Most of us want to improve. This makes things more fun whether you are a recreational player or like to compete. Read the blogs, watch the videos, listen to the podcasts, choose from a library of resources - you choose how you want to learn. But if you just love the sport and are happy just to play with your pickleball friends that's okay too!!
The Roadmap starts from Total Beginner (2.0), then Advanced Beginner (2.5), then Low Intermediate (3.0) and then High Intermediate (3.5). Join the Roadmap at whatever level you are and use the resources relevant to you whether its written instruction, videos, podcasts - whatever works for YOU.
Use the instructions, drills, advice and tips in the roadmap to help you advance to your next level
The Community Forum is where you exchange stories, tips and advice with all the other members. Different chatrooms to get-together with members sharing similar interest as you (for example, keeping injury-free, finding the right paddle or doubles strategy). We'll also have a lot of fun as we share our crazy pickleball journeys with each other (the more crazy the better!)! You will get a lot of help and support from your fellow seniorpicklers.
You will improve your game.
You will get fitter and healthier.
You will join an amazing community. And have fun!
In November 2023 I went to play pickleball for the first time. I had had some niggly tennis injuries on my knee, calf and Achilles heel and was cheesed off that I could not play tennis properly. Talking to my tennis buddy ‘Sir John’, he mentioned that he’d just started playing this weird, funny sport that was a bit like tennis and would I like to come along and check it out one day.
I have been playing tennis for over 50 years, so the court seemed quite familiar (but smaller!) and I felt instantly at home. It was a revelation to be able to play a highly competitive game without the strain that I was used to. Although I am a pretty good tennis player, the ‘youngsters’ were just blowing me off the tennis court with their power!
I soon found that in pickleball older players were pretty much equal to the younger players. After playing twice, I thought it would be a good idea to share my love for this strange new sport with my tennis buddies and wider friends – so, with the help of my daughter, started the Senior Pickleball Tips Facebook group. I posted a few videos from YouTube, enthused about the game and shared my thoughts about all things pickleball and was totally shocked that within six months it grew to 65,000 members from 44 countries!!!
I even persuaded my brother Terry (who lives near Noosa in Queensland, Australia) to start playing and he has found ‘his people’ who already feel like life-long friends. Terry is a great guy and, together with three fantastic US-based moderators, supports me with the Facebook group.
There is obviously a massive audience out there – older people (we define it as 50+) who play pickleball and ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! The group shares EVERYTHING about the sport.
So, then Terry and I decided to expand this community and start this website that will (eventually) be the ‘go to’ place for all things Senior Pickleball for Total Beginners, Advanced Beginners, and Low- and High-Intermediate players – basically anyone upto a level of about 4.0.
As an ex-sports teacher I have played rugby, soccer, cricket and tennis at quite high levels and understand the power of sport that can change peoples’ lives. I was a small kid in an English boarding school coming last in the bottom class in all exams. But I was good at sport, was in all the teams and it was this that eventually gave me the confidence to work harder at my schoolwork and I actually ended up doing pretty well – ending up with a Masters Degree from the London School of Economics. I was a CEO at 29 and ended up running my own consultancy business for over 30 years. This is how sport helped me.
I can see the power in pickleball to strengthen peoples’ confidence, bring people together and to help cement communities.
So, welcome to our new website – and we’d really like you to join us here.
And, remember – ‘Paddle up, stay safe and (most importantly) have fun!
I like the group because it relates to us seniors. I'm really looking forward to the membership website, which is going to be even better, to help me enjoy pickleball even more.
I've been a member of the Senior Pickleball Tips Facebook group for four months and it is a wonderful resource. Here in Thailand the sport has gone crazy and I love it.
Hi everyone! I’m thrilled to join this Senior Pickleball Tips group! I’m from Cross Junction, VA and have been playing pickleball for a year and a half and I absolutely love the game.
I’m really enjoying Senior Pickleball Tips. I'm new to pickleball and I’m learning about rules, getting tips for comfy clothing to play in, paddle preferences and how to handle an inept poaching partner. It’s a really friendly group with lots of good info to share!
My cousin Jackie got me into pickleball after my wife died seven years ago and it’s been a lifesaver. I love the game, playing twice a week, and having great fun with such a fabulous bunch of people. Been a member of Senior Pickleball Tips for a while now and what a wonderful place to interact with other pickleball addicts!
Pickleball has gone mad here in the Philippines and I LOVE it! Me and my group learn a lot from Senior Pickleball Tips and we are really looking forward the full website as the Facebook group has lots of limitations! Keep pickling!!
The Facebook group is really good but it often gets scam and bot attacks - we need our own community without all that - one where I can get all the relevant things that I need, that is easily found.
The Senior Pickleball Tips Facebook group was launched on 5th November 2023 and has already grown to 101,500 members. A Facebook group is not the ideal vehicle for such a diverse and wonderful group of people. That’s why we are launching our website which will be BIGGER and BETTER, with no glitches, spammers, scammers and bots!! Everything will be laid out (and searchable) to enable you to find exactly what you need, when you need it.
Main interests of our members:
*43% having fun, making friends
*30% learning new skills, being competitive, improving my level
*27% keeping fit, keeping injury-free
Also
*64% are women
*Top 5 Countries – USA, Canada, UK, Malaysia and Australia.
….So we are launching our NEW low-cost, membership subscription website in August 2025. JOIN THE WAITLIST NOW AND RECEIVE A SPECIAL DISCOUNT PRICE FOR JOINING !!!
