Pickleball: Tips, Lessons, Strategies, & Myths: From a Certified Pickleball Professional & U.S. Open Gold Medal Winner Paperback – March 24, 2020

John knows this game inside and out and balances teaching with intensity and joy. It's such an awesome game and no matter what level you play at he helps you to move forward with the right next step. I have been a student of Pro Callahan for over a year now and he is a skilled and gracious instructor. I am really impressed by how he has taken his "court wisdom" and packed it into the pages of this great book. I am now ordering more copies to give to friends and family for the holidays. I really love the engaging format with pictures to help illustrate key lessons and break everything down into nice bite-size chunks. I have become more and more excited and invested in pickleball this past year. It is such a fun and rewarding sport. (even traveling to Naples to check out the stomping grounds of the U.S. open and getting to meet Kyle Yates) I highly recommend this gem of a book and I think it makes an excellent gift for anyone who is just starting on their pickleball journey or wants to take their game to the next level!

I have been playing Pickleball in St Louis now seriously for about 1 year. I come to the game as a 5.0 tennis player who has played competitively at a high level for decades. I began one cold winter day December 2019 by walking onto the court at CCRC and introducing myself to John. From that moment on, he has been nothing but gracious, inviting, and encouraging as a Pickleball professional instructor, fellow tennis player, and friend. He has really motivated me to make Pickleball "my" game now.I read the book from cover-to-cover the day I received it. The book is outstanding for all levels of players. For me, a 4.5 player, it helped solidify some concepts that advanced players all know but often have trouble sticking to, namely, "just don't miss," don't commit unforced errors (75% of points are won due to unforced errors), and "no need to run so much" (i.e., use "discernment"--what a great word !!)-----positioning and slower play are the keys to success and fun play. I particularly enjoyed his comments on the transition from tennis to Pickleball, very applicable to my situation. He is so right....90% is transferable but there are key elements that are not (I'm working on the 10%).Thank you John for sharing your insights and helping so many people enjoy their new found sport.

This summer of 2023 I have done a John Callahan clinic twice a week and play in his leagues every Saturday. He is there in the flesh every single time! A very hands on instructor, he appreciates the efforts of every individual.He continually quotes from this book and recites page numbers so we can reference then after each lesson.This book is the ‘bible’ of Pickleball

This book speaks to me and I am getting good coaching from it! I understand how to develop my best game.The examples and photos and comparisons to other sports makes it even more relatable. All coaches have different styles of teaching and this one is really valuable to me.

What a great book packed with tips and practical strategies you can immediately apply to improve your game. Appreciated the easy to read format with accompanying photographs. It is a valuable handbook with essential lessons. Especially appreciated the chapter on the dangerous myths that can impede progress. Information that was eye opening and extremely helpful. No matter your level this book will speak to you. This has become my favorite go to gift idea for fellow pickleball friends. It is a book you will read and reread. A “carry in your gym bag” gem.

John is an excellent teacher and his book is an encapsulation of all of his teaching philosophys and experience. John is a get to the point kind of guy and values getting out and hitting balls over tedious in depth explanations of minute pickleball rules and trivia. While beginners will get the most value out of the book, intermediate and advanced players will find things that impact their game as well.

I was very disappointed in the book. I took a lesson from one of his instructors and she highly recommended it. First 37 pages talked about John. Get over yourself. I’m halfway through the book and haven’t learned a thing.

This was the first pickleball book I bought after my first 9 months of recreational play. The Pickleball Basics chapter guided me through developing many fundamentals that general play would have never helped me with. The lessons, techniques and drills covered in the book are the same as those during clinics that John Callahan conducts as a Certified Pickleball Professional and coach which could cost hundreds of dollars. So this $19 book is a bargain and will always be a handy reference to improve anyone's game at all player skill levels.This Book and John Callahan are the REAL DEAL for Pickleball.Thanks to John for writing this book and everything it has done to make me a better player and greatly increasing my overall enjoyment of this sport.