Kuzy Coaching

What’s the best way to start a pickleball lesson? 🏓

Anytime someone new joins me for a lesson, I’d usually like to break the ice with a question:

📌“What gave you the motivation to start lessons?”

Pickleball is predominantly a self taught sport, so you might get a couple brand new players, but majority of the players you’ll work with often would have played a handful of times.

Asking the above question allows you, the coach, to understand if the player has a plan of what they want to work on, or they trust your expertise to look over their game and decide what needs work.

This also can help the coach understand what level this student might be playing at, and better plan the lesson structure.

Some common responses I’ve received:

✅ “I’ve plateaued recently and want to get better”
✅ “I’ve got a tournament coming up and want to prepare”
✅ “I’ve seen (a particular shot) and want to learn and implement it into my game”

Just that one question, helps you understand the client and their intentions, helps the client have confidence in you, and breaks the ice when you first meet them! 🙌

Three things that stood out to me from the Mid Season Festival 👇

🔑 Match preparation is becoming just as important as physical preparation.

Players are now reviewing footage, analysing opponents, and building game plans before stepping onto the court.

A plan gives you something to focus on when the pressure rises. It may not always be the perfect plan, but it’s better than having none at all.

🏓 Singles now requires more variety than ever before.

Power, precision, and fitness alone aren’t enough anymore.

The best singles players are adding spin, shape, pace changes, and touch to create opportunities. The game is becoming much more three-dimensional.

My biggest tip? Identify your greatest weapon and build patterns that help you use it more often.

🏆 Format matters.

Rally scoring at the Mid Season Festival completely changed the feel of a match.

Every mistake immediately shows up on the scoreboard.

There is less time to settle in and every point carries pressure. Personally, I loved it. It was fast, exciting, and demanded your full attention from the very first rally.

The sport continues to evolve rapidly, and the best players are constantly adapting.

It’s been incredible watching the sport evolve over the last 24 months. The professional scene continues to raise the standard, and the best players are constantly pushing the limits of what’s possible.

If you’re not adapting to these changes, you’ll get left behind very quickly.

A huge thank you to the Niners for an incredible event. We definitely caused a few stirs over the weekend 😅

Thanks to Nives and for teaming up with me in the individual events, to and for continuing to provide the best equipment in the game, and to the team and .au for putting together another fantastic weekend.

Great to be a part of the .racketpro family of qualified coaches here in Australia. Thank you to and .s.pickleballcamps for running the Level 2 course here in Melbourne. It’s always amazing to learn from the very best in the world and be able to transition the info to the Australian community! A special thanks to for their ongoing support with the best equipment in the business 😍

The last 3 months of pickleball have been nothing short of amazing! Too many great memories, matches, events, and people 🙌

What a way to kick off 2024 than adding another title to the board 🥇
It was an honour to have the opportunity to compete at the Pride Cup event last long weekend, show some support towards the community, and a great lead up to the pickle season kicking off towards the end of this month. Some real close battles in the finals, and well played by both Oli and Aaron. Looking forward to what 2024 brings!

Thank you to the whole .pb team for an amazing inaugural season! Finished it off with a Bronze. Couldn’t have done it without you guys. Also, massive shoutout to whole .pickleball team for the hard work they all put in! Thank you all 🩵

Eyes on the prize at the Sydney MLP! Unfortunately didn’t place ourselves where we wanted, but the .pb are fired up for their home city and crowd this weekend! Bring on Melbourne MLP 🔥🩵