Enhance your understanding of pickleball by exploring its history, the current landscape, and rules of the game, as well as the different elements of how to run a fun and engaging introductory pickleball session at your venue. This course provides you with access to multiple drills, games and a session plan to make your facilitation of pickleball a success. Including tips to ensure everyone plays in an inclusive and safe environment.  

By the end of this course, you will:  

• Become familiar with the LTA’s vision and mission to open tennis up, and where pickleball fits into this 
• Have an understanding of pickleball’s history 
• Understand basic ways to set up, play and score a pickleball game 
• Be able to confidently and safely deliver a fun introductory pickleball session to people within your venue and programmes 
• Have an understanding of the competition landscape for pickleball 

This is a fantastic course for coaches, parents, players or teachers who are seeking to gain a better understanding of the sport and would like to facilitate introductory sessions at their venues. In it you’ll find extensive information on how to play, score and the most common playing formats to use, so you can give everyone a fun experience of pickleball.

There are two formats of this course, this online course and a face-to-face course (coming soon). We encourage you to attend both to gain the knowledge, skill and experience to deliver.

The LTA is the national governing body for tennis in Great Britain, and its mission is to get more people play tennis more often. The LTA focuses on a number of key areas of work which include coach development, competition and major events, high performance support, officiating and participation support among others. 

The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) provides online educational courses for coaches, officials and other tennis stakeholders. Content is developed, delivered and authored by the LTA.