Pickleball with Peter Hayes
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💰$113 weekly lessons
With close to 40 years of training / coaching athletes from a multitude of recreational and professional sport disciplines , the exciting culture of pickleball is now my focus. Incorporating 25 years of professional, collegiate and recreational tennis training, the crossover into helping Pickleball players of all levels unlock their potential is my passion. Whether you're a beginner just discovering the sport or a seasoned competitor looking to amp your game, I'm here to guide you with a blend of fun, biomechanics, technique, and encouragement not to mention the requisite footwork, power and fitness aspects to the sport.
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Teaches: Not specified
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Levels: Not specified
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Lives in: Simsbury, Connecticut
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Happy Student Score: 93
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Years Playing: Not specified
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Given: 5 lessons
Accomplishments
🏅Experienced Player
Reviews
Total reviews3
Average rating
5.0
Tammy L.Verified ✓
Level: Intermediate•Lessons taken: 3
Very good teacher. Learned a lot!
April B
Lessons taken: 1
Peter was an amazing detailed and caring instructor. He can point out pickleball game pointers and advice that other trainers wouldn't notice. I highly recommend him.
Todd E.
Lessons taken: 1
Great instructor, Peter’s knowledge of the game and advance knowledge of movement, physiology and anatomy sets Peter apart from the crowd! Highly recommend!!
Locations
These are the locations I've set as being able to provide lessons:6 courts available
Dill Dinkers
500 Bushy Hill Road, Simsbury, CT, USA
544.7 miles awayIndoors
Avon Middle School (tennis court)
375 W Avon Rd, Avon, CT 06001
544.3 miles awayOutdoors
Winding Trails Summer Camp (tennis court)
50 Winding Trails, Farmington, CT 06032
544.7 miles awayOutdoors
Buena Vista Pickleball Courts
67 Buena Vista Rd, West Hartford, CT 06107, USA
548.7 miles awayOutdoors
Sycamore Hills Park (tennis court)
36 Haynes Rd, Avon, CT 06001
544.1 miles awayOutdoors
Wolcott Park Pickleball Courts
1341 New Britain Ave, West Hartford, CT 06110, USA
549.4 miles awayOutdoors
Want a lesson at your home or a different location? We can help.
Availability
These are the times I've set as being available for lessons.mondays
8 AM - 9 PM
tuesdays
8 AM - 9 PM
wednesdays
8 AM - 9 PM
thursdays
8 AM - 9 PM
fridays
8 AM - 9 PM
saturdays
8 AM - 9 PM
Beginner training plan
Your first lessonEstablishing a students goals in the first session comes with my sports training mantra “eliminate the variables”. This comes through an upfront gear assessment (paddle, shoes, accessories) and thoughtful analysis of your current fitness and injury history. From here we can perform a skill assessment that may leverage other racquet sports experience through some basic drilling that is relative to your level of play. Not having previous racquet sports experience is by no means a hindrance, but it merely establishes the need for some more grass roots skills mastery. Additionally, take home eye hand paddle drills will radically move the competence needle.
Lesson 11+Taking your game forward and learning the lessons for power (big serves / overheads drive shots) vs control play (dinks / third shot drops etc.) It is at this point where fitness / strength & power all come together in advanced drilling for your pickleball aspirations.
Lesson 4-10We can play pickleball in a game format and are on our way to understanding strategic and situational nuances to playing with different partners. At this point in your development the magnetic attraction to playing pickleball is established. It is at this point going forward you will likely feel the desire to become more competitive or strictly play in a recreational setting with friends. Now keep in mind that those people in the competitive realm will also become friends, but here the social upside becomes rooted in your competency and improvement. From my professional tennis training background I will put forth the absolute necessity for “drilling “. To drill is to become competent in situational play. And yes, drill some more.
Lesson 2-3Knowing that you are ready to hone your skills for actual game play is an exciting point in your development. An introduction to the different shots and play situations is the big step towards competent level specific gameplay. New pickleball specific vocabulary will become part of your on court experience not to mention the seemingly complicated (at first) scoring rotations.
Advanced training plan
Your first lessonYou have likely participated in a league, open play and or tournaments. You may have experienced an injury related to extended play sessions and inadequate rest and recovery. The answer is similar in every competitive sport. Training. Training is not drilling. Training involves different layers or separate ends of the same stick, those being baseline strength on one end with functional movement specific power on the other. Performing well at enhanced levels is rooted in this development. Learning some foundational and pickleball specific training protocols is just the beginning.
Lesson 11+Every player who has strived for this level of mastery has battled with the issue of “not playing like they train”, it’s called choking. This is where my full spectrum coaching shines. Achieving full gas practice level play in competition is a strong indicator that you have made it. The key to continued success is simple. Don’t stop
Lesson 4-10We are well on a road to pickleball performance based fitness. Now we combine our training with pickleball drills to FUNCTIONALIZE the training. This is the art of combing baseline strength and power training into consistent and booming neural patterns. You are playing big now and it is time to go use it.
Lesson 2-3Okay, you have bought in and understand the need. This is where my pedigree teaching. / training professional tennis players has direct crossover impact. We design an individualized training program that can be executed with or without me. We spend our time together perfecting form and execution levels. The next level is where real powerful changes are possible.
Frequently asked questions
Cancellation Policy
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why we've got your back with our flexible cancellation policy, designed to give you
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If you need to cancel your lesson, no worries! You can get a full refund if you cancel within 24 hours of making your booking. We want to make the process as hassle-free as possible for you.
And if you simply want to reschedule your lesson, change the date and time, or adjust the number of students joining, we've got you covered there too. You can easily make these changes within 24 hours of booking, and up to 72 hours before your lesson starts.
Our goal is to make your experience smooth, enjoyable, and worry-free. So go ahead and book with confidence, knowing that we're here to accommodate your needs every step of the way!
If you need to cancel your lesson, no worries! You can get a full refund if you cancel within 24 hours of making your booking. We want to make the process as hassle-free as possible for you.
And if you simply want to reschedule your lesson, change the date and time, or adjust the number of students joining, we've got you covered there too. You can easily make these changes within 24 hours of booking, and up to 72 hours before your lesson starts.
Our goal is to make your experience smooth, enjoyable, and worry-free. So go ahead and book with confidence, knowing that we're here to accommodate your needs every step of the way!
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