Best way to learn drums

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Hoping for some advice here on behalf of my 12 year old who's decided he would like to learn drums. I've found two options and I'm not sure which is best.

1. Bi-Weekly drum lessons 1:1 with a teacher (30 mins) - hoping there might be the option to increase to weekly if needed
2. A 'rock group' where he learns with a drum teacher (likely 1:2 I think) and then plays as part of a band (e.g. 30 mins of technique with the drum teacher then 30 mins learning and playing a song with the rest of the band)

I don't think he's intending it as too serious an endeavour, but I want to support his interests. Option 2 is considerably more expensive (£100 a month, compared to about £40 for option 1).

Thank you for any thoughts!

give him a half term of weekly lessons and see how he does...

Thank you. Will definitely do this before rushing out to buy a drum kit 😬😂

Mother of a drummer here….
DD started with weekly lessons through the school music service.
Very soon after that she started attending a Saturday morning music centres, playing drums and percussion for the windband. About a year in, she joined a brass band as percussionist.
She started with an electric drum kit (quiet!) on loan from school, and only got a proper drum kit after a couple of yearss - this coincided with her heaving that particular school.

Bi-weekly lessons don’t feel close enough to sustain much momentum. If there isn’t a possibility of increasing frequency, then maybe the tick band option might be better, but it feels a little forced.

Thank you this is really useful. He’s going to do the bi-weekly but is on a waiting list to make it weekly- hopefully a space will open up soon. Interesting to hear about the other groups she joined I hadn’t really considered that. Thanks for taking the time to reply ☺️

Another drummer mum here.
Pretty much the same as @IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads . In school lessons and local music service to start. He did bras band and percussion and rock band with them. Then as he got more into it 1to1 lessons and then joined a band of his own.

Be warned, your sole requirement when buying a car will be whether it can fit a full drum kit in it and your house will be taken over by random kits, stands and equipment. It's ace!