Dill with It (Junior Pickleball Academy)- Grades 6-8

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Big Dill Pickleball Academy: Middle School Edition

Grades 6–8 · 6 Weeks · 0 Actual Pickles (We Checked) 🥒

Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in America, which means your grandma is probably better than you right now. Let’s fix that. In six weeks, you’ll go from “wait, which line do I stand behind?” to dropping trick shots so clean your friends will demand a replay. No experience required. Dignity optional.

Week 1: Pickleball 101 (No Homework, We Promise)

Serves, returns, rules, and scoring, including why it’s called the “kitchen” when there’s zero food involved. By the end you’ll know the rules better than the adults who’ve been “pretty sure” about them for years.

Week 2: What’s Your Pickleball Personality?

Are you a Banger who hits everything at 100 mph and asks questions never? Or a Grinder who’s perfectly happy dinking for 45 minutes until your opponent cries? Find your style and learn when to attack and when to chill.

Week 3: Third Shot Options

The third shot is basically a choose-your-own-adventure: drop it, drive it, or lob it over their heads. One makes you look like a genius. The others... we’ll talk about it.

Week 4: Kitchen Domination

The Kitchen: the only kitchen you’ll actually want to spend time in. Master the dink war, out-patience your opponent, and pounce the second they pop one up. They will. They always do.

Week 5: Surviving the Transition Zone

Also known as No-Man’s-Land, also known as Where Points Go to Die. Learn the reset (the “everybody calm down” shot) and…

Event details

Dill with It (Junior Pickleball Academy)- Grades 6-8 is a program hosted by Steamboat Tennis and Pickleball Complex in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. It is listed as Junior Programs. The venue is at 2500 Pine Grove Road, Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80487. The next session starts on Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM and ends at 5:30 PM, local time at the club. Sessions continue until December 17, 2026. Registration costs $30 USD. 4 of 8 spots are open. Players can register online as guests, without a Steamboat Tennis and Pickleball Complex account. Steamboat Tennis and Pickleball Complex has 58 courts for tennis, pickleball.

Location

Steamboat Tennis and Pickleball Complex