Beth was 3 years into her pickleball playing career.
She had gotten stuck and was completely overwhelmed by the constant flow of tips from YouTube, oftentimes from people she did not even recognize. Not to mention the players at her courts. They played about the same as she did, but they talked like they knew all the answers. Beth was frustrated and felt she could do more.
Jeff had been playing a bit longer…
before he joined the Academy. He started during COVID. He could bang the ball pretty well – having come from tennis – and won a lot at first. But then he hit a wall. More specifically, he ran into a type of player who could handle his bangs and that brought him into a strange new world of pickleball, where they were dinking and dropping. Jeff was lost but knew he had the skills to play with these “better” players if he just knew how.
Beth joined the Better Pickleball Academy and immediately began feeling different about her pickleball. She knew she had joined a serious teaching community with expert coaches and players, just like her, who wanted to know the way forward in their games.
She made improving her footwork a priority and, with it, started to move more quickly and with fewer stumbles along her way. Beth is also focused on reducing her mistakes – all of which are inside her Academy hub. And she loves that she can get all her coaching right on her phone whenever she wants it.
Beth summed up her Better Pickleball Academy experience like this:
“What a relief. I no longer have to guess if what I am doing is right. I know that what I am watching on my Academy app is from coaches who I know and trust. Feels great!!”
Jeff went straight to the Bangers section of the BP Academy. He wanted to know what these other players knew that they were using to beat him. Once he started using the strategies he learned inside the Academy, he became the feared player who could disarm the bangers by playing higher IQ pickleball.
Jeff is excited to see what is next for him. There is so much to learn, and he has the best coaches in his corner. He just hopes that his friends don’t get wind of the BP Academy ☺.
Here is what Jeff said:
“I get the best coaching for a fraction of the cost I would pay otherwise. These coaches know their stuff. I’m done chasing YouTube tips and am gonna stick with my Academy. Thankful to have found this resource.”
If any of this is familiar to you, why not join Beth and Jeff inside the Academy and see what you have been missing in your game?
CJ Johnson
Hey there — I’m a professional three-sport athlete and coach who has spent my entire adult life earning a living from playing and coaching sports. Since I started coaching more than three decades ago, one thing has remained the same: My commitment to see students not as they are but as what they can become and to move heaven and earth to help them realize their untapped potential. You should know that when it comes to helping pickleball players over 50 live their best lives on and off the courts, I'm an expert. Good pickleball is not just technique; it's the mind and body working holistically. That's why I'm also a personal trainer and weight management specialist. When I’m chillin', you'll find me watching Star Trek with my husband John and our two fur babies, Shirley and Ralph. (Yes, Happy Days)