Pickleball Coaching Breaks with Ray Puttick
If you’re a beginner, or simply looking to improve your game, come and join us for a dedicated 4 night pickleball coaching break at The Manor Resort. Away from the courts you will have full access of the resort facilities, plus enjoy full-board dining throughout your stay.
About Ray
Ray Puttick is a qualified IPTPA Level 2 Coach and tournament player at the 3.5-4.0 level.
Most recently Ray was one of the two successful English players at the US Open picking up a silver medal. In the 2023 English Open he gained a Gold Medal for the singles 65+, a Gold medal for the mixed doubles 65+, and a bronze in the men’s doubles 65+, and followed these results with two more bronze medals in doubles at the English Nationals in October 2023.
With over 20 years of racket coaching experience, he continues using his LTA level 3 Tennis coach and BAofE Level 2 Badminton coach qualifications to help players of all ages and standards to enjoy racket sports.
Pickleball Coaching
If you’re a beginner, improver or advanced player come and join us for a dedicated 4 night pickleball break at The Manor and Ashbury Resort Hotels. All sessions take place with our IPTPA level 2 and English Tournament medal winning coach and will have a maximum of 16 people per break to ensure quality coaching.
Away from the courts you will have full access of the resort facilities, plus enjoy full-board dining throughout your stay.
Development Course
Beginners, new to the sport or only 3 months play
| Arrival | Nights | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 24th February 2025 | 4 | Ashbury |
| 31st March 2025 | 4 | Ashbury |
| 16th June 2025 | 4 | Manor |
| 20th October 2025 | 4 | Ashbury |
| 19th January 2026 | 4 | Manor |
Intermediate Course
Level 2.5-3.5 DUPR rating or has played over 3 months
| Arrival | Nights | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 28th April 2025 | 4 | Ashbury |
| 30th June 2025 | 4 | Manor |
| 1st September 2025 FULLY BOOKED |
4 | Manor |
| 3rd November 2025 | 4 | Ashbury |
| 5th January 2026 | 4 | Manor |
| 2nd February 2026 | 4 | Ashbury |
Advanced Course
Level 3.5 DUPR Rating plus
| Arrival | Nights | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8th December 2025 | 4 | Ashbury |
Coach and Compete
The Coach and Compete offering is for those who would like to gain some tactical knowledge of the sport with coached game format drills in the mornings and competitive play in the afternoons to put your new found skills into practice.
Away from the courts you will have full access of the resort facilities, plus enjoy full-board dining throughout your stay.
| Arrival | Nights | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 14th July 2025 | 4 | Ashbury |
Pickleball & Padel Coaching
Learn the basics of padel and pickleball all in one break. All sessions take place with our IPTPA level 2 and English Tournament medal winning coach and will have a maximum of 16 people per break to ensure quality coaching.
Away from the courts you will have full access of the resort facilities, plus enjoy full-board dining throughout your stay.
| Arrival | Nights | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 6th October 2025 | 4 | Ashbury |
| 17th November 2025 | 4 | Ashbury |
Make a Booking:
Prices are the standard tariff plus a Coaching Supplement of £60pp
Standard booking terms and conditions apply. Discount codes may be used on coaching breaks.
A minimum of 4 guests per break is required for each break to proceed.
Lunch is not included on arrival and departure days.
Call our bookings team to reserve your space.
We were very impressed with Ray’s knowledge and skill and he gave us plenty of valuable tips to work on. He delivered well organised sessions and was very attentive to individual needs. His enthusiasm rubbed off on us all and we were happy with the way the group came together with Ray’s positivity, work ethic and energy. Ray’s coaching course out performed our expectations and we are confident our game will have improved as a result. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
I came home from the course feeling I’d learnt so much in a short time-frame. It was an absolute delight to be coached by such a warm-hearted, motivational, competent and highly-skilled coach. I will be thoroughly recommending Ray to the other members of our U3A Pickleball group in Malvern, and anyone else who mentions Pickleball !!!
Ray is an excellent teacher and an upmost professional . I learnt so much which was all thanks to Ray and the positive way in which he coached the sport. It was great fun and a wonderful experience.
[Ray] was very professional, patient and encouraging. We all learned new skills that we would never have been able to develop had we not had the close attention we had from him. He created a relaxed and friendly atmosphere which allowed us to be unworried or anxious about making mistakes and I feel that we all improved our games as a result. I would 100% recommend Ray to anyone thinking of getting coaching for pickleball
I have recently completed the Pickleball coaching course with Ray. It was excellent and really informative. Ray is an extremely talented coach and so generous with his knowledge and time. He has given us so much fun taking part with a group of like-minded people, and enabled us to make a lot of friends. We hope to be able to return to take another coaching session with Ray as he has so much more he could teach us given more time.
Ray improved our pickleball skills immensely, his enthusiasm for the game is obvious and great people skills. Both Ray and Roger on the tennis are great racket skill coaches. I will be down there again, the Manor is a brilliant sport / craft resort.
The course provided by Ray was excellent and I learnt so much. The environment was friendly and Ray made everyone feel welcomed and included. The content of the course was great and provided a well rounded skill set. Since coming home, I’ve booked another course run my Ray in December which probably tells you everything.
I was lucky enough to have some coaching with Ray at the Manor House last week. He was amazing! His knowledge and understanding of the game is exceptional and he imparts it professionally and with kindness to those of us who have only recently taken up the sport. I learnt lots and have more confidence to try new shots that I wouldn’t have attempted before! He is an inspiration!
[Ray] is an exceptionally talented coach who has a warm encouraging style that inspires the very best in all his participants. His knowledge of the game and his ability to teach the craft of how to play it well is outstanding. It was a real pleasure to be taught by him. He worked so hard to make sure all the participants bonded as group, both during tuition and socially off the court.
It was my first visit to Manor, I really enjoyed my stay and will be back for more. The intermediate coaching course was brilliant. Ray is an amazing teacher and I learnt so much.Thank you to you and the team also. I thought the staff were brilliant and the facilities excellent.