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What is happening with El Camino and Jamboree is not incremental growth — it is cultural innovation within pickleball. These projects blend high‑level coaching with a deliberately designed community framework, creating one of the most intentional and compelling training cultures emerging in the sport today. They are not merely events or camps; they represent a movement in global pickleball — one that prioritizes identity, education, and long‑term development. As the game matures internationally, this kind of structure will be essential to shaping its future.
What makes this especially powerful is that the experience is not just effective — it is, in the words of those who lived it, awesome, unique, profound. When players and coaches speak with that kind of conviction, it signals that we are not just organizing programs; we are shaping culture. Voices like that matter, because they reveal where the sport is truly evolving.”
— Javier Regalado
President, Global Pickleball Federation
Pickleball is a relatively new game. Its expression continues to evolve. We’re fascinated by the way every player constructs a unique pickleball identify from a variety of background sports—and other passions. A lesson does not begin and end on the court. The lesson—the journey—never ends.
Jericho Hill Pickleball School (JHPS) is a boutique academy offering the country’s most innovative slate of pickleball training programs designed to help players refine their skills, build confidence, understand higher level strategies, and find a place in the city’s unique pickleball culture.
The school sprung up out of the Jericho Beach Pickleball courts. With no fixed home base, we bring our programs to life across various community centres, outdoor courts, private clubs, and field trips abroad alongside a network of more than a dozen coaches with expertise in mindset, movement science, statistics, and wellness. This synergy allows us to create totally unique experiences for each player.
Among other iconic programs, JHPS created Vancouver’s Summer Pickleball Jamboree at Hillcrest, West Point Grey’s popular Pickleball Training Hall, Mount Pleasant’s competitive early morning sessions, UBC’s Master Classes, Douglas Park’s “art and science” workshops, El Camino immersive camps, the Friday Social Soft Game, Dunbar’s weekend accelerators, junior training, family workships, the Wood Paddle Classic, “learn to referee” events, plus cutting edge corporate team pickleball building Jamborees.
We also offer private and semi-private sessions with Canada’s first NCCP level 3 certified coaches.
The combination of male and female coaches, each slightly different in age, different cultural backgrounds, different athletic backgrounds, different professional backgrounds—offering both a tournament and recreational lens—balancing fitness and mindset, dig deep into each member’s specific journey. We help some find confidence and camaraderie on the court, while showing more competitive members how to push beyond their limits. Some we guide to faraway courts they never imagined existed.
We’ve coached athletes from every sport. Hockey Hall of Famers, former Olympians, professional basketball players, 4th degree black belts, musicians, tap dancers, mountain climbers, surfers, golfers, teachers, nerds, CEOs, gardeners, nine-year-olds and 90-year-olds. Which is all to say, there is no single once-size-fits-all approach to pickleball. We have a unique lens to dig into each player’s technique, introduce them to established tactics and strategy, help them process the wider dialogue and, most importantly, find their place in the local pickleball culture, and beyond.
Some simply want to work on mechanics and strategy before a tournament. For others, we help put their lifelong journeys into context. The overarching conversation invariably becomes more valuable than any specific work we do on the court.
At the end of the day, those who find their way to the Jericho Hill School are really attempting to build meaningful community.