Mary Hickey is the founder of Pickle Scramble.
Mary is a certified pickleball instructor and USA Pickleball Ambassador. Pickle friends say she’s a 4.0 player and a 5.0 instructor.
A word from Mary Hickey:
I invented Pickle Scramble because drilling is just boring, pickleball camps are expensive to attend and often involve travel and multiday commitments.
Pickle Scramble is designed to be first, FUN. Secondly, great practice and skills based. Notice how I put FUN first, if it’s not fun, people will not attend.
After teaching pickleball to all levels and all ages, I learned that in order to quickly move your game to the next level you need to:
1. Become very consistent at all the basic shots. A consistent player is going to beat the one-off flashy tweener player every time.
2. Learn some new shots. Basically, if you think of shots as tools, add some more tools to your tool box. I watch players who don’t add anything to their game (tool box) and they become predictable and don’t move up levels very quickly, they get stuck.
The best way to get better at just about anything in life is to practice, be open to learning and have a growth mindset. Pickleball is no different. Want to get better, practice and drill. Want to have fun while drilling? Pickle Scramble!
