Pickleball Education

I started teaching tennis in the year 2002 at a well-to-do club in Perth's ritzy neighborhood of Peppermint Grove. I knew what to expect from my days in group lessons. I was given a small group of children around 4-6 years old and was instructed, "Just don't let them hit each other with the rackets." There's a dirty little secret that most tennis directors...

For all intents and purposes, I am a terrible cook and my results in baking have been compared to the art of Jackson Pollock. What does this have to do with pickleball? Well, funny you should ask. It highlights one of the crucial first steps in successful coaching, understanding how your student learns. By breaking down your students into groups of "cooks" and "bakers,"...

When someone asks me what pickleball is, I look them in the eye and tell them plain and simple, "It's the game they play in heaven." For the record, I also say Vegemite is what they eat in heaven, so don't quote me on anything. Pickleball means so much to so many — for some, it's just a hobby, for others, a way of...