SFTP-APPROVED INSTRUCTOR DIRECTORY · LESSONS BY ARRANGEMENT

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Meet teaching professionals selected and featured by South Florida Tennis Pros. Learn about their primary careers, tennis experience, independent pricing, and the markets where they may offer lessons outside their regular professional work.

Browse instructors in Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. Listing a state does not guarantee a lesson appointment.
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Our instructors maintain other professional careers. Tennis lessons are offered by arrangement, based on each instructor’s schedule and location. Each coach sets their own prices, policies and availability; inquiries are not confirmed bookings.

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Alabama currently has two featured coaches. In the other listed states, Coach Burl may teach during consulting travel, by arrangement. Additional instructors will appear only after SFTP approval.

Coach Cedric Burl in a white tennis polo at the waterfront
FEATURED SFTP-APPROVED INSTRUCTOR · TRAVELING COACH

Coach Cedric Burl

Former USPTA member · No. 64821Currently inactive · Teaching history documented in 2014

My primary career is business consulting through Cedric Burl & Company. I teach tennis recreationally when my consulting schedule brings me to a market, with lessons scheduled separately by arrangement.

PRIMARY PROFESSIONFounder & CEO · Cedric Burl & Company

Business consulting: capital strategy, AI and automation, mergers and acquisitions, and business growth.

Lesson inquiry marketsAlabama · Arkansas · Tennessee · Georgia · FloridaTraveling instructor: availability depends on consulting travel and court arrangements.
Private instruction
One-on-one
$45per session
Small-group instruction
2–4 participants
$35per person / session
Larger groups
Custom quote
Coach Burl’s current documented policies: At least one lesson weekly, reserved and prepaid monthly. The existing rate document describes sessions of approximately 60–90 minutes; confirm the exact length when booking. Rescheduling requires at least two hours’ notice; a no-call/no-show or arrival 15+ minutes late may forfeit a session. Travel or venue charges are quoted separately. Youth lesson requests must come through a parent or guardian.
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James L. Bell Jr. playing a backhand on a tennis court
FEATURED SFTP-APPROVED INSTRUCTOR · BIRMINGHAM

Coach James L. Bell Jr.

Tennis instruction & tournament operations

A technology and IT project-management professional who also teaches tennis by arrangement. Coach Bell is SFTP’s National Director of Tennis & Tournament Operations, with a Birmingham-area lesson market.

PRIMARY PROFESSIONAL CAREERTechnology & IT project management

Professional background in technical project leadership and complex IT initiatives.

Lesson inquiry marketBirmingham area, Alabama onlyOther-state tournament oversight does not mean lesson availability in other states.
Contact us for Coach Bell’s current rates, lesson options, court arrangements and cancellation policy. Availability is by arrangement.
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A growing multi-state directory. New approved instructors from Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama and future markets will receive their own profiles, pricing and inquiry routing. No instructors or available appointments are listed until approved.
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