Mel  Wheatley Pickleball Instruction

This channel is dedicated to providing video tutorials as a teaching aide for the students in my City Of Newport Beach, CA Pickleball classes and participants of my TTC Paddles Up Pickleball Camps.  I am a PPR Certified Pro Instructor and I've been teaching Pickleball for the City Of Newport Beach Parks & Rec Department since 2018.

Prior to starting pickleball in 2012, I was a competitive tennis player.  I competed on the National Women's Tennis Circuit for 18-years where I won 4 US National Tennis Championships and 2 Bronze medals in the Tennis World Championships in Perth Australia and Amsterdam.  In total I've won 20 medals in National and International Tennis Championships and received the #1 ranking in the US by the USTA for 2004 and 2005. 

As an Instructor,  my goal is to help students become the best player and partner they can be. Pickleball is a wonderful sport that's changed so many people lives and I feel blessed to be part if it..