If you are struggling with any aspect of your tennis game or simply excel with one-to-one coaching, private lessons are for you.

Arden Hills offers both private and semi-private tennis lessons for both members and non-members. Our coaches are here to assist you in your individual tennis needs whether that is improving your tennis game or treating it as a hobby.

Contact the resort at (916) 482-6111 ext. 1135 to schedule a lesson.

Lesson Type	Length	Price
Private	30 minutes	$35
	60 minutes	$60
Semi-Private	30 minutes	$20 per player (2 players)
	60 minutes	$35 per player (2 players)

$25 per player (3 players)

$20 per player (4 players)

Kati Kocsis

Head Tennis Coach

Email kati@ardenhills.net or call (916) 482-6111 ext. 1179

Coach Kati Kocsis has an extensive and impressive background playing and coaching tennis. She grew up in Hungary and started playing tennis at the tender age of six.

As a junior player, she won the National Hungarian Junior Championship in singles (16s & 18s) and won several national titles in doubles. By the age of 15, Kati was competing in professional women’s tournaments around the world and was ranked in the top 300 in the WTA rankings. She moved to California after accepting a full tennis scholarship to UCLA where she was coached by Stella Sampras. Kocsis was ranked in the top 10, and was All-American in the NCAA singles rankings. After graduating college (and suffering an injury that ended her professional tennis career), Kati found her passion in coaching tennis and went on to train many hopeful young athletes. In 2008, she relocated to Northern California where she worked as the Junior Tennis Coordinator at Broadstone Racquet Club in Folsom until 2009. After that, Kati instead focused her energy on co-authoring a book titled The Conscious Player: A No-Nonsense Guide to Mental Toughness for Tennis Players that was published in 2010. Kati joined Arden Hills as Head Tennis Coach in 2012.

Martin Kosan

Tennis Coach

Email mkosan@ahcc.net or call (916) 482-6111 ext. 1179

Coach Martin Kosan was born in Slovakia and started playing tennis when he was seven years old. To stay in shape he spent a lot of time skiing on a race team and playing table tennis. Tennis and table tennis became Martin’s favorite sports through high school and college where he got introduced to a career in coaching. He graduated as a physical education teacher with a master’s degree from the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. During his years in college he had an opportunity to work with internationally recognized specialists in all fields of coaching. While in university he taught tennis at the Tennis Club in Bratislava, Slovakia. After graduating in 1996 he coached in Spain and was hired by the Slovak National Table Tennis Association to coach their National junior teams. His young players won one gold and four bronze medals from three European championships. During this time he continued as a part-time tennis coach. In 2000, Martin was invited to come to California to become a part of Northstar at Tahoe’s skiing and tennis teams. After spending two years in the Sierras he moved his family to Sacramento and helped the Rio Americano High School boys’ tennis team as an assistant coach, winning three sectional titles. Since April 2005, Martin has been coaching Arden Hills’ members in the capacity of assistant coach. His passion for coaching tennis and helping players with their game grows stronger every day.

Gayane Sarkisian

Assistant Tennis Coach

Gayane Sarkisian, born in Uppsala, Sweden, comes from a very athletic family (her dad a former national champion in boxing and two older brothers both currently in the top six in Sweden for fitness/natural bodybuilding). She started playing tennis when she was just six years old and has been competing since the age of nine. Gayane played national level tournaments and was ranked in the top ten in Sweden, and in the top 300 on the ITF ranking. Gayane attended a high school program for the top athletes in the country and then moved to the U.S. where she received a full scholarship to Sacramento State competing in both singles and doubles. She played impressively for three years and then was forced to stop on account of an injury. She currently is a full time student majoring in nutrition and dietetics, a tennis instructor, a teacher’s assistant, a volunteer at Sutter Memorial Hospital and a fitness intern. Her goal is to become a registered dietitian and certified personal trainer where she can work with athletes and continue coaching tennis.