Around September last year, I was fed up of working from home and then doing absolutely nothing in the evenings - nap, wake up, TV, bed. So I found a coach at a tennis club that ran beginner group sessions every Thursday at 7pm. They were £20 a session and taught the basics in a group.
I absolutely loved it and quickly started looking forward to the sessions each week. On the coach’s recommendation, I also spent around £70 on a beginner racket.
Just before Christmas, the final session was cancelled. I texted the coach to check, and she said she’d cancelled it and said we could do 1-to-1 sessions in the new year if I was interested.
I said I’d think about it, as her 1-to-1 sessions are £50 per lesson and I already pay for the gym, personal training, and other bills. In this situation, one lesson per week would add up very quickly!
This week, I started wondering when the beginner sessions would restart, as I hadn’t heard anything. I checked the shared Excel sheet where we usually put our names down and saw a note saying: “Beginner sessions have now ended.” That was the first I’d heard of it.
There was no warning, no message, no heads-up that the beginner classes were stopping. I’m also annoyed as I bought a £70 racket on her recommendation, thinking this was a long-term thing.
I can see that a few people from the beginner group have moved on to evening improver sessions, but this wasn’t offered to me, and I don’t think I’m quite at that level yet.
AIBU to feel upset and annoyed by how this was handled? I’m not looking to do 1-to-1 lessons at the moment as they’re very expensive in London (£50–£100+), but if this had been communicated better I might have explored it, even if only once or twice a month. As it stands, I’m put off continuing with her.