The Utah High School Activities Association has officially classified boys’ and girls’ pickleball as an emerging sport. This designation is the crucial first step toward it becoming a fully sanctioned, varsity-level sport. The push for this classification is spearheaded by the Utah High School Pickleball Association. Thanks to their efforts, the framework for competitive high…

Starting a high school pickleball club involves securing a faculty advisor, forming a student group, finding a venue (school gym or tennis courts), and obtaining approval from school administration. Key steps include drafting a constitution, gathering equipment (nets, paddles, balls), and promoting the club to gain members. [1, 2, 3] Steps to Start a High…

Why Your School has a Pickleball Team The main reason for scholastic sports is to help students develop life skills through athletics. These skills include goal setting, discipline, teamwork, self-esteem and sportsmanship (winning and losing gracefully), to name a few. Never forget that you do not coach pickleball, you coach youngsters. I. Getting Started You’re…

One of the keys to running enjoyable, effective team practices is having a consistent practice model that you use each day. While every practice should be somewhat different, the format of your practices can remain the same from day to day, providing not only consistency, but following sound principles, as well. Below is a model…

If your high school offers a variety of sports, such as football, track, tennis, etc., each of these sports is part of a program. Each program has a team. Each team plays in a league (often called a conference, and part of a district). For example, your school might have a girls basketball program, which…