The Academy Blog

It won't be long before these Home-Grown Pickles are giving us Grown-ups a real dill of a time on the court!

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.

Read how the Southern Pickleball Academy is helping schools in the middle of peach country!

We're thrilled to announce that Southern Pickleball Academy has earned the Platinum Seal of Transparency from Guidestar – the highest level of recognition available and a distinction held by only a small percentage of nonprofits nationwide.

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.

New rules are on the way, along with several updates. Learn all about these changes so that you're prepped and ready on January 1, 2025.

The Second Annual Reindeer Games pickleball tournament was nothing short of spectacular!

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.

We are thrilled to announce the addition of JD Ross to the Southern Pickleball Academy Board of Directors.

A player misses a return shot and drops their paddle into the Non-Volley Zone (NVZ) but their partner successfully hit the ball over the net

First Paddle: a program that combines pickleball instruction with character development lessons to benefit students launches this fall.

Many sport players have rituals, certain movements or habits that they feel increase their success and pickleball players are no different.

About 90% or more of my drilling with one other person is doing three drills.  These three drills isolate all the important things in pickle

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...