Our Coaches

Head Coach

Name: Mugisha Ebenezer
Disciplines:Professional Pickleball & Tennis Player
Rankings: Rwanda Singles: No. 1
Achievements:
Competed in Tanzania Open, Kenya Open, India Open, and All African Games (Accra, Ghana).
Coaching Credentials:
Certified Pickleball Coach (Alex Simon Certificate)
PCI Certificate of Completion
Dupr Profile: Mugisha EBENEZER
About:
Mugisha Ebenezer is Rwanda’s top pickleball player, with extensive international experience and a passion for coaching. He brings a personalized approach to player development, helping athletes reach their potential in both recreational and competitive settings.
Contact :mugishaebenezer20@gmail.com

Certifications

Coaching Program

Schedule : 48 week coaching session per year(3 DAYS a week: Monday, Wednesday and Saturday) . Each session’s duration is 1h30 min, and I get a feedback at the end of the session.

Warm up, stretch. Hand eye co-ordination exercises (throw, bounce catch balls). Introduce the bat/ paddle; bounce the ball on top of the bat, then let it bounce on the ground for 10 to 20 shots and then partner up and do the same with a partner before going over the net. If there’s time, go over the net for 10 to 15 shots. All is age related according to upscaling and getting through the program quicker.

Warm up, stretch. Hand eye with bat and ball for 15 minutes. With a partner over the net rallies in the kitchen and once they get it, move them halfway back and get them to rally as many as possible.

Warm up, stretch ,Teach rules and scoring for 5 minutes and Teach them serve and all the techniques around the stroke for 15 minutes.

Drills session with forehand and backhand Teach them volley and smash and get them to volley with each other and then finish off with volley and smash drills.

Warm up, stretch. Drills incorporating all the strokes, including the serve. Introduce play based drills and time play matches and get receiver’s partner to start up mat kitchen now that the volley and smash has been introduced

Warm up, stretch. Start introducing moving through transition zone and learning half volleys and split step and then do drills around these strokes and end with a match that showcases the new strokes.

Warm up, stretch. Now that all the strokes have been taught, we go through all of them again with drills around them and end up with a match.

Warm up, stretch. Once you have seen that the students have mastered all the strokes to a certain degree you can start introducing spin and backhand serve. This is also a good time to work on the return of serve and end off with a match.

WU, S. Erne and ATP and drills around these strokes until the end of the session.

WU, S. Match week.

WU, S. Going over all the strokes and working on those students that need a bit more help .Match week to end the term for those more ready.