Introduction to Pickleball Coaching

The Introduction to Pickleball course covers the fundamentals of the sport, including the set-up, basic strokes, scoring and match play formats. Ideal for coaches looking to introduce one of the fastest growing sports in the UK into your venue or programme. You’ll discover a series of exciting games that embody the fast-paced essence of the sport, including tips on how to ensure everyone plays in an inclusive and safe environment.

With significant growth and hundreds of LTA registered tennis venues now offering pickleball, the course has been written with LTA Tutor and pickleball coach Sophie Cockell to give you the tools you need to diversify your coaching business and develop new revenue streams.

During this course you will:

• Become familiar with pickleball, and learn how you can open the sport up
• Learn how to confidently and safely deliver a fun introductory pickleball session within your venue or programme
• Understand basic ways to set-up a court, score, and play pickleball matches

Reasonable Adjustments and Special Considerations

Court Craft are committed to ensuring qualifications and courses are accessible for all. For those who would like to apply for reasonable adjustments (RA) or special considerations (SC), please fully read our policies and how to apply guide (found here: How to Apply) .

It is important to note, if the RA / SC is required pre-course (for LTA Readiness Tests, for example) or post (LTA Assessments) LTA qualifications, this must be done separately with the LTA. The relevant links for the different processes are included in the how to apply guides.

For Court Craft RA / SC, please apply no later than 14 days before the start of the course / workshop / online learning to allow the team to assess the application and give the required support.

Coach Support

Court Craft has strong links with the relevant County Associations within our jurisdiction.  The County Associations have a range of coach support, including grants.  Please click here for your relevant County Association.  Please act ASAP as some Counties would like applications to be made before the course starts.

Please note, by registering for this course you are agreeing to accept Court Craft’s terms and conditions and learner code of conduct.

If you require any further details, please email: info@court-craft.co.uk