Contact Our Instructors for Private Lessons
The Pickleball Instructors below are well-known and highly respected within the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. They teach clinics, bootcamps and classes at VICTORIUM. Each Instructor also teaches private lessons and group lessons outside of VICTORIUM. If you are interested in private or group lessons, please contact them directly.
Cathy Turchan
Cathy Colbert Turchan has been playing for over seven years and loves watching players elevate their game. Cathy has been actively competing for six years and has been teaching in Arizona and Park City, Utah for four years.
Vicki Foster
Vicki Foster is a 5.0 pickleball player and teaching pro, offering private and custom group lessons in Scottsdale since 2008. She trains and tests new teaching pros as a national clinician for the Professional Pickleball Registry (PPR), the nation’s primary professional certification organization. Vicki was the recipient of PPR’s 2022 National Clinician of the Year award. She is a sponsored player on Team GAMMA and a head pro for GAMMA Pickleball Camps. Vicki has multiple gold medals in the 5.0 open division at both the USA and Canadian National Championships and was drafted onto the Gilbert Gladiators, one of five teams competing in the Arizona Pickleball League’s 2023 inaugural season.
David Smith
David Smith is the teaching pro at Anthem Golf & Country Club in beautiful Anthem, AZ. He is a Certified PPR Pickleball Instructor and a member of Pickleball Coaching International. David has played in pickleball tournaments all over the US. He invests a lot of time in Pickleball, playing and studying the game and talking to renowned coaches across the country about the game of pickleball, new methods, and “everything” about pickleball.
Jeff Peck
Terri Schaefers
Terri Schaefers has an extensive Racquet Sports background in Tennis, Racquetball and Pickleball as an instructor and tournament competitor. Terri has been playing and competing in Pickleball for 7 years and an instructor for 3 years. Terri is a PPR and IPTPA Certified Professional Instructor and a sponsored player for Gearbox Sports. She has been currently teaching for the City of Scottsdale, the J.W. Marriott and the Phoenix Country Club. Terri’s passion is sharing her love of pickleball and teaching players to improve their skills. She looks forward to seeing you on the courts!
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