ABOUT
Ben

Ben is a high energy coach based in Las Vegas, NV. Starting in 2010, he taught tennis to kids which eventually led to teaching at several tennis academies while playing varsity tennis at Linfield University. This ignited his passion to coach high performance athletes, a pursuit that was eventually paused during his studies. He received a B.S in Exercise Science at Linfield, and transitioned to graduate school at the University of Wyoming (UW) where he continued to coach tennis at the local tennis club. Over six years, he earned his MS in Kinesiology and Health and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences all while continuing to teach tennis and, after COVID, pickleball. He then switched to coaching exclusively pickleball while accepting a Post-doctoral research position at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He has since transitioned to coaching pickleball full-time, chasing the passion he once had for helping kids and adults alike improve their games.

 

His PhD and postdoc have trained him to dive into and simplify the biomechanics of different shots. He combines many different realms of science—such as math, statistics using probability, physics, and physiology—to identify and improve issues that might present themselves in people's games. He has taught kids, undergraduates, and adults alike and has a knack for simplifying concepts into the most digestible form for each individual. Although he currently plays professionally, his 16 years of coaching racquet and paddle experience have helped him prioritize teaching pickleball globally. Ben is currently the NJP Academy director, an RPO clinician, and a traveling coach for Pickleball Getaways under Ben Johns and Dekel Bar.