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Tennis to Pickleball - Pickleball Bootcamp
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Tennis to Pickleball - Pickleball Bootcamp

A Fun pickleball journey - Learn the Fundamentals, Rules, Trick shots, & Discover the Global Community
Created byGreg Hung
Last updated 3/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • Rules, Scoring, & brief history
  • Fundamental shots (serving, dinking, forehand, backhand, volleys)
  • Advanced Shots (Topspin lob, drop volleys, swinging volley, inside out forehand)
  • What DUPR is and how to manage your own local pickleball DUPR digital group
  • How to Find local and International Pickleball Community (Asia) for social and competitive games

Course content

6 sections45 lectures3h 13m total length
  • Introduction1:15
  • What is Pickleball and Where did it come from?3:59
  • Understanding the Lines of the Courts (The Kitchen)3:39
  • The 2 Bounce Rule2:39

    The lecture explains the double bounce rule in pickleball, where the ball must bounce twice on each side before being hit out of the air.

  • Positioning4:13

    Position for serves and returns by starting at the baseline, moving toward the kitchen when receiving, covering the middle and right side, and not blocking the server.

  • The Pickleball Ratings System3:24

    Identify the USA pickleball skill ratings from 1.0 to 4.0, including 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, and 4.0, and relate them to stroke development, pace variations, drop shot, and court strategy.

  • What is DUPR2:26
  • How to upload DUPR Scores with the Pickleheads App5:44

Requirements

  • A pickleball paddle and ball would help and having played a few times before

Description

Tennis to pickleball is taught my a lifelong Canadian Athlete and Top 3 Junior Tennis player now known as Uncle Greg.  This course is a fun bite sized online pickleball boot camp for beginner pickleball players and tennis players looking to transition to the game. Greg has over eight years of competitive tennis experience and has played pickleball for the past two years. He has launched a DUPR digital club and arranges socially competitive round robins.

This course aims to teach:

  • The basic rules for playing the game

  • The basics for hitting fundamental pickleball shots

  • Uncle Greg's Trademark trick shots, including the underhand spin serve, drop volley, and inside-out forehand

  • Tips for getting involved in the pickleball community and meeting other people

  • Tips for destination pickleball, which include playing in Canada, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam

  • The course is shot in Vancouver, Canada but we also take a  Pickleball destinationtrip to South East Asia to film some of the lessons  where we will explore the opportunities and communities to play in Vancouver, Canada; Bangkok, Thailand; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Danang, Vietnam.

  • You will also get an introduction to DUPR ratings and how it works. You will also learn from the organizer side and how to use the DUPR platform to organize and submit scores. You will learn how to set up a DUPR digital club and use the Picklehead's App to organize round-robin matches, and enter and submit scores to the DUPR platform.



Who this course is for:

  • New players to Pickleball
  • Beginner Pickleball players that want to learn more tools and weapons for their game
  • Tennis players looking to transition to pickleball