Old Saybrook Racquet Club

Serving The Community Is Our Game

Lessons

Private lessons are a great way to focus on what you want to improve for your game. Whether it’s your serve, strategy, or strokes, we have a pro that fits you best.

Tom Cutone
Certified PTR, USTA, USTA, and Special Olympics Instructor

We are thrilled to announce that Tom Cutone has joined our pro staff at OSRC. Tom brings with him over 40 years of teaching experience and has taught throughout the East Coast and Europe. Tom is certified PTR, USTA, USTA high performance, and Special Olympics. Tom has taught top juniors and at the college level throughout his career. Tom is available for private lessons for adults and juniors, for adult clinics 3.0 and above level players, and he will help run our new Junior Program this fall.

Lisa Breaznell
Certified PTR and High School Instructor

Lisa Breaznell brings 25 years of experience teaching tennis on the CT Shoreline. She is PTR certified and previously worked at Madison Racquet Club and Old Lyme Country Club. Lisa also coached local high school tennis teams, including Valley Regional and Old Saybrook, and provided instruction for the town of Westbrook Park & Rec. Lisa is available for private lessons for adults and juniors of all levels, as well as weekly point plays and doubles clinics.

Stefan Jones
Certified PTR Instructor

Stefan Jones brings over 10 years of teaching experience in the Southeastern CT area. He has previously taught for the City of Groton Parks, and Mystic Indoor Sports, and has worked with several of the top juniors from the Groton and Stonington communities. Stefan was formerly USTA New England’s #1 ranked 4.5 singles player and #13 ranked Open singles player. Stefan is available for private lessons with adults and juniors of all levels, and also for clinics of all levels.

Joe Trausch
USPTR Certified Pro

Joe got hooked on tennis in Ohio at age and has been playing ever since. He played for his high school team and played D1 college tennis at URI and D3 tennis at RPI where he graduated with a BS in Biomedical Engineering. After completing a 38-year career in software engineering at Electric Boat and Cox Automotive, Joe retired and got certified for tennis instruction to better share his love for the game with others. Joe enjoys individual and small group training where the focus can be tailored to what that player is interested in improving. Whether your goal is general game improvement, performing better in competition, or learning specific skills/tactics he is happy to share his knowledge and help you improve.

Joe still successfully competes in regional and national age group competitions and has represented CT in the Thurston Cup and New England in the Donoff Cup competitions in recent years.  Joe has been a member/shareholder at OSRC since 1986. Joe has lived in Old Lyme since 1995 with his wife Grace and daughters Alexandra and Meghan all of whom play tennis at OSRC.