Our second tennis clinic with Joe was as memorable as the first clinic. Only a registered teaching pro who is also a ranked tournament player could provide improvements in technique and strategy to an advanced player. Joe has tweaked my serve and made me aware of different shot selections. I have already signed up for another tennis clinic with Joe on Tuesday before returning to Arizona. read more

Terrible experience. I am writing to express my disappointment with the tennis lessons that my wife and I received from you. Right after we purchased a pack of 10 lessons you started pressuring my wife to buy another pack of 10 lessons, even though we had already paid for the first 10. You made her feel guilty for not paying in advance, using high-pressure sales tactics that were uncomfortable and unacceptable. Your aggression and threats to stop teaching us if we didn't buy more lessons at that moment were completely uncalled for. As tennis enthusiasts, we were looking forward to learning from an experienced coach. However, the experience we had with you was far from satisfactory. We felt that you were more concerned about making a profit than teaching us the sport we love. read more

Very terrible experience. I almost sued this coach. We signed up for my 2 kids. We wasted time to drive and wait for coach, but no one showed. No phone calls, No communication. No refined. Even he didn't answer my phone calls. WE WASTED OUR TIME and MONEY. I am so sorry to my 2 kids. Terrible !! I don't want to even give one star !!! read more

Run, don't walk away. I made my appointment for multiple days of lessons and pay months in advance, but when I let Yhale know our plans had shifted and needed a partial refund I didn't get a response for weeks. On the day of my lesson he no-showed, and claimed he would issue a refund. Never did. I paid on July 18 it's October 19 and still none of my money and no service rendered. read more

Agree with other reviewers that the coaches are okay but dealing with the come is very difficult. I would not re-book and would not recommend to others as there are other companies locally with better ethics and service. read more

Spending 7 days in Hawaii with my son, we had the pleasure of working with coach Yhale, he was absolutely amazing! gave good suggestions, took the time to ask questions and see if my son understood what he suggested he do to improve his skills, great attitude, very positive, great communicator. It is obvious he has been coaching for many years, we will definitely be going back to Yhale next time in Hawaii! read more

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I had a very positive experience with Yhale at the Academy. The day I was scheduled for my pickle ball lesson, my instructor had an emergency and had to cancel the lesson. Mr. Yhale Scott sincerely apologized and rescheduled my lesson for the next day AND REFUNDED MY PAYMENT FOR THE LESSON . I had an amazing lesson pickleball lesson at Turtle Bay courts with Sini who drove from the academy in Honolulu. Sini was patient and a very thorough instructor, teaching me technique, scoring, and strategy! He was amazing. I would highly recommend the Academy for its professionalism and integrity. read more

I'd like to start this off saying I never write reviews on yelp. However, I thought I needed to share to help others stay away from this CROOK!! We tried them out because we were referred by a friend. We went to one lesson and it was fine, but just not for us. We were perfectly fine paying for the full month but wanted to cancel. It took a lot of back and forth and 4 months for them to stop billing us. And after the billing finally stopped, they refused to respond to our requests to refund our money. They charged us a total of $480 for one 1 hour group lesson!!! So sad that they have to resort these things to make a buck and rob people of their money. STAY AWAY FROM THESE PEOPLE IF YOU DONT WANT TO BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF!!!! read more

I would suggest not using their service at all cost. The coaches are great, but the company is really hard to deal with. Right before the scheduled lessons, they would cancel it with a very short notice. It has been two months, they were only able to schedule one lesson, after so many messages and phone calls. They are not responsive at all with phone calls and messages. Terrible experience. Calling their phones? Expect no response. Refund? Still haven't received mine, although I was told they were going to refund. read more

I would strongly recommend you not use this organization. I was on the North Shore for a month and booked three lessons at Turtle Bay. I had the first lesson, albeit rescheduled, and the coach I had was great. However the owner kept rescheduling my lessons and when I complained he said, "fine I'll give you a refund." He owed me a refund for two of the three lessons which he NEVER gave me. I reminded him and after a month I disputed the change with my credit card company. Apparently he told the credit card company that I was not due a refund even though I have text messages saying he would refund me. Incredibly unprofessional. read more

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I would highly recommend that you do not use this company. They have terrible business ethic's. I spoke with Yhale when I first arrived in Hawaii. We were going to be there 5 weeks and I wanted my son to continue with his tennis lessons. I let him know that we would need 8 or 9 am in the morning since my son is not used to the heat of Hawaii and that is the only time we could do lessons.... For the first 2 weeks we didn't have a racket so he said he could provide one. We set up our first lesson and that went well. The second one went well to I was happy to have found them. However that all changed on our 3 lesson (really 2nd paid lesson since he said the first one was free). Canceled last minute due to a double booking she would have needed us to come later and we couldn't! Therefore it had to be canceled. After that I would get the schedule late and it was mostly late times available.. With getting the schedule late it conflicted with other actives Like surfing that we had to book in advance. I wanted a set schedule from the beginning but that didn't happen....... The owner makes it seem like he's going to make it all happen for you but doesn't. I have attached our text corespondents so you can see for yourself. By the end of the text I couldn't even consider going back to him....... He said he would refund so I told him my son had a good time with Ari (which was true) then the next text was no refund..... Seriously. How has this guy lasted in business on this island...... He's a big talker and under performer at best.... By the way we had to cancel a day since my son got sunburned and it was a couple hours before the lesson so I let them know that I of course would pay for it since it was so last minute. I'm not an unfair person..... The way they work is take your money and run.... If you use them only pay lesson by lesson. You will not save in the end with buying bulk since they don't make you a priority.... Clearly if I paid lesson by lesson maybe I would have been schedule with times that worked for us. Since he already had my money he had no reason to accommodate..... I paid $1100 for 10 lessons the first on was supposedly free then we went to 3 and had to cancel 1. So if I had paid per lesson I would have paid 4 times $120 which is $480 I'm out $ 620 because he got me with the discount.... I'm telling you don't take the bait..... read more

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This business deserves negative stars. DO NOT give this business any of your money! My daughter and I met the business owner Yhale at her first practice in May 2032 (it is now 4/2023). HE had to cancel the next couple of sessions due to permits for the tennis court. During this break, my daughter fractured her wrist and was unable to participate in sports for a couple of months. I informed Yhale who ensured he would stop automatic payments and refund my money. It took him 4 months to stop the automatic payments and he has not yet reimbursed me. I have made multiple calls, texts, emails, which he stopped responding to. My daughter attended one session and Yhale has taken almost $500 from me. read more

AVOID! Signed up for session for wife and I for 25th anniversary trip but rained out in the day we scheduled. There was a rescheduled date which also rained out and we were leaving so asked for refund. After 6 emails and giving them several "grace periods" when they asked for it we've still not gotten our refund after 3 months! AVOID! read more

We loved our pickle ball class with Simi! He was a super helpful and patient coach. He taught us all the rules and how to keep score. We recommend him! read more

Excellent Instructor with wealth of ATP experience - Energetic, positive attitude and personable. In a few lessons, Mark has helped to add more spin, accuracy to my serve and ground stokes. Most importantly how to adjust and correct my game at matches. Mark pushes me hard with encouraging words. I have finally achieved my dream of playing at 4.0 level. Thank you Mark. read more

Good instruction. I saw immediate improvement. I appreciated Yhale's effort to accommodate my scheduling requests. He was also mindful of my friend's prior injury and adjusted the lesson accordingly. read more

BE CAREFUL WHEN booking tennis lessons with Yhale. He cancelled our tennis lessons and has refused to answer any of our phone calls or emails regarding our refund. We've called and left numerous messages and emails. Super unproffessional! He texted me that he was going to give me a refund after he returned from his vacation. Then he ghosted us and now we're having to take legal action. read more

I reserved and paid for a tennis clinic online to use on Christmas day. When I arrived, I was told there was no clinic being offered that day and that I shouldn't have been able to sign up online, even though I did. I was put on the phone with the owner who apologized and promised to refund me. It's been one month and I've sent an email and called 3 times and no one has talked to me and I've received no refund. Very unprofessional and very bad business. read more

I booked two private lessons for my son while vacationing in Waikiki during Spring break. Both lessons were with Coach Yhale at the Kapiolani Park. Coach Yhale was very pleasant to interact with and knew exactly what to work on with my son with the limited time we have. I would likely book again if we went back to Waikiki. read more

Thanks so much to Yhale and Mark for their excellent instruction. I'm going back home with some very helpful tips that I hope to make a permanent part of my game. I highly recommend a lesson with Yhale and his coaches! read more

Darrel was incredibly helpful during our recent trip to Oahu. My daughter was playing in a National Tennis tournament and Darrel was gracious enough to accommodate our short notice request to be able to give her a tennis lesson ( especially since we had some unexpected rain). His feedback was insightful and helpful as well. read more

I live part of the year in Hawaii and was looking for a reliable instructor who could break down the strokes and improve my game. Yhale was super reliable and really broke down my strokes to improve my game a lot. I recommend Yhale to anyone wanting to improve their game and strokes with a very knowledgeable reliable and patient instructor Bruce read more

My husband had a conference at the Turtle Bay Resort this weekend so I tagged along. I was able to arrange a one hour private tennis lesson with Hutton at the resort which was great. He gave me excellent tips to improve my forehand and backhand and now I am looking forward to my next doubles match to hopefully put in play what I have learned! Thanks Hutton! read more

Thrilled to join such a fabulous clinic while vacationing on the North Shore for the week. I participated is several adult morning clinics at Turtle Bay. Skilled Coaches created a comfortable environment and relayed their expertise through fun and active drills. Locals, who regularly participate in the clinic, were very warm, welcoming, and gracefully competitive. It felt like I was part Of their tennis community. I'm looking forward to participating in the future! read more

Yhale is amazing. I travelled to Honolulu with my daughter for an USTA national tournament and needed someone to hit with her to prepare for the tournament. Yhale made sure he knew what she needed to work on before he hit with her. He also connected her to another talented player. Finally, he came to watch her play in the tournament to support her. I wish there was a category higher than 5 stars as Yhale was more than excellent. He went above and beyond to enhance our experience in Honolulu. Thank you Yhale. We will be back next year and he will be the first person I call to make arrangements for him to work with my daughter again. read more

The instructors (I had Albert and my wife had Debbie) are great. However, our experience with the company has been very difficult. Our chief issue is that this company - as of Feb 2021 - does not have its own courts and uses public courts that it cannot reserve. A number of times, we had to wait for courts, and since the public courts only allow 45 minutes of play, lessons sometimes have to be cut short if someone else is waiting for the same court. The owner did not inform us of this issue prior to our paying for a block of 10 lessons. It is pretty shocking, really, for him to omit this piece of information, and more shockingly, he attempted to refuse to refund our unused prepaid lessons. There are a number of other issues - e.g., scheduling is a mess, and coaches were frequently informed of the wrong time for lessons, even though the owner confirmed via email our lesson times. The cost of the lessons, at $120 per hour, is very expensive, particularly given that the owner doesn't have to pay for courts. read more

I am a 2.5/3.0 player and wanted to keep up my playing while I was on vacation in Honolulu. I inquired at my hotel about a tennis pro and they directed me to Yhale's website: https://www.yhalestennisacademy.com/. I contacted Yhale and was able to set up three lessons!! I was so lucky to have found him!!! Yhale was so patient with me and helped me to connect with my follow-through - forehand and backhand. He gave me several tips that I have taken back home with me and will never forget them! Came home and won my match!! He was very patient, professional, positive, knowledgeable and easy to understand. I definitely recommend anyone to look him up! read more