Pickleball for Beginners: Your Complete Guide to the Fastest-Growing Sport in America

Discover the fastest-growing sport in America—simple to learn, fun to play, and perfect for all ages!

Pickleball is taking the country by storm, and now is your chance to join the movement. Whether you’ve never held a paddle or you’re looking to sharpen your beginner skills, Pickleball for Beginners: Your Complete Guide to the Fastest-Growing Sport in America will get you confidently onto the court.

Inside, you’ll find:

The fascinating history of how pickleball was invented
Easy-to-follow rules and scoring explained clearly
Essential gear recommendations for every budget
Step-by-step breakdowns of core skills and techniques
Innovative beginner strategies that give you an edge
Tips on etiquette, sportsmanship, and joining the community

Pickleball is more than just a game—it’s a lifestyle, a community, and a whole lot of fun. Grab your paddle, step onto the court, and be part of the revolution.

The author is letting you choose the price you pay for this book!

Pick Your Price...

Discover the fastest-growing sport in America—simple to learn, fun to play, and perfect for all ages!

Inside, you’ll find:

The fascinating history of how pickleball was invented
Easy-to-follow rules and scoring explained clearly
Essential gear recommendations for every budget
Step-by-step breakdowns of core skills and techniques
Innovative beginner strategies that give you an edge
Tips on etiquette, sportsmanship, and joining the community

Pickleball is more than just a game—it’s a lifestyle, a community, and a whole lot of fun. Grab your paddle, step onto the court, and be part of the revolution.

EPUB

About

About the Book

Pickleball for Beginners: Your Complete Guide to the Fastest-Growing Sport in America is the ultimate starting point for anyone curious about this exciting game. From the origins of pickleball to the rules, equipment, techniques, and beginner-friendly strategies, this book makes learning simple and fun. Whether you’re playing for fitness, competition, or just community, you’ll find everything you need to step onto the court with confidence.

Share this book

Feedback

Email the author

Price

Pick Your Price...

Minimum price

$1.99

$9.95

You pay

$9.95

Author earns

$7.96

Author

About the Author

John Willis

I've had an extensive career in IT management spanning over 45 years, with a body of work that includes "Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge" and "The DevOps Handbook." My current research interests lie in DevOps, DevSecOps, IT risk, modern governance, and audit compliance. Over the years, I've sold companies to Docker and Dell, and I was a founding member of Opscode (now Chef).

I also founded Gulf Breeze Software, an award-winning IBM business partner known for its expertise in deploying Tivoli technology for enterprises. I've authored six IBM Redbooks on enterprise systems management, and I was the founder and chief architect at Chain Bridge Systems. All in all, I've written over 13 books and launched more than 10 startups.

The Leanpub 60 Day 100% Happiness Guarantee

Within 60 days of purchase you can get a 100% refund on any Leanpub purchase, in two clicks.

Now, this is technically risky for us, since you'll have the book or course files either way. But we're so confident in our products and services, and in our authors and readers, that we're happy to offer a full money back guarantee for everything we sell.

You can only find out how good something is by trying it, and because of our 100% money back guarantee there's literally no risk to do so!

So, there's no reason not to click the Add to Cart button, is there?

See full terms...

Earn $8 on a $10 Purchase, and $16 on a $20 Purchase

We pay 80% royalties on purchases of $7.99 or more, and 80% royalties minus a 50 cent flat fee on purchases between $0.99 and $7.98. You earn $8 on a $10 sale, and $16 on a $20 sale. So, if we sell 5000 non-refunded copies of your book for $20, you'll earn $80,000.

(Yes, some authors have already earned much more than that on Leanpub.)

In fact, authors have earned over $14 million writing, publishing and selling on Leanpub.

Learn more about writing on Leanpub

Free Updates. DRM Free.

If you buy a Leanpub book, you get free updates for as long as the author updates the book! Many authors use Leanpub to publish their books in-progress, while they are writing them. All readers get free updates, regardless of when they bought the book or how much they paid (including free).

Most Leanpub books are available in PDF (for computers) and EPUB (for phones, tablets and Kindle). The formats that a book includes are shown at the top right corner of this page.

Finally, Leanpub books don't have any DRM copy-protection nonsense, so you can easily read them on any supported device.

Learn more about Leanpub's ebook formats and where to read them

Write and Publish on Leanpub

You can use Leanpub to easily write, publish and sell in-progress and completed ebooks and online courses!

Leanpub is a powerful platform for serious authors, combining a simple, elegant writing and publishing workflow with a store focused on selling in-progress ebooks.

Leanpub is a magical typewriter for authors: just write in plain text, and to publish your ebook, just click a button. (Or, if you are producing your ebook your own way, you can even upload your own PDF and/or EPUB files and then publish with one click!) It really is that easy.

Learn more about writing on Leanpub