East Hampton launches affordable youth tennis clinics at Amagansett Youth Park

East Hampton Town is giving younger players a low-cost entry point to tennis at Amagansett Youth Park, where a six-week clinic series began May 11 and runs through June 19. The town lists the fee at $45 per child, a price that makes the program a far cheaper route than joining a private club or buying into a membership-based lesson plan.

The clinics run as one-hour sessions at 4 p.m. on the tennis courts at Amagansett Youth Park on Abrahams Path in East Hampton. The schedule is split by age and school grade: Mondays are for grades 5 and up, Wednesdays are for grades K-1, and Fridays are for grades 2, 3 and 4. That setup gives the town a simple way to group the youngest beginners separately from older children who may already know how to rally and serve.

For parents, the appeal is the directness of it. The program is a town-run option on a recognizable public facility, not a private-club commitment, and it fits neatly into after-school hours. The town’s recreation calendar also points families to Notify Me alerts for the most recent program updates, a useful reminder for anyone trying to keep up with shifting youth sports offerings across the season.

The clinic also reflects the way the Town of East Hampton Recreation Department operates more broadly. The department says it oversees and maintains about 45 parks and beaches, along with the Montauk Playhouse, and runs programs at multiple town facilities. It also uses other public or shared spaces, including Havens Beach in Sag Harbor, local public-school facilities and the YMCA, which helps explain why a tennis clinic at Amagansett can serve as a practical local access point instead of a one-off class.

Amagansett’s tennis setup adds another layer of value. The town’s tennis information page says the site has two courts at Lt. Lee Hayes Youth Park, and the facility page notes those courts are available when children are not using them. That makes the park a flexible piece of East Hampton’s public recreation network, with room for both scheduled youth instruction and broader community use. For families looking for an affordable first step into tennis, the message is plain: the town has put a six-week start point right in Amagansett.