Coming November 2026!
Would you like to become a certified high school, junior high or middle school pickleball coach?
USHSPA high school coach certification is not a pickleball teaching certification, such as that offered by the commercial certifying organizations. It’s a pickleball coaching certification (with some teaching tips).
Certification is FREE with a one-year USHSPA membership ($20). You must qualify for certification (see requirements here). Certification must be renewed via USHSPA membership each year, and coaches must re-test (free) every three years.
USHSPA’s low-cost, online high school pickleball certification will prepare you to run a three-month scholastic sports program. The certification training will cover topics such as:
- Program administration
- Budgeting
- Coaching teens
- Working with parents
- Planning a season
- State/conference rules
- Running practices
- Teaching strokes and strategies
- Few courts/many players
- Making lineups
- Coaching during matches
- Conditioning and nutrition
You can view the first training module here – High School Pickleball Program Administration
You can view the second module here – How People Learn Sports Skills
The other modules include:
- Model Practice Plan
- Pre-Practice Warmup/Post-Practice Cooldown
- Paddle Warmup
- Basics of Drills
- How to Run a Game-Based Drill
- Video Demonstration of a Game-Based Drill
- Court Rotations for Drills (12 players, 2 courts, 1 coach)
- Grips and Stances
- Stroke Technique Basics
- Pickleball Strokes Error Detection and Correction
By earning USHSPA Certified Pickleball High School (or middle school or junior high) Coach status, any school looking for a high school pickleball coach will be able to see that you’ve demonstrated you can run a three-month school pickleball program, from your first meeting with your athletic director to your last match – and everything in between.
In addition, your players their parents and school athletic directors will see that you’re a certified pickleball coach.
You can also show it to prospective commercial and park district facility/program managers.
Once you’ve earned USHSPA certification as a high school pickleball coach, you might want to get certified by one of the teaching organizations if you’re interested in teaching pickleball professionally – even part time.
USHSPA certification will improve your chances of earning a commercial certification and getting a higher rating.