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.
4 Day Midweek Itinerary
Monday
15.30 Meet & Play
Meet your fellow Pickle ballers in our spa sports hall and kick your break off with a light-hearted round-robin competition hosted by one of our activity instructors. Once acquainted recreational play is freely available on our dedicated courts.
Tuesday
09.45–10.00 Meet the coach,
safety, and course introduction
10.00-12.00 Serve and Return, Ground Strokes, techniques & drills
12.30-13.30 LUNCH
14.00-16.00 The soft game, dinking with purpose, kitchen drills
16.00-17.00 Recreational play – American style
Wednesday
10.00-12.00 Third shot options, drop, drive or lob, techniques & drills
12.30-13.30 LUNCH
14.00-16.00 Fourth Shot Options, techniques & drills & Match Tactics
16.00-17.30 One to one or group shot clinic.
Thursday
10.00 – 12.00 Round Robin competition
12.30-13.30 LUNCH
14.00-15.30 Free Play
16.00-17.00 Private Hydro Spa session
3 Day Weekend Itinerary
Friday
15.30 Meet & Play
Introduction and some drill work on serve and drives, plus gameplay.
Saturday
10.00-12.00 Third shot options & drills
12.30-13.30 LUNCH
14.00-16.00 Drills at the NVZ line
Sunday
10.00-12.00 Forth shot options and aggressive play
12.30-13.30 LUNCH
14.00-17.30 One to one or group shot clinic.
Monday
10.00 – 12.00 Tournament – American Style Mix Up
Available Dates:
| Development Course |
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| Monday 20th – 24th January 2025 |
| Intermediate Course |
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| Monday 6th – 10th January 2025 |
| Monday 3rd – 7th February 2025 |
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.
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.
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] 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
[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.
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.
It is an excellent course – we both learned a great deal and thoroughly enjoyed the mix of explanation, drills, practice and competitive play. Ray as a coach is outstanding – a great teacher, modest, fun, helps build individual skills and brings it all together at the end in competitive play.
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.