🎾 A summer course for your kid
AI for Tennis Players
A 6-week summer course for your kid.
What this is
Your child is part of a small group of their tennis friends learning what AI actually is, and how to build with it, over six weeks this summer. It's self-paced and built entirely around tennis — every example, quiz, and project comes from the game they already love.
The course moves through three stages. First, foundations — what AI, machine learning, and large language models really are, and how to tell when they're wrong. Then power user — getting genuinely good at prompting ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. Finally builder — using AI to design and ship a real tennis app they can show you. By the end of six weeks, your kid will have a real working web app — built with AI-assisted tools, shareable as a phone-friendly link.
The goal isn't to turn them into a programmer. It's to make them fluent and thoughtful with tools that will be part of the rest of their life — curious about how they work, and clear-eyed about what they can and can't do.
More than a homework shortcut
It's fair to wonder whether a course like this just teaches kids a slicker way to cut corners. It's built to do the opposite. A core thread running through all six weeks is using AI honestly and responsibly — knowing when it's the right tool and when it isn't, checking its work instead of trusting it blindly, and understanding that handing your thinking to a machine has a real cost.
A full lesson is devoted to what AI costs and what's fair — where AI gets things wrong, why original thinking is the one thing it can't replace, the line between using AI to understand and using it to skip the work, and even what it costs the planet. By the end, your kid writes their own fair-play code. The goal is a kid who reaches for AI thoughtfully — not one who leans on it to skip the learning.
The six-week arc
Meet Your New Teammate
What is this thing, how does it actually work, and who are the players? Learned through play, not fear.
Call the Shots
You're the player. AI's just the racquet. This week you flip from taking orders to giving them — and you build your first AI thing.
Coach Up
Take the coach you built and make it real. Prompting like a pro — practiced on something you own.
Create Mode
AI can make images, podcasts, and more. Learn the creative tools — and what fair, smart use looks like.
Think Like a Founder
Pick it. Pitch it. Start building it. What problem are you solving, for who, and what's the value?
Ship It
Finish it. Show it. Install it on your parents' phone. Take a bow.
What your kid will have by Week 6
A real working tennis app, built by them
A live web app they designed and built using AI-powered tools (no coding background needed). Installable on a phone as a PWA — looks and feels like a real app, runs from a URL they can share with friends.
Real comfort with ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude
Not just using them — knowing when and how to use each one well.
An honest sense of what AI is — and isn't
Where it shines, where it fails, and how to check its work.
A working project they can demo
A live URL they can pull up on any phone. Functional, not just a screenshot. The kind of thing that gets them a “wait, you built that?” reaction.
What keeps them coming back
Thirty minutes a day only sticks if it's fun. Every lesson rewards XP, builds a daily streak, and nudges up a playful, tennis-style Course UTR rating, with badges for milestones along the way.
And because they're going through it alongside their friends, they can compare progress on shared leaderboards and swap their best discoveries on message boards — a little friendly competition to keep the whole group serving.
Time commitment
30 minutes a day, four days a week, for six weeks. Each lesson is a short, clickable slide deck with quizzes and a weekly challenge.
Day 5 of each week is an optional bonus — extra practice or catch-up, never required. It's fully self-paced, so your kid can do their lesson whenever fits their day: before practice, after dinner, whenever.
What you'll need to set up
A few free accounts. You create them with your email and hand your kid the login — most of these tools require a parent for under-18s.
| Tool | Age | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 13+ with parent consent | Create an account with your email, give your child the login. Free tier is enough for weeks 1–4. |
| Gemini | 13+ with parent consent | Create with your email, or use your child's existing Google account under family sharing. Free tier is fine. |
| NotebookLM | 13+ | Used in week 4 (and great for school afterwards). Works with the same Google account as Gemini. Free. |
| Claude | 18+ | Instructor demo only. Leena shows it during lessons; kids don't log in themselves. |
| Lovable | No hard age gate | Used in weeks 5–6 for app building. Free tier covers most work; about $25 for one month if your child wants to keep building after the course. |
AI subscription costs (optional): weeks 1–4 are completely free. Weeks 5–6 are free for basic builds; if your kid catches the bug and wants more capacity, Lovable is about $25 for one month — entirely optional.
How you can support your kid
- Once a week, ask what they learned — and have them show you something they made.
- Be patient when they're stuck. Getting unstuck is part of the lesson, not a sign it's going wrong.
- If they're stuck for more than 20 minutes on something technical, reach out to Leena.
Try Day 1 yourself
See exactly what your kid is doing — the real first lesson, free and open. Takes about 30 minutes.
Curious about the whole thing? Explore the full course preview →
Questions?
Email Leena anytime at leena@digitallotusmarketing.com. Happy to walk you through anything before your kid gets started.