Tennis academy & courts near Tamarindo

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What are you looking for?

Adult classes

Drop into a clinic week by week, or join a group that trains together all month.

Clinics

Week by week, no commitment. Clinics start in November

Open play clinic

2 hours · 6–12 players

Tie-breaks and sets in ever-changing pairings, singles and doubles. A coach guides the group and answers any tennis question.

Days and times:
Weekly · Days and times to come

Price:
₡10,000 per clinic
Challenge & tactic clinic

90 minutes · 4–8 players

Control, consistency and rhythm through rally challenges first, then strategic point games in singles and doubles.

Days and times:
Weekly · Days and times to come

Price:
₡10,000 per clinic
Cardio drill clinic

60 minutes · 3–6 players

A very intense hour: footwork, stroke repetition and basket drills at high pace. Nobody stands still.

Days and times:
Weekly · Days and times to come

Price:
₡10,000 per clinic

Groups

The same players every week, paid by the month

Beginners group

Beginners · groups of 3–4

For anyone starting out who wants to learn with like‑minded people.

Days and times:
On request: set once a group of 3–4 forms

Price:
₡50,000 a month · 4 × 60 min

₡75,000 a month · 4 × 90 min
Super Woman group

Women 40–50 · advanced intermediate

A highly motivated group working on technique, footwork and strategy, one focus at a time.
Days and times:
- Tuesday 11:30am–1pm
- Wednesday 12:30–2pm
- Friday 8:30–10am
Price:
Price from the academy

Prices in Costa Rican colones, plus IVA. Members pay the price shown; non-members add the club's day pass. How sign-up works

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Kids & teens

From the first rallies at five to tournament tennis at fifteen: clinics for beginners, then groups that grow with them.

Kids clinics

For beginners, by age, through games. Clinics start in November

Bambini clinic

Ages 5–7 · 60 minutes · 3–6 kids

The first strokes and the first rallies, learned through games.

Days and times:
Weekly · Days and times to come

Price:
₡10,000 per clinic
Kids clinic

Ages 8–10 · 60 minutes · 3–6 kids

The basic techniques and the rules of the game, until the first real rallies flow.

Days and times:
Weekly · Days and times to come

Price:
₡10,000 per clinic

Junior groups

The same players all month, matched by age and level

Transition group

Ages 8–11 · 60 minutes

From playing for fun to competing: technique in more detail, first tactics and first tournaments.

To join: forehand, backhand, serve and volley, and rallies across the full court.
Days and times:
- Monday 3:30–4:30pm
- Wednesday 3:30–4:30pm
Price:
₡75,000 a month · 8 sessions
Competitive 1

Ages 11–14 · 90 minutes

Kick serve and slice, sharper match tactics, and athletic training: speed, power, endurance.

To join: the Transition group or a similar program, and some tournament experience.
Days and times:
- Tuesday 3:30–5pm
- Wednesday 4:30–6pm
Price:
₡100,000 a month · 8 sessions
Competitive 2

Ages 13–15 · 90 minutes

Tournament players at a high national level, training hard towards what tennis can open up, such as a university scholarship.

To join: Competitive 1 or a similar program.
Days and times:
- Monday 4:30–6pm
- Tuesday 4:30–6pm
- Thursday 4:30–6pm
Price:
₡150,000 a month · 12 sessions

Prices in Costa Rican colones, plus IVA; non-members add the club's day pass. Groups pay for the month at the start, and sessions the coaches or the club cancel are made up at the end. Not sure which group fits? Ask the academy.

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Coaches

“Fun through development”: after almost twenty years of coaching, Lennart has found that the players who keep improving are the ones who come to love the game, and stay with it.

Head coach

Lennart Krotki

Coaches in English · Spanish · German · French

One of Germany's best junior players, Lennart beat the likes of Oscar Otte (career-high ATP 36) and Andreas Mies, later a two-time French Open doubles champion. He has coached for almost twenty years and came to Costa Rica in 2022.

More about Lennart

He qualified as a licensed competitive-sport tennis coach in 2016, alongside a Bachelor of Science in economics. At TLC Yonex Academy, one of Germany's best-known academies, he coached top young players and ran tournaments and events; he has been a tournament director at national tournaments and sat on the tournament committee of the ATP Challenger in Meerbusch. For more than ten years he was on the board of TC RW Hangelar, a 450-member club whose youth teams play in Germany's top leagues, as treasurer and youth coordinator.

He moved to Costa Rica with his partner Anais, an osteopath and physiotherapist who is also part of the Finca Escondida family. For children and teenagers, he believes, competitive tennis teaches far more than tennis: handling setbacks and success, pressure and emotions, taking responsibility on court and respecting teammates. For adults the goals are often different, such as fitness and health, so the academy runs recreational and competitive programs side by side.

Assistant coach · tennis professional

Stone Yanuck

Passionate about player development and the lifelong pursuit of excellence, Stone brings a strong competitive background and a genuine love for the game to the club's tennis program.

More about Stone

He played NCAA Division III tennis at Whittier College, then finished his collegiate career at the University of California, Riverside, where he competed as a Division I student-athlete while earning his MBA.

As an RSPA Certified Tennis Professional, he has coached in college tennis and at respected clubs in New York, including Atlantic Beach Tennis Center and Lawrence Yacht & Country Club. At Finca Escondida he is committed to helping every player improve their technique, build confidence, compete with purpose and develop a lifelong love for the game.

Ready to level up your game?

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How it works

Sign up, play, pay

Sign up

Clinics: in the club's app, for members and day-pass visitors alike (it opens with membership), from five days before each one. Groups (to join one or start a new one) and private lessons: message the academy.
Your place

A clinic place is binding once you sign up. Can't make it? Send someone in your place and you pay nothing.
Too few players?

If a clinic has not filled its minimum by the evening before, it is cancelled and nobody is charged.
Pay

In colones, plus IVA, by SINPE, cash or bank transfer; non-members add the club's day pass. Groups pay the month up front, and sessions the coaches or the club cancel are made up at the end.

Guanacaste Tennis Academy · +506 6125 2847 · lennart.krotki@t-online.de

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Courts

Booking a court

Booking opens with membership, in the club's booking app. A day pass gets you through the gate; court time is booked on top, by the hour. Members get the monthly rate and book seven days ahead. Court rates are coming soon.

How booking works

Membership

Tennis ball resting on a line of a covered court, the net behind

Good to know

Before you come

Do I need to be a member for clinics, groups or lessons?

No. The academy is open to everyone. Members pay the academy's price; non-members add the club's day pass.

How do I sign up for a clinic?

In the club's app, for members and day-pass visitors alike (it opens with membership). Sign-up for each clinic opens five days before it, and a place is binding: if you can't come, find someone to take your place and you pay nothing. If too few players have signed up by the evening before, the clinic is cancelled and nobody is charged.

Which group is right for my child?

Beginners aged 5 to 10 start in the kids clinics. The groups are matched by age and level, and each says what a player needs to join; if you are not sure, ask the academy on WhatsApp or at lennart.krotki@t-online.de.

How do I pay the academy?

By SINPE, cash or bank transfer. Prices are in Costa Rican colones, plus IVA. Groups pay for the month at the start; clinics are charged when you sign up.

What should I bring?

A racquet, court shoes and water. The roof takes care of the sun. Whether racquets and balls can be hired or bought at the club: to be confirmed by the club.

When is the best time to play in the heat?

The courts are covered, so there is shade all day, but Guanacaste is still hot from late morning to mid-afternoon. The 7am court is the coolest hour and off-peak. Evenings are peak, from 4pm until the lights go off at 9pm.

What happens when it rains?

Our courts are covered outdoor courts, not indoor ones, so they are not rainproof. The roof keeps off rain that falls straight down. When strong wind drives the rain in at the open sides, the courts can get wet, most of all near the edges, and stay wet for a while. A wet court is slippery, so play waits until it is dry. On a rainy, windy day, message us before you come. Covered, not indoor compares the three kinds of court.

How far ahead can I book a court?

Members book up to seven days ahead, in sixty or ninety minute slots, 7am to 9pm every day. Booking is in the club's booking app, which opens with membership.

Guanacaste Tennis Academy Tennis, taught in the shade

Adult classes

Clinics

Open play clinic

Challenge & tactic clinic

Cardio drill clinic

Groups

Beginners group

Super Woman group

Kids & teens

Kids clinics

Bambini clinic

Kids clinic

Junior groups

Transition group

Competitive 1

Competitive 2

Private lessons

Private lesson

Semi-private lesson

Coaches

Lennart Krotki

Stone Yanuck

Sign up, play, pay

Sign up

Your place

Too few players?

Pay

Booking a court

Before you come

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