Welcome to Prestige

Prestige Pickleball Academy is dedicated to promoting pickleball through training, coaching and overall development of the game. Our overall mission is to help players live a healthier lifestyle through pickleball. We work with clients to improve their game. For those clients who wish to compete, we will assist them to become more complete tournament pickleball players. We cater to all levels and ages of aspiring pickleball players. We look forward to working with our students to optimize their play while maximizing their enjoyment playing pickleball.

Our Team

Alex Nguyen

PPR Certified Professional

alex@prestigepickleballacademy.com
314-503-0575

Alex Nguyen is a certified Pickleball Professional with Professional Pickleball Registry. Alex is very passionate about playing pickleball and helping clients improve their games. His goal is to instill the following in his clients:

A passion for the game of pickleball
Elevate the playing ability and competitiveness
Help players achieve their potential

Alex has participated in sports throughout his life and played soccer at a high level in Norway and in the US as a Division I Collegiate player. He has been a coach for the past twenty-five years. He is an advanced pickleball player and regularly incorporates the knowledge he gains from his own pickleball development to better train and coach his clients in their pickleball development.

Yiannis Serlemitsos

PPR Certified Coach

yiannis@prestigepickleballacademy.com
603-393-4125

Yiannis Serlemitsos is a certified Pickleball Coach with Professional Pickleball Registry. Yiannis focuses on helping his clients derive joy from the game. He places emphasis on using pickleball as a vehicle towards enjoyable exercise and camaraderie. His goal is to instill the following in his clients:

Enjoying playing pickleball
Improving basic play and strategy
Optimizing player confidence

Yiannis played tennis at a high level both here and abroad and continues to play recreationally. While in Zambia, he practiced with the Zambia Davis Cup team and coached up and coming youth players for over a decade. Yiannis is a strong pickleball player who is passionate about pickleball strategy at all levels, and who enjoys teaching players of all ages and levels.

Beginning Players – Teach Beginning students:

The fundamentals of the grip and basic strokes
The rules of pickleball including how to score and pickleball etiquette
To develop an approach to understanding strategy and implementing it during play

Intermediate Players – Teach Intermediate students:

To eliminate common mistakes
To develop a variety of shots
To improve consistency
To enhance game strategy

Advanced Players – Teach Advanced students:

Appropriate shot selection
Reliable shot execution
To eliminate errors and perfect consistent play
How to control play
To manage game strategy and adapt as necessary