Tennis Lessons
Lessons are available for all levels with certified Tennis Professionals and Instructors.
Private & Group Tennis Instruction
Now accepting private tennis lesson requests!
2024 SVC Tennis Lesson Request Form HERE!
Take your game to new heights with a private lesson with the Southern Village Club teaching staff. Our well-rounded staff is equipped to teach beginners through competitive tournament players and everyone in between! Fill out the form below and we’ll send you an email when we are able to match you up with a tennis pro/instructor.
If you have a specific request, you can email SVC Tennis Director, Josh Collins – josh@southernvillageclub.com
Tennis Staff
Josh Collins
Tennis Director
Southern Village ClubThe Southern Village Club is excited to add Josh Collins, Tennis Director, to our team! Josh joins us from the lively Brier Creek Country Club racquets program, where he has served as a long time tennis professional and Director of Junior Tennis. Josh has been a staple of the Triangle tennis community since the early 2000s. An avid player, Josh played collegiate tennis and served as the team captain for the North Carolina Central University tennis team from 2004-2006. Since his collegiate career, he has continued to compete at a high level, taking several USTA teams to compete at sectional championships.
Josh has served as the head coach of the Voyager Academy’s girls and boys teams, and in 2017, he coached BCCC’s 14u JTT team to a 2nd place finish in the USTA JTT National Championships. During the pandemic, Josh launched the Social Tennis League, a Triangle-wide social tennis league, to provide adult players with opportunities to play and compete when local USTA league play had been halted.
Strickland Parks
Assistant Tennis Professional
Southern Village ClubStrickland Parks grew up in Colorado and found a home in North Carolina after graduating from Brevard College. Settling in Durham, he worked over 15 years in software sales and account management. With teaching as his new life path, Strickland, a 4.5 rated player, is now on track to USPTA certification.
Although skiing will always be Strickland’s first love, he points to tennis as having the most impact on his life for the past 30+ years. Tennis plays a major role in maintaining his overall health. Moreover, many of Strickland’s close friends and lifelong connections have developed through the sport of tennis.
“I have come to realize how much I love passing on the joy of tennis to the next generation of players!”
Cal Baruch
Tennis Instructor
Southern Village ClubCoach Cal has been working at SVC since 2017, first working as a stringer, then a camp assistant, and finally a full tennis assistant. Cal has lived in the US for about 10 years now and has been playing tennis since he was 4 in Scotland. He started competing in USTA tournaments when he was 10 and has played competitively in tournaments and school ever since, reaching top 30 in NC and winning two NCHSAA high school championships before focusing more on coaching and school. He is currently a student at UNC Chapel Hill and is working towards a BS in Physics and a BA in Mathematics. Cal enjoys working with players of all ages and levels and loves to help them work hard to achieve their goals.
Jessa Michieli
Tennis Instructor
Southern Village ClubJessa Michieli is a recent summa cum laude graduate of Shaw University, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science in May 2024. Originally from British Columbia, Canada, Jessa was also a standout athlete on Shaw’s women’s tennis team, helping lead the team to two CIAA conference titles and participating in the NCAA championship tournament. With 17 years of experience in tennis and six years as a coach, Jessa is also a certified personal trainer and strength and conditioning coach. Passionate about tennis from an early age, Jessa is dedicated to sharing that passion with others through coaching and training.
Wesley Hanes
Tennis Assistant
Southern Village ClubCoach Wesley joined us in August 2019. He is currently a senior at Carrboro High School after previously attending Mary Scroggs Elementary School and Culbreth Middle School. Wesley has been playing tennis his entire life and started playing in USTA tournaments at the age of ten. He has won multiple NCHSAA state championships on the Carrboro High School Varsity team. He used to be a tennis camper at Southern Village Club and hopes to instill the same passion for tennis that he developed here with his own students. You may have also seen Wesley in his role as a Summer Camp Counselor with the SVC summer day camp.