The Academy Blog

Pickleball.com now offers parent-managed accounts for kids under 17! Learn how families can safely register young players for pickleball tournaments, lessons, and ratings while maintaining full parental control and oversight.

Southern Pickleball Academy welcomes Paul Turner to our Board of Directors. A talented pickleball player and lifelong athlete, Paul brings decades of business leadership, nonprofit service, and passion for helping under-resourced youth to support our mission of growing the game of pickleball and empowering young players.

The Southern Pickleball Academy's Battle of the Paddles youth pickleball tournament was a great way to give a real tournament experience to our kids, hooking them on this sport.

Who knew that it could be so much fun to earn a scholarship? Yet that's just what Carson Colmer, a senior at Aiken High School, has done!

Imagine a room full of curious kids, digital scales, sound level recorders, and an array of pickleball equipment.

Sometimes all it takes is one person: one person with a passion, an idea, and the drive to make things happen.

Listen in to "What's Shakin' in Aiken" with Brian Katonak & Beth Eberhard as they discuss the hugely positive impact of pickleball in Aiken.

For a young nonprofit organization, the past year has been full! Hold on to your hats as you read these highlights.

The courts are filled with the thwack of balls, cheers of encourage from both the leaders and the participants, and excited laughter.

The thwack of balls, the squeak of shoes on the wooden floor, and the excited murmur of the crowd filled the gym at the Gregg Park...