Our  10 week introduction clinic to pickleball is the first step to solidifying the fundamentals of any young player. During the 10 week course players will learn the proper grips, stroke development, rules and foster the love of this fast growing sport.

Once a player has completed the beginner clinic, the next step is a 10 week advanced beginner clinic that goes beyond the basics. In the advanced beginner clinic players will learn to transition from a player who reacts to one who starts to understand the basic strategy and control of pickleball. In this clinic players will start to play more one on one games and get comfortable with basic hitting, score keeping and etiquette of the game. 

This clinic is designed for those who have mastered the advanced beginner clinic and can start the development of specialized pickleball shots. The primary focus will be on the transition zone with shots such as 3rd shot drop, volleys, deep serve. The intermediate clinic is also a designed to improve court awareness, improve consistency, patience, and basic strategy.

When a player has mastered the concept and overall understanding of  pickleball, the advanced intermediate clinic will offer the chance for a player to hone in on a variety of highly effective pickleball shots that will help take their game to the competitive level. In this clinic players will learn various skills including long rally dinking, crosscourt angled dinks, return of serve, blocking fast volleys, lob, and overhead smash.

This 10 week intro class to pickleball will teach adults the fundamentals of strokes, grips, rules and scoring. Each class is composed of 45 minutes of learning, understanding and practicing a skill, while the next 45 minutes are used supervised match play practice. 

Learn the skills that will take your game to the next fun AND competitive level. Mastering and understanding the importance of the dink, working on deep serve- deep return strategy, and drills that will improve your patience in a long rally.

For players who have mastered the basic skills of pickleball but need that extra confidence in their game. This clinic is dedicated to fine tuning your skills acquired in the previous clinics, while adding higher advanced skills such as the 3 shot dink, lob, overhead smash, and returning drive volleys to their overall game!s

Mommy & Me classes at CrossCourt Hawthorne are designed to create a fun environment for children and their moms to enjoy learning about a pickleball together. Each 1-hour class will start off with 10 minutes of free play, this is a chance to have the children interact and socialize with others and also get comfortable and familiar with the pickleball court and paddle. Each session there will be a new skill that is taught, followed by a chance for mom and her child to practice that skill one on one together. After that, mom/child will get a chance to rotate and play/practice that will with another mom/child in the group. The class will end with fun relay races to end the class and exert any last energy the little ones might have!