Pickleball Is All Blog Joe Palmere, Pickleball Coach, Rating Specialist & Ambassador

TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL FOLLOW THE MONEY September/October 2018 Issue PICKLEBALL MAGAZINE, “Tennis And Pickle ball -- A Match Made In Heaven?"  By Justin Maloof, USAPA Executive Director. Required reading for any serious dedicated pickleball instructor or coach. Excerpts taken from the article by Justin Maloof, Executive Director USAPA, provide insight into the motivation of the Tennis Industry, to suddenly want to help pickleball continue to flourish and grow even bigger and better, just  as long as pickleball does not out grow the Tennis Industry. One excerpt from Mr. Maloof's Article reports, "the USTA Officials I met with were very complimentary of the USAPA's efforts and the sport in general." The article goes on to say, "the USTA announced a new pilot program with 60 grants available for tennis facilities looking to add blended pickleball lines to quick-start (10 and under) tennis courts.  In addition six grants were made a

WHAT DOES THE PTR/PROFESSIONAL PICKLEBALL REGISTRY HAVE TO HIDE ? I finally received (email) an official  written decision from PPR CEO Dan Santorum on PPA stationary.  I received the “decision” by email under the salutation “CONFIDENTIAL DO NOT FORWARD.“  The  PPR’s decision was to deny my "appeal for Certification," and an offer for me to retake the Workshop for PPR Certification, with no recognition that I have completed all the requirements for Certification but through no fault of my own“ the PPR chose to ignore my coaching and teaching pickle ball qualifications, because in their view, I could not demonstrate the skill sets of a 4.0+ player.  The PPR Certifies Professional Pickleball Teaching Coaches on the premise of how well they can hit a ball over the net as opposed to how well they can teach new players how to learn to play pickle ball, skills, rules and scoring,  and provide experienced players coaching to help them improve their skills and game performance.  

"COACH JOE's 'POINT COUNTER POINT' REBUTTAL OF THE MISREPRESENTATION OF THE EVENTS CITED IN THE "PROFESSIONAL PICKLEBALL REGISTRY (PPR) WEBSITE OFFICIAL NEWS RELEASE FOR THE INAUGURAL JULY 24th COACHING CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP Unpublished Post in draft status. Soon to be released for public consumption.