Player Development Clinic Information (please scroll down to see complete description)
Hello Everyone,
Sign Up for our first Bow Valley Pickleball Association Player Development Clinic starts at 7:00 am on Monday August 1.
To register, click the REGISTER button in the top left corner. Complete the information requested and choose your session associated with your level of play. Then pay online and you're DONE!
For the August 15 clinic at the Larch Rink Courts, there will be three 2.5 hour sessions
on offer and sessions will be organized by player skill level as follows:
Session 1
9:00-11:30 a.m. Advanced Players
Capacity 8
Session 2
12:30-3:00 p.m. Intermediate Players
Capacity 8
Session 3
3:30-6:00 p.m. Novice Players
Capacity 8
Cost per Session
is $70 for BVPA members and $85 for non BVPA members.
Each session will consist of appropriate skills instruction and practice according to your playing level as well as mentored game play where you can practice and improve your skills and game strategies.
Because we anticipate significant demand for these clinics, we are giving advance notice now that registration will open at 7:00 am on Monday, August 1, 2022. Your registration will not be complete until you have paid for your session on the Event Sign-Up.
Our instructor will be Sean McCartan, a proud member of Team Selkirk. Selkirk demo paddles will be provided and a variety of new paddles will be on hand for sale if you are interested. This is an excellent opportunity to try out a new paddle!
Sean McCartan is well known and highly regarded throughout the pickleball world in Alberta
and we are lucky
that Sean has made time in his busy schedule to come to Canmore and support our sport in our mountain community.
A brief bio of Sean follows -
Sean, an Edmonton Fire and Rescue Services firefighter, started playing Pickleball casually at his fire hall and was instantly hooked. He quickly got into tournament play and found that he loved competing at a high level as well as teaching/coaching at all levels.?
He and Leslie Srogen are partners in Inapickle which specializes in supporting the growth of Pickleball through their excellent player development clinics. Both Sean and Leslie are proud members of Team Selkirk! ?
Sean is affiliated with Pickleball Coaching International and enjoys teaching and coaching players of all levels...Novice players, Intermediate players and Advanced players will all enjoy and benefit from Sean’s player development clinics. He consistently helps participants become more effective players with a wider repertoire of shots and game strategies.
Sean has brought home medals from across Western Canada and the U.S. including multi medals at Canadian Nationals. In fact, he and Leslie Srogen won the gold medal in Mixed Doubles 4.5 50+ at the 2021 Canadian Nationals held in Red Deer, Alberta.
If you have any questions about these clinics or about Sean, please don’t be shy and ask. Contact Helen Thomson at helen.thomson@shaw.ca
