My Pro Pickleball Coach is a platform created by Pickler to help you play your best pickleball. Pickler has teamed up with pickleball pro and pickleball coach, Steve Kennedy, to bring you My Pro Pickleball Coach, which features a compilation of over 140 videos, as well as this corresponding e-book, that breaks down every aspect of the sport of pickleball, including pickleball mechanics, fundamentals, strategy, and drills.

The inspiration behind My Pro Pickleball Coach was the evolution of my (Stacie Townsend) own game, and my parents’ respective pickleball games. I found pickleball in 2017 when my parents introduced me to the sport. When I first started, like many of you, I was a 2.5/3.0 player. I played recreationally with my parents as a way to spend time together. I quickly fell in love with, and had a deep appreciation for, the sport of pickleball. The more time I spent on the pickleball courts, the hungrier I was to improve, but I did not know how. I had no idea what a drop shot was. I did not understand the strategy of the game. And, I had no tennis background, so I did not have the proper technique on groundstrokes.

I wanted to improve and I wanted to play at a higher level with my friends. Who doesn’t want to improve and progress, right? So, my mother, Beth Townsend, did some research and found Coach Steve Kennedy. Working with Coach Steve was invaluable to my game. After working with Coach Steve, not only did I win my first tournament, but I quickly progressed to the 5.0 level and won my first pro tournament.

What I am trying to say is that Coach Steve is the real deal, not only as a pro pickleball player, but, more importantly, as a pickleball coach. He has over 30 years of coaching experience in either pickleball or tennis, which is evident from the moment you step on the pickleball courts with him. My Pro Pickleball Coach captures Coach Steve’s 30 years of experience and turns it into an organized, progressive, and comprehensive guide to improve your pickleball game and get you to play your best pickleball. He has also found great success on the Senior Pro pickleball tour, as he has won events like the 2017 USA Pickleball National Championships Men’s Senior Pro Doubles and the 2018 Tournament of Champions Men’s Senior Pro Doubles. He is also certified as a professional pickleball instructor with the International Pickleball Teaching Professional Association (IPTPA).

Coach Steve found pickleball in his hometown of Davie, Florida, while watching his son play soccer next to the pickleball courts. He heard the recognizable and memorable sound of the pickleball hitting paddles and decided to investigate. Like all good pickleball players, the people he found playing pickleball immediately put a paddle in Coach Steve’s hand and taught him our great sport. Since that moment, Coach Steve fell in love with pickleball (like the rest of us!) and has fully invested into pickleball, both socially and professionally.

Prior to finding pickleball, Coach Steve was an avid tennis player and coach. He climbed his way up to the Top 200 in the ATP Tour, playing at events like the US Open. Coach Steve also taught tennis for 27 years at the Jimmy Evert Tennis Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, so he has been teaching racquet sports now for over 30 years.


My Pro Pickleball Coach is designed for any pickleball player or pickleball coach that wants to improve their abilities on the court. Whether you are a beginner, a 3.0 player, or a 5.0 player, you will learn something that you can immediately apply to your pickleball game from this e-book and the corresponding My Pro Pickleball Coach’s online video lessons.

Coach Steve was the inspiration behind Pickler’s My Pro Pickleball Coach. Coach Steve is My Pro Pickleball Coach, and now, he is your pro pickleball coach, too!