Mastering Serves, Spins and Volleys | Specialty shots clinic. Work on the drop shot, the lob, the slice, topspin, even serves. Drills and technique work for half the time and games for the latter half. | For levels 3.0 and up | Day May Sat 10 AM |
July Tues 7 PMAug Thurs 7 PM |
Day Sept-Oct Thurs 12 PMNight Sept-Oct Mon 7 PM |
| Play with the Pro | Get a group of friends and sign up to play with the pro and learn as you play the game; or simply sign up and you’ll be grouped with similar level. There are 6 spots total for this class. 3 per court with a pro. This is geared for the person able to serve, rally and volley. This is not a technical class and most of the focus will be on point play, strategy and decision making while playing the game. | For levels 3.0 and up | Night Sept-Oct Thurs 8 PM |
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Please contact our Head Pro, Laura Borza with any questions about our programs.
Adult Lessons Schedules 2025
Please note that we are dependent on the weather and there are no refunds for rainouts. There will be various options available throughout the year for makeup classes and other opportunities.
Non-members are welcome in all adult daytime and evening clinics; however, adult clinics are offered to members first.
If there are spots still available within ten (10) days of a clinic’s start date, non-members may join in.
Non-members are considered guests of the club and will pay the additional $10 daily guest fee for each clinic day.
If there are spots still available within ten (10) days of a clinic’s start date, non-members may join in.
Non-members are considered guests of the club and will pay the additional $10 daily guest fee for each clinic day.
Programs go on sale February 24
Doug Philpott Children’s Tennis Fund
Wanless Tennis encourages our members to support the Philpott Children’s Tennis Fund by making a donation in CourtReserve.
Since the early 1990’s, Philpott Children’s Tennis has brought tennis to the lives of children living in Toronto’s inner city communities. Philpott campers learn more than tennis – they learn important lessons about discipline, cooperation, physical fitness and self-confidence. The program operates exclusively through donations in locations that are designated by the City of Toronto as high priority needs neighbourhoods. Philpott Children’s Tennis offers children in these neighbourhoods a fun, active, instructive alternative to inactivity and the problems associated with such inactivity, including obesity and crime.
If the programming you are interested in is not offered or is sold out please fill out this form so that we can gauge interest and adjust capacities for future programming. Court permitting we will look into creating availability as soon as possible but it is not guaranteed and you will be contacted by the head pro if availability for the program changes.