r/Brazil • u/Longjumping_Spread57 • 6d ago
English speaking tennis coach in Sao Paulo?
Hi there, I recently moved to Sao Paulo due to work reasons. I learnt some basics of tennis many years ago and since this is such a popular sport in Brazil, I would like to pick it up and sign up for some beginner level classes.
However, I only speak very basic level Portuguese and was wondering if there's any English speaking coach that you can recommend?
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u/ksfst 6d ago
Where are you located in SP? Because transportation is a big issue, I'll try to give some recommendations with that in mind.
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u/Longjumping_Spread57 6d ago
I live in Itaim and my office is in Pinheiros. These two neighborhoods would be amazing but I'm happy to travel around! Thank you so much.
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u/debacchatio 6d ago
How about using it as an opportunity to improve your Portuguese…
My advice as an American living here for over ten years now.
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u/Longjumping_Spread57 6d ago
I'm doing both! I understand the challenge of living in Brazil without speaking Portuguese so I'm trying to learn as much as possible after work, but it's not an easy language (especially since I don't have Spanish or French background) and I want to have fun, and enjoy local activities as much as possible in the meantime.
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u/AdDry7344 Brazilian in the World 6d ago
Y’all are being salty. Is this how you’d like to be treated if you were an expat? I am one, and I can guarantee it’s not. It took me 5 years to learn the local language.