Learn to Play / Improve Skills

New Players:

If you've not tried this fast growing sport… We have Free Lessons on Thursdays from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at the Lower courts at French Park. See Where We Play for location details.
Before coming to our Free Lessons, please view this short video describing the basics of Pickleball.
We will have all the equipment for you to start playing. Just come to see what the game is about.
History of Pickleball.
If you are interested in buying a paddle, see some options on our Links page.

Pickleball Rules

To see the most current USA Pickleball Association rules, click here.

Existing Players - Skill and Strategy Development:

For pickleball rules, skill development and strategy development tutorials plus play analysis of tournament players we suggest that you search Youtube.com.

Tutorial Examples

Below are somewhat random examples of some of those tutorials.

Doubles Strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5ceh-7DI1Y&t=5s
Doubles Strategy 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib5AJCtyodQ
Stacking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH-I9P24Dco
Serves: https://youtu.be/LIW5GUhqdjk?t=13
Fast Game Strategy: https://youtu.be/TlcfSiCGshg
Dinks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBpHOf05ux8
Non Volley Zone (Kitchen) Rule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGfLXDTzJck
Defeat Bangers: https://youtu.be/6sWfPiWCPos

YouTube Channels

For more tutorials and examples of play you can search from several groups have created YouTube sites with various videos. Here are a few of them:

PrimeTime Pickleball: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4trh-axJGxOpSwlvsUbHbg
Picleball Kitchen: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvFEaERrkqf73DvJ5uN9WcQ
Third Shot Sports: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXy3d28sy72PsyXMm8sZ2A
Joe Baker: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTHV7Xjxf3nOB1qL4StzCQ5quyOgbCR5P
Pickleball Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/PickleballChannel
Pickleball Diary: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUIq3rYxnbvaBPgMjIHH67w/videos
There are more, just search YouTube.