PICKLEBALL INSTRUCTORS
Certified Pickleball Instructors
If you are looking for private lessons, beginner or advanced, you can find instructors certified under ITPTA (International Pickleball Teaching Professional Association) or certified with NCCP Canada‘s National Coaching Certification Program. Please visit their websites to search for certified instructors in your area.
Lesson Program
Ball Machine & Drills
About this course:
One instructor will lead a session with ball machines so you can practise particular shots with great consistency.
The second instructor will lead a drills session to learn a series of drills with a partner and practise games. Each participant will spend one hour with the ball machines and one hour playing drills
Work on each of the most important pickleball skills.
Please ensure you sign up for the correct session.
Lead Instructor TBD – for ball machine and TBD for skills (Level 2 IPTPA Instructor)
Date:
December 4,11, 18 (pick one or all!)
Wednesdays
1-3 PM (2.5 – 3.5 playing level)
3 – 5 PM (3.5 players and above)
Cost:
$40 members / session
16 participants
(Get your CPC membership for $65, valid until December 31, 2025)
No refunds 48 hours prior to start.
To register for a lesson, please use the PicklePlay App or website.
Find Pickleball games, courts, events.
For further information please contact Peter Llewellyn:
Level 1 BEGINNERS
For players who are new to the sport or have played very little and have not had any formal instruction.
Open to Non-Members of Calgary Pickleball Club.
This course will cover:
- Paddle grip
- Basic ball skills/hand-eye co-ordination
- The ready position
- Footwork and split step
- Basic dink straight and cross court – forehand and backhand
- Serving and returning
- Ground strokes
- The rules
- Safety and etiquette
- Basic playing strategy in doubles
- Each session will include playing games
Lead Instructor TBA (Level 2 IPTPA Instructor)
Date:
January 4, 11, 18, 25
Saturdays
1 – 3 PM
(The sign-up is for all 4 days)
Cost:
$160 members
$180 non-members
16 participants
(Get your CPC membership for $65, valid until December 31, 2025)
Participants should attend all 4 lessons
No refunds 48 hours prior to start.
To register for a lesson, please use the PicklePlay App or website.
Find Pickleball games, courts, events.
For further information please contact Peter Llewellyn:
Level 3 INTERMEDIATE
For players who have achieved a minimum 3.0 DUPR rating or have at least 18 months regular playing experience
This course will cover:
- Improving serves and returns – introduction of more aggressive serves
- Volleying – speeding up the hands
- Overheads and smashes
- Defensive and offensive lobs
- Drop shots – improving accuracy and introducing third shot drops and re-sets
- Playing strategy in doubles
- Much use will be made of various drills working on improving each of the skills
- Each session will end with game play
Lead Instructor TBA (Level 2 IPTPA Instructor)
Date:
January 4, 11, 18, 25
Saturdays
3 – 5 PM
(The sign-up is for all 4 days)
Cost:
$160 members
$180 non-members
16 participants
(Get your CPC membership for $65, valid until December 31, 2025)
Participants should attend all 4 lessons
No refunds 48 hours prior to start.
To register for a lesson, please use the PicklePlay App or website.
Find Pickleball games, courts, events.
For further information please contact Peter Llewellyn:
Level 1 BEGINNNERS
For players who are new to the sport or have played very little and have not had any formal instruction.
Open to Non-Members of Calgary Pickleball Club.
This course will cover:
- Paddle grip
- Basic ball skills/hand-eye co-ordination
- The ready position
- Footwork and split step
- Basic dink straight and cross court – forehand and backhand
- Serving and returning
- Ground strokes
- The rules
- Safety and etiquette
- Basic playing strategy in doubles
- Each session will end with game play
Lead Instructor TBA (Level 2 IPTPA Instructor)
Date:
January 8, 15, 22, 29
Wednesdays
1 – 3 PM
(The sign-up is for all 4 days)
Cost:
$140 members
$160 non-members
16 participants
(Get your CPC membership for $65, valid until December 31, 2025)
Participants should attend all 4 lessons
No refunds 48 hours prior to start.
To register for a lesson, please use the PicklePlay App or website.
Find Pickleball games, courts, events.
For further information please contact Peter Llewellyn:
Level 2 IMPROVING BEGINNERS
For players who have completed a Level 1 course or who have 6 or more months playing experience.
Open to Non-Members of Calgary Pickleball Club.
This course will cover:
- Dinking, improving consistency
- Improving serves and returns
- Volleying – stop volley and punch volley
- The ready position – how it changes as you move around the court
- Drop shots – introduction to third shot drops and re-sets
- Ground strokes – improving power and accuracy
- Further playing strategy in doubles
- Each session will end with game play
Lead Instructor TBA (Level 2 IPTPA Instructor)
Date:
January 8, 15, 22, 29
Wednesdays
3 – 5 PM
(The sign-up is for all 4 days)
Cost:
$140 members
$160 non-members
16 participants
(Get your CPC membership for $65, valid until December 31, 2025)
Participants should attend all 4 lessons
No refunds 48 hours prior to start.
To register for a lesson, please use the PicklePlay App or website.
Find Pickleball games, courts, events.
For further information please contact Peter Llewellyn:
Junior Program
Calgary Pickleball Club will be hosting Junior Lessons including the Hot Shot Program and other events starting spring 2025. More information will be posted soon. If you would like to be informed of any Junior programs please reach out to: juniorpickleballcpc@gmail.com
Ball Machine & Drills
Thorncfille Com. Centre
Dates
Lead Instructor TBD – for ball machine and TBD for skills (Level 2 IPTPA Instructor)
December 4,11, 18 (pick one or all!)
Wednesdays
1-3 PM (2.5 – 3.5 playing level)
3 – 5 PM (3.5 players and above)
About this course:
One instructor will lead a session with ball machines so you can practise particular shots with great consistency.
The second instructor will lead a drills session to learn a series of drills with a partner and practise games. Each participant will spend one hour with the ball machines and one hour playing drills
Work on each of the most important pickleball skills.
Please ensure you sign up for the correct session.
Cost:
$40 members / session
16 participants
(Get your CPC membership for $65, valid until December 31, 2025)
No refunds 48 hours prior to start.
To register for a lesson, please use the PicklePlay App or website.
Find Pickleball games, courts, events.
For further information please contact Peter Llewellyn:
