I have developed an idea I hope will:

• Increase the number of Demo Days you can do

• Increase the length of time people participate in your Demo Days

• Increase they variety of players who attend the Demo Days

• Help illustrate your worth to the community as a whole

• Hopefully encourage participants to use your Advocate Promo Code to purchase, not only paddles, but other Selkirk items as well

Sound good?

And if you are familiar with what I have offered in the past, this will be at no cost to you to implement (well, not too much at least, and not from me)

The overall concept is to incorporate pickleball clinics into your Demo Days. My suggestion would be:

1. Demo Day Prep

2. Pickleball Clinic I: Introduction to Playing Pickleball

3. Demo Time

4. Pickleball Clinic II: Investment Planning – Selecting Your Next Paddle

5. Demo Time

6. Pickleball Clinic III:

7. Demo Time

8. End of day cleanup

As a sidenote, the clinics have been evaluated by two paddle manufacturers with excellent reviews from each.

Pickleball Clinic I:
Introduction to Playing Pickleball

A great way to get people into pickleball is to give them an opportunity to learn it in a stress free environment will little to no investment on their part. You as a Selkirk Advocate are well placed to offer the guidance with some basic instruction and, of course, you have the equipment.

People tend to purchase what they have used and have seen other people use. This is a perfect opportunity to offer SLK demo paddles for the participants to use.

But if you are not a certified trainer/coach? That is fine! PCI | Powered by Selkirk, is ready to help. They offer a FREE program designed for you to introduce newcomers to the game.

What You'll Gain:

• Learn to provide a safe and enjoyable pickleball introduction.

• Witness a real introductory lesson led by our PCI master instructor.

• Understand the 'why' behind each teaching technique.

• Discover valuable tips and principles for both players and teachers.
  

Course Highlights:

• Complete in about two hours (at your own pace).

• Access FREE resources, including an instructional video and lesson plan.

• Test your knowledge and receive a certificate of completion.

• NOT a Certification Program: This course is purely for enhancing your skills; it is not a certification program.

Can you call yourself a "trained pickleball coach"? Maybe?

Click here for more details.

Pickleball Clinic II:
Investment Planning – Selecting Your Next Paddle

Once the people who have just learned, and anyone else who has been playing with an 'Introductory paddle' (i.e., a $30 Amazon paddle) have had an opportunity to play with the different paddles a little (no real instruction is required at this time. Most do not know enough about the differences in paddles to make too much sense of it all at this point.

But that is soon to change. Guide them to Clinic II. This clinic is designed to give people an understanding of paddles. While my presentation focuses on Selkirk paddles, the clinic is valid for any manufacturer's paddles as well.

The outline consists of:

• Playing Styles

• Paddle Shapes

• Cores

  • Materials

  • Thickness

• Paddle Surface / Face

• Edged or Edgeless?

• Paddle Weights

• Handles / Grips

• Summaries

• Investing (in a paddle)

Clinic II (Condensed) 44MB (.pptx)

Clinic II (Shortened) 118MB (.pptx)

Clinic II (Full) 129MB (.pptx)

Pickleball Clinic III:
Augmentation & Care

When people have chosen a paddle or have been playing with a paddle for a long time, that does NOT mean they know how to make the paddle work the best "For Them!".

This clinic is about, not only getting the most out the paddle they have (Selkirk or otherwise) but getting the most out of their Pickleball Game!

This clinic is about all things pickleball. Of course, paddles are a big part of it, but there is a lot of other pieces of equipment we understand that many players do not. Here is where we let them know, we are a resource for them in all things pickleball.

The outline consists of:

• Paddle Inspection

• Paddle Augmentation

• Paddle Care

• Other Equipment Care

• Augmentation Practice

• Performance Evaluations

Clinic III v4 35MB (.pptx)