USA Pickleball have created a great Tutorial Videos Playlist, which is super useful to share with your beginners. It includes all the key shots in Pickleball.

USA Pickleball Rules Summary

PBE Pickleball Rules Summary

Pickleball FYI app for easy rules lookup and very useful for study for Level 1 Coaching course, includes a test as well.

From the same developers they have an online test, which you can take for free over and over to test your knowledge - select 'rules questions only'. pickleball.cafe/trivia

Rally Scoring Explainer Video: Rally scoring in pickleball explained

Rally Scoring Visual Guide

Dinkles drill/game, see video on the right. 

The Pickleball Serve - A massive area of discussion in clubs, is the serve questionable or not, that is the question! A blog post that gives you some food for thought.

Gratitude in Pickleball - my blog post on how to leverage gratitude on court at all times. 

2026 Rule Changes Document - each USAP - the Sports world governing organisation will update changes to any rules and update the rulebook. These are the changes for 2026.

Synovial Fluid (warm-up) Link to Explainer

Pickleball Warm-Up Routines: Review this webpage for ideas.

6.B. A ball contacting the playing surface completely outside of the court is "out." A served ball that lands in the opponent's non-volley zone, including on the non-volley zone lines, is "out" 

6.C. Code of Ethics for Line Calling. Pickleball is played according to specific rules. It also requires a code of ethics for line-calling responsibilities when performed by players.

The line-calling responsibilities of players are different from those assigned to referees or line judges. The officials make impartial judgment calls with all players' interests in mind. The player, when assigned line-calling duties, must strive for accuracy and operate under the principle that all questionable calls must be resolved in favour of the opponent.

6.C.3. The opponent gets the benefit of the doubt on line calls made. Any ball that cannot be called "out" will be considered "in." A player cannot claim a replay because the ball was not seen or there is uncertainty a player who does not make a call

6.C.6. Players shall not call a ball "out" unless they can clearly see a space between the line and the ball as it hits the ground.

Serve and Stay Back! - for the serving team both players.

Receive and Run - for the receiver of the serve, run to join your partner at the NVZ (Kitchen) line.

Download the Google Doc for other advanced mantras too.

Gamma Photons: Outdoor Balls 

Gamma Photons: Indoor Balls - I have used these Gamma Photons for months and their resistance to breaking is phenomenal.

Foam Balls for Young Children: Davies Sports

Bzer Training Balls - excellent for drilling practice (bit more advanced), small rubber balls to focus and train your eyes

Sports Directory for affordable equipment, paddles, nets and balls.

SpinPro (by TopSpin Pro) for Pickleball, help to develop your learners’ Top Spin!

ZOFT - wheeled net - this is the most robust wheeled net I have come across to date and comes at a competive price.

What is a Pickleball rating? Read the DUPR Blogpost, which explains the Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating (DUPR) system in some detail.

Get an initial indication of your potential rating, via my Google Form, which only highlights the areas of proficiency. 

I highly recommend can also use the USA Pickleball detailed rating assessment, which can be found on my website via Rate Yourself

DUPR Club application form to set up a club on DUPR to enable  assigned admin to submit matches: DUPR Club Application - advisable to run DUPR rating sessions in your club or playing group.

View how I run my DUPR rating sessions locally in my region DUPR Rating Sessions.

If you wish to continue with coaching, I highly recommend the next step in your coaching journey and get book on asap to the Level 1 cocahing course.

Level 1 coaching programme Schedule

Level 2 is currently in pilot with 2 co-horts and likely to be released in 2026. This is a much tougher and very involved programme and for more experienced players.

Safeguarding Essentials online course. This is the online course I completed for my Level 1 coaching qualification and it is excellent. 

Adaptive Pickleball - guidance for clubs and players alike for accommodating inclusion for players with varying disabilities. 

Please ask all your players to become PickleballEngland members, (unless you are in Wales go to Pickleball Wales) so we can track the volume of players across England, which is vitally important for our sport: Membership Sign-Up

If you’d like your club or group listed on the club locator, you can register it also. Club Registration and there are now different paid Tiers available which provide discounts and benefits for clubs, including scheduling sessions.

 Join the Leaders WhatsApp group if you wish, it’s not a requirement. You can ask questions from the group and me and I am happy to support you with further guidance if you need it.

Code of Conduct in Pickleball for all players and Clubs, especially during competition. https://bit.ly/pb-code-of-conduct

Adaptive Pickleball - guidance for clubs and players alike for accommodating inclusion for players with varying disabilities. 

Pickleheads App - a great app to use for playing all sorts of games in your groups/clubs - It’s my favourite app so far and for now it is a free app - no more spreadsheets or handwritten scoresheets, play many different round robins. You can set things up via a website https://www.pickleheads.com and manage the live games on your mobile app.

Tennis court conversion, drop down lines to create the perfect Pickleball Court on any surface.

Useful outdoor tennis net: ZOFT

Sport England funding. The Movement fund can potentially provide Clubs up to £15k funding. 

Pickleball52 is an online magazine for all Pickleball lovers to keep up to date with the latest Pickleball news in England.

World Pickleball Magazine - plays a crucial role in the global growth of pickleball by providing in-depth coverage of the sport, from grassroots initiatives to professional tournaments.