Introduction to Pickleball

These sessions are for people who have either never played Pickleball before and want to give it a try or people who have only played a handful of times with very little coaching or advice! These sessions are led by a qualified Pickleball coach and will give you an excellent grounding in the basic shots, rules and scoring of Pickleball.

Beginners session

These sessions are for people who have attended three of our intro sessions or have played a handful of times elsewhere with very little coaching or guidance. These sessions are led by a qualified Pickleball coach and will give you a further grounding in the key shots needed in the game as well as starting to introduce some of the basic tactics needed in doubles.

Improvers session

These sessions are for people who have been playing a little while but are still relatively new to the game and want to improve! These sessions are led by our Head Coach Chris Beaumont who is a Level 1 Pickleball England coach who plays regularly tournaments at a competitive level (and sometimes gets a medal!). Our improvers session will move you towards having reliable groundstrokes and volleys, control at the non-volley zone, basic tactics and court positioning.

 Intermediate session

These sessions are for people who now have a good foundation of pickleball - groundstrokes and volleys are pretty reliable, you can dink with an element of control and you have the basic tactics and court positioning needed. Our intermediate sessions, also led by Chris Beaumont will move you toward becoming a player who could enter a tournament if you wanted and give you the confidence to be on court with better players.

Open play (Happy hour)

These one-hour sessions are open play for all abilities to come and have a coach-free game of pickleball against other people. We will organise the courts so that you are getting the best experience and developing your game but, it's playtime so no coaching or drills! You can book on your own, or even get a group of you to come along together and we can dedicate a court so you can all play together for that hour - totally flexible (maximum of 12 players in the venue for the hour)

Pure Pickleball (two hours)

This is our daily two-hour session where we invite up to 20 players to come along - as it is two hours of play (same concept as the open play sessions above, just longer!) you will be able to rotate in and out so you can play as much as you want or have as many breaks as you want during the session - We'll often add an element of fun competition into the evening, just to spice it up a bit. But again, this session is suitable for players of ALL LEVELS - we will manage it so that everyone is getting appropriate level matches.

Advanced play

These sessions are for players who have now mastered the basics, are comfortable playing with players who compete in tournaments - you will probably have a DUPR (and know what that is!) of 3.5 and above or regularly play against players at that level.