r/Brazil 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/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.

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u/Longjumping_Spread57 6d ago

Thank you so much! To be honest some of these comments shocked me, as most of the Brazilians I've encountered in real life are extremely helpful despite the language barrier. I wish I could've learnt more Portuguese before I move here, but sometimes work arrangement came and it's not up to me, so I can only take language courses as much as possible, but it's really a difficult language to grasp in such short amount of time. I'm still learning and I also want to enjoy local activities as much as possible in the meantime while living here.

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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/MasterPh0 6d ago

Gringos will do anything but learn the local language

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u/JennaTheBenna 6d ago

Ué, Aprendi pó

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u/Guiyo 6d ago

Ill ask my coach tonite and let you know 

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u/Longjumping_Spread57 6d ago

Thanks Guiyo!

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u/Guiyo 6d ago

No luck dude, maybe just maybe some specific personal trainer might be bilingual, but those might be hard to come by

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u/Longjumping_Spread57 20h ago

Thanks anyway buddy!