What You’ll Do

As a Youth Pickleball Coach, you’ll lead or support structured youth pickleball sessions for elementary and middle school students. Every session should be safe, organized, active, and fun while helping students grow both on and off the court.

Coach & Mentor

• Lead or meaningfully support afterschool pickleball classes, clinics, camps, and community programs.

• Teach beginner-friendly pickleball skills, including grip, ready position, serving, rallying, footwork, scoring, and game play.

• Encourage teamwork, confidence, and positive sportsmanship through every activity.

• Adapt instruction to support students with different personalities, skill levels, and learning styles.

Create an Outstanding Experience

• Keep students engaged through age-appropriate drills, games, and challenges.

• Foster a positive, welcoming environment where every child feels included and encouraged.

• Build strong relationships with students while maintaining a structured and respectful learning environment.

Be a Leader

• Arrive on time, prepared, and ready to coach.

• Set up and organize equipment before each session and assist with cleanup afterward.

• Follow all Ready Set Pickle coaching standards, child safety policies, and program procedures.

• Communicate professionally with fellow coaches, school staff, facility partners, parents, and the Ready Set Pickle leadership team.

Every practice is about more than teaching pickleball. It’s about creating an experience that students look forward to each week and one that parents trust.

You’ll Thrive Here If…

We’re looking for great people who can become strong youth coaches.

You’ll be a great fit if you:

• Have experience coaching, teaching, mentoring, caring for, or leading children.

• Have pickleball, tennis, racquet-sport, athletic, camp, or youth-program experience.

• Genuinely enjoy working with kids.

• Can confidently lead, organize, or support a group of children.

• Are positive, patient, dependable, and professional.

• Communicate clearly with kids, parents, school staff, facility partners, and other coaches.

• Are comfortable being active indoors and outdoors.

• Can follow Ready Set Pickle lesson plans, safety standards, and coaching expectations.

• Care about creating a safe, welcoming environment where every child feels included.

Experience We’re Looking For

Youth Pickleball Coach applicants should bring experience that helps them lead or support children in a structured sports environment.

Strong candidates may have experience in:

• Pickleball, tennis, or other racquet sports

• Youth sports coaching

• Teaching or classroom support

• Summer camps or afterschool programs

• Babysitting, childcare, or youth mentoring

• Competitive athletics or team leadership

• Fitness, recreation, or community programming

You do not need to know everything on day one. We provide our curriculum, drills, equipment, and training.

But this is not a “start from zero” role. If you are newer to coaching, newer to working with kids, or newer to pickleball, please apply for our Junior Coach-in-Training role instead.