Jack Sock’s dexterity, court movement and powerful ground strokes make a winning combination when he made the move from professional tennis to the pro pickleball circuit. Recreational tennis players who want to add pickleball to their court game can quickly become effective on the smaller court surface when their technical skills are best applied to pickleball tactics. Lessons from a certified instructor with experience in both sports can ease the transition.

Are you an experienced tennis player interested in a fast track training method to become a good pickleball player? Now, you can play to win in both sports

With the right instructor, certified in teaching both tennis and pickleball players, you can quickly become proficient on both courts of play. Let Play To Win Pickleball show you how.

Doug Brenner’s story:

I offer an accelerated six week lesson plan for serious tennis players who are looking to get into pickleball on either a full time or part time recreational basis.

I’ve taught dozens of good tennis players who have taken up pickleball. Their court skills and ground stroke experience gives them an unmistakable advantage in picking up the game quickly. But it can also be a handicap that limits rapid development on the smaller court surface.

Let me show you how to play the game properly and avoid the mistake of relying a power game at the expense of correct technique, a “banger’s game” above a strategic approach to playing pickleball with its emphasis on court positioning and ball control.

I successfully made the transition to pickleball several years ago, when I was introduced to the game on my way to a tennis match by a Canadian senior champion. I struggled with modifying my well developed ATP forehand into a more compact swing of pickleball; I stayed back at the baseline without learning the tactics of using drops to move through the transition zone to the Kitchen. I kept wanting to volley at the wrong time, at the wrong place. And starting the point by giving up a powerful Slice/Topspin combo overhead serve, wasn’t easy.

I was getting beaten easily in Singles play by seniors wearing black knee socks, with a big smile on their face.

I turned my game around, becoming certified in both sports, and during this process learned to teach the right way — Fun, friendly, and professional.

In a series of six focused lessons, I share tactics and techniques which tennis players can use to play and win at pickleball. Skill development that uses best practices from my NCCP Level 2 Pickleball Instructor certification, combined with my current OTA Certification as a Tennis Instructor.

That’s right. I am fully NCCP and OTA certified as an advanced pickleball instructor and an experienced certified tennis coach.

I’ve memorized the Fundamental Grid of: Grip; Set Up, Impact Point, Sensation/Hitting Zone and Recovery for both sports and how they apply to each of the core skills of Serve, Groundstrokes, Volleys, Drops, Dinks and Overhead.

There is a lot of technical and tactical overlap, but with significant differences that aren’t always easy to identify and address in moving from the powerful and elegant game of tennis to the finesse of pickleball and its distinctive “Pas De Deux” rhythm between hard and soft stroke making.

Let me show you how my Play To Win Pickleball method can help tennis players hit the pickleball courts running, and leverage their stroke play to win points with consistency, reducing pressure from their opponents, apply pressure and neutralizing pressure using both the “hard” and “soft” game.