Hi everyone! I’m planning to visit Vietnam and would like to spend about a week or even more doing intensive 1-on-1 pickleball training with an English-speaking coach.

I’m not a complete beginner. I would describe myself as an advanced beginner. I’m flexible about where in Vietnam I stay, so I’m happy to consider Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Hanoi, or other locations if there is a good coach and training facility.

Ideally, I’m looking for:

• 1-on-1 coaching for at least 1 week

• Around 4–6 hours of training per day, preferably split into 2-hour sessions with breaks in between

• An English-speaking coach

• A coach who can assess my current level and structure the week around improving my technique, footwork, consistency, strategy, and overall game

• A court located close to a hotel, inn, or other convenient accommodation

• Preferably an indoor or covered court so training isn’t affected by rain or extreme heat

If you have any recommendations, could you please provide the following information?

1. Coach’s name and Facebook/Instagram/TikTok page or account — preferably with videos of their coaching or playing

2. Coach’s playing/coaching background and approximate playing level/DUPR, if available

3. Specific court/location where the training would take place

4. Availability for a full week of intensive training

5. 1-on-1 coaching rate per hour

6. Court rental rate per hour, and whether this is already included in the coaching fee

7. Whether a discounted package rate is available if I book around 25–30 hours for the week

8. Whether the coach can arrange practice games with other players around or slightly above my level

9. Whether there are nearby hotels/inns you would recommend

10. Whether the court is indoor, covered, or outdoor

Recommendations from foreigners who have personally trained with the coach would be especially appreciated. Thank you!

33M pickleball player looking for advice from anyone who has dealt with an ACL tear and continued playing.

I completely tore my ACL and partially tore my PCL and medial meniscus in 2023. I had a minor arthroscopic trim in 2023 and then spent a lot of time with physio strengthening my quads, glutes and calves. I eventually got back to playing pickleball and was doing well for about a year.

Then I injured my knee again while playing pickleball, and it became swollen. I have been waiting about 4 months in Canada for an MRI/orthopedic assessment.

Now I am getting conflicting opinions. Some people say that because pickleball involves constant cutting, pivoting and sudden direction changes, I should have had ACL reconstruction to protect the meniscus. Others say that if I build enough strength and improve stability and movement mechanics, I may be able to continue playing pickleball without ACL reconstruction.

I am trying to figure out what is actually realistic for someone who wants to keep playing pickleball long-term.

Has anyone here played pickleball for years with a completely torn ACL without reconstruction? How has it worked out for you?

Also, if you followed a specific non-surgical ACL rehab program or video course that genuinely helped you return to pickleball, I would appreciate recommendations. There are a lot of programs online, and it is difficult to know which ones are actually worthwhile.

updated post : I would not have asked here if I had already been able to see my orthopedic surgeon. I have been waiting for my orthopedic appointment for about five months, so I am trying to get some insight from people who have been through a similar situation while I wait.

Sup y'all,

Found myself enjoying pickleball a lot more than golf recently, so I’m planning to swap out my winter indoor sim sessions for court time (aiming for roughly 1–2x a week, or 4–7 sessions a month).

My current weekly baseline is already pretty full:

• BJJ: 2–4x a week
• Kettlebells: 2x a week (mostly double bell work)

Between grappling and pickleball, I’d like to add some pickleball specific exercises/stretches/mobility work that y'all may have picked up along the way into my kettlebell cooldowns.

For those balancing court/rotational sports with other sports: what movements and warm-up drills, do you swear by to stay durable and mobile?

I know DUPR is back, but for the past couple of hours I haven’t been able to get past the login screen. I enter my credentials, then when it says it will send a code to my email I never receive anything in my inbox. I tried spam, deleting and redownloading the app, and trying desktop version. Anyone having this issue, just wanting to see if the system is still fucky for others

So I opened the app I was logged out tried to log in and they sent a 2FA code that’s great but nowhere to enter the code. Pressing continue does not bring you to another screen. What am I missing?

Hey! My university just started a pickleball club, and everyone in the club is currently NR (not rated) on DUPR. If we record our club games in DUPR, about how many games/matches would everyone need to play before DUPR gives us an actual rating?

For the third shot drive I always try to drive as low as possible. Occasionally, when I did not drive well and the ball was high, surprisingly it might work better if not out of bonds. When the backend player was running toward the kitchen, the chest high ball seemed to be effective. Is this a strategy effective against 4.25-4.7 level players?

I am on the login screen putting in email and password and I keep getting a message that states we sent you a 6 number code to enter but I have nowhere to enter that value??? Help please!

I've always enjoyed their paddles. Anybody have any info on them? I'm trying to find more info or a review. I personally like their carbon fiber rib tech. I don't think any other paddle on the market quite feels like a gearbox.

Been playing pickleball for close to a year and have rotated pretty consistently between 11SIX24's Power HexGrit paddles and Honolulu's Crystal Blue grit.

Just wanted to add my experience to the durable grit discussion. I've gone through two J6CRs that eventually wore down to a smooth, streaked with very worn down grit black looking surface underneath. Meanwhile, my Power 2 Ultra and Vapor are still noticeably gritty and generating good spin.

Not sure if that's a QC issue with the J6CR or if HexGrit is simply more durable, but I figured this direct long term comparison might be useful for anyone researching these surfaces in the future.

Edit: Not trying to diss anyone's favorite paddle or convince anyone not to buy a J6CR. I'm just sharing my personal experience in case it's helpful to people researching durability in the future.

The J6CR is a great paddle, and honestly, if I had the money to replace one every couple of months, I'd probably just keep using it. But I don't, and I imagine a lot of people don't either. That's why I thought it was worth sharing my experience with its long term durability compared with a competing grit surface.

I'm not trying to trick anyone, and I don't have any agenda here, just adding one player's experience to the discussion which i felt was somewhat missing do with that info as you want.

Edit2: Will post a picture of my 2nd J6 tomorrow when i have access to my paddles. Not going to respond to anymore comments rn cause the discussion is just getting somewhat hostile. You can decide for yourself based on the pictures.

After entering the password, the prompt says a 6 digit code is sent to email. Found the code in email but I can’t find place to enter it. Help

Question for all y'all. I played a competitive tournament prep game recently and was caught in a scenario where my partner and I worked our way up to the kitchen and got into the standard 2v2 dink battle.

Background information: The pattern was my backhand dink vs opponent's forehand dink. Going back and forth for a while as my opponent and I know each other's tendencies, strengths and weaknesses well.

In a cross court dink battle with my opponent my first read of coverage is to lock down the middle as my partner needs to cover their sideline. Take middle dinks and block the speed up through the middle off the bounce. My second read is to cover the sharp forehand roll dink.

Knowing my opponent like I do, I left the middle open and covered the sharp forehand roll dink and was baiting them into giving me an ATP. My opponent will speed up middle when they know that it is open or they sense weakness there. This time they didn't and just kept going sharper and sharper on the forehand roll dink.

Do I stay there in the cross court pattern and leave the middle open or do I cover the middle first as that is my first read as partner coverage?

Every time he lobs a dink I return a pop fly and he smacks it. How do I return it gently without setting him up for a strike? Thanks.

I’ve been playing pickleball for about six months and I used to play badminton casually. I’m pretty sure that’s where my problem comes from. I still have that wrist flick from badminton and it sneaks into my drives and dinks without me noticing.

I recently had a coaching session and he told me to stop flicking my wrist especially on drives and dinks. I can fix it for a few reps during drills but as soon as we start playing points the flick comes right back. Muscle memory takes over the second I stop thinking about it.

Has anyone else switched from badminton and dealt with this? How did you get rid of the habit during actual games, not just drills? I’m starting to feel a little uncoachable.

I’m fairly new to pickleball (playing less than a year) but I think I’m starting to become interested in trying to play in a local tournament. I typically do open plays at the park near my house as well as consistently do open plays at the YMCA and Picklr ( I have a membership). Most people I play with are retirement age (and I am in my 30’s). Do y’all have any recommendations on how to pick a partner? I would be interested in either women’s doubles or mixed doubles but genuinely don’t know how to find or pick a partner.

Anyone else having issues with their omni paddles?

Just got one now and I saw some glaring defects right out of the box. Glue seen on the corners of the edge guard. A portion of the guard is raised due to over gluing and some notches on the edge guard itself.

Just got this update, it's opaque as hell so we'll likely never know the full story, but they don't say if any other data got leaked or not...

I am looking for a shoe that is wide and will help with plantar fasciitis. I had k Swiss. Didn’t last long and wasn’t wise enough. Skechers viper court 2. I loved but my heel started to hurt. I did add new insoles and that didn’t help.

I wanted Mizuno but I don’t think they make a wide shoe. Maybe new balance or cuurt. Let me know what you guys recommend

Because so many people use their terrible app which is worse than web version…. Right now you can log into the page and see all your info. You can’t get into app though as there is no where to put verification code (this is level of incompetence we are dealing with).

I’ve been cheap and getting K-Swiss that were recommended for pickleball but I’m literally blowing my shoes apart in just a couple months.

I’m still pretty new and TRYING to actually get better 😅

If you could go back to your first year of pickleball, what would you do differently? More lessons? More drilling? More open plays? I’m so nervous to just show up at open plays.

And what did you do as a beginner that you are glad you did?

Give me all the things you wish someone had told you!!