The cook and the baker: Understanding the difference can improve your pickleball coaching
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,"...
An Aussie's ode to pickleball
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...
