About Us

Helping you become the best pickleball player you can, and want to be.

Our Mission

To help grow the sport of pickleball in Australia, by providing innovative and progressive pickleball lessons and training programs that are a blast for all playing standards.

Our Goal

Helping you become the best pickleball player you can, and want to be.

Our Legacy

Pickleball Coaching Australia is a heart health advocate, with all profits from our pickleball paddle sales proudly supporting CPRfriendly.org.

**Our Philosophy**

**Our No.1 Rule: Have fun!**
We understand that everyone's pickleball journey is unique.
But if you want to improve, and get the most out of pickleball, then the best way is to work with a certified professional pickleball coach, who is passionate and makes your progression enjoyable, efficient - and fun!
Our performance-based pickleball lessons and training help fast-track you to become the best pickleball player you can, and want to be.
So let the fun begin and let us help fast-track your pickleball journey – starting today!

“We couldn’t believe how much fun it was. The pickleball lessons exceeded all our expectations.”

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Coaching Programs

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to play, learn and have fun!

Our private pickleball coaching and group coaching are for players of all playing abilities, tailored and delivered by internationally accredited professional pickleball coaches while introduction to pickleball session are for first timers.

We love coaching people who share a similar passion for pickleball, are keen to learn, improve and be the best they want to be in this crazy fun game of pickleball.

Locations & Venues

Avalon Beach Reserve

Avalon Beach NSW 2107
Avalon Recreation Centre

Avalon Beach NSW 2107
Beacon Hill Memorial Hall

Beacon Hill, NSW 2100

Pickleball Coaching Team

Ian 'Hutch' Hutchinson - Sydney / Northern Beaches

Hutch is an internationally Certified Pickleball Instructor with Pickleball Coaching International (PCI), holding their highest level of coaching accreditation (Level 1 & 2 with Honours).

In 2022, Hutch was selected in the NSW State Pickleball Team, and in 2023, he was appointed the NSW State Team Coach and a selector. He is also a medallist in State Championships and numerous other pickleball tournaments.

He is a passionate educator, endless life-long learner and winner of the PSA ‘Educator of the Year’ award. Although pickleball’s his No 1 sport and he’s a self-confessed pickleball addict, he also has a multi-sports coaching background in squash, triathlon and skiing.

Based on the Northern Beaches, Sydney, Hutch has a Graduate Diploma in Psychology with a special interest in sports psychology, and is recipient of the Premiers NSW Community Service Award.

While he is cheeky and fun, his pickleball coaching style is engaging and insightful. His daughter Sierra thinks her dad’s pickleball obsession is a serious untreatable clinical condition.

Coaching Bookings

Mike Newell – South East Queensland

After three decades coaching tennis in over 40 countries, working with professional players in all 4 Grand Slams, being Director of both Pat Cash Tennis Academy and ATP International Headquarters Tennis Centre, Mike eventually saw the light, came to his senses and converted full time to the world of pickleball.

As a pickleball educator, Mike is the “coaches’ coach” being only the 13th worldwide to be awarded the Master Teaching Professional designation with the International Pickleball Teaching Professionals Association.

As a top pickleball player, Mike a is DUPR rated 5.0+ player, Asia Open Men’s Doubles 50+ champion and Australian National Champion triple crown gold medallist in 50+ and in 2022 competed against the world’s best pickleball doubles team, Ben & Colin Johns in the US Open.

Mike’s passion, endless knowledge and dedication to the game make him truly one of the best pickleball educators in the world.

Barry Tompkins - Northern NSW Region

Barry is currently in the NSW State squad for pickleball and is a Pickleball Coaching International (PCI) Certified Pickleball Coach based in the Northern NSW region.

Barry’s background is in exercise physiology working with clients to achieve their health, fitness and performance goals. He also works for PCYC NSW, a charity empowering young people to reach their potential, managing a number of clubs throughout NSW.

When Barry is not teaching pickleball he spends time with his #1 fans, wife Tegan and has a beautiful son Finn 8, who is also on the pickleball court regularly with Dad….Brisbane Olympics 2032 look out!

“We were laughing while learning”

Introduction to Pickleball Info

What people are saying

Marc Kohnertz

NSW STATE PICKLEBALL TEAM
“Hutch thanks again for your great coaching & training sessions. Your well thought out coaching methods & knowledge sharing of the even evolving game of pickleball has been a key factor in me achieving great results and getting gold at the 2022 Australian Championships & being part of the 2023 winning NSW Pickleball Team. Keep up the good work!”
Susie & Carl Roberts

CLUB PLAYERS
“Pickleball Coaching Australia’s balanced pickleball training philosophy makes so much sense for any level of player. It’s a fun approach that really fast-tracked my game. I can’t thank the lads at Northern Beaches, Sydney enough!”
Don MacKee

FIRST TIMER
“Super fun and quick to learn, anyone can play pickleball no matter what your sporting background. But the pickleball lessons certainly did help us all get more out of it all. We were laughing and learning in seconds!”

For the more serious

Our No.1 coaching philosophy is to have fun!…but…

Then, for the more serious, if you want to progress and maximise your potential and be the best you want to and can be, you could benefit from our more advanced holistic development pathway which has a consistent pickleball training approach around the 4 key modalities of:

1. Technical 2 Tactical 3. Physical and 4. Psychological.

Performance Pickleball Training

The aim in this pickleball training stream is to develop sound technique and mechanics so that you have consistent and strong stroke execution to create any desirable tactics needed to maximise success potential.
The key focus of this pickleball training stream is to help better understand strengths and weaknesses and how to best implement strategic decision making and patterns of play that will maximise advantages and winning pickleball.
The emphasis of these pickleball lessons is on helping players be ‘the best athlete they want to be’ through a holistic physical approach, whether that means peak performance or simply maximising longevity in the sport through recovery and injury prevention strategies.
The mental side of pickleball is an enormously underestimated area, so in this pickleball lesson stream we provide many simple mindset strategies and sports psychology techniques that help maximise performance, enjoyment and ongoing fun of the game.