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The Pickleball Long-Term Player Development Framework

The following pages depict the journey through
Pickleball, stage by stage, for players of all ages.
They include the following headings:

• Stage name, age and years in sport;
• Overall objectives for the stage;
• Priorities, expressed as approximate
percentage of time spent on Fun, Form

(technical skill development), Fitness, Focus
(mental preparation) and Flow (integration of
abilities and development of “game sense” and
competition skills);

• Benchmarks for training duration (minutes per
session), training volume (sessions per week),
competition volume and type, and coaching
(relevant NCCP coach stream and context);

• Next stage in the framework, including optional
paths;
• Notes

Remember that while every player must progress
through every stage to reach the level to which
they aspire, every player is also an individual. All
abilities are always trainable. These objectives and

benchmarks are guidelines for development, not
a means to select or reject individual participants.

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