Coach Rob is a certified Coach with the Professional Pickleball Registry (PPR), a USA Pickleball Affiliate, a Brand Ambassador for CRBN Pickleball, and a Brand Ambassador for Hesacore Pickleball Grips. Coach Rob’s goal is to give his clients strong pathways to improving their game while following the social and fun aspects that are the foundation of our sport.

Coach Rob’s pickleball journey began in 2019 with his wife, Theresa on a suggestion from our Niece to give it a try. Shortly afterwards, we found our local community center played pickleball 3 times per week, so we bought a set of wooden paddles and headed to the courts! After the awkward silence that followed when we pulled out our wooden paddles, we found a great group of folks that were very welcoming and helpful and so our journey began (and yes, we had new paddles within the week!). Since that point, Pickleball has led our lifestyle and has opened a great world of people, friends, fitness, competition and most of all fun! Coach Rob has competed in multiple local, regional and national pickleball tournaments and has been fortunate to find the podium in multiple tournaments with his wife in mixed doubles and with multiple male partners in gender doubles.

Coach Rob became a certified PPR coach in January of 2023 and began teaching at Dropshot Pickleball in June of 2023. Since that point, Coach Rob has helped over 1,000 players in both Minnesota and SW Florida improve their game or begin their pickleball journey. Coach Rob helps players focus on fundamentals, strategy, tactics, and court awareness. His goal for every lesson is to give each client the tools to improve, take aways to practice the content, and to have fun while improving their game.

When Coach Rob is not playing or coaching pickleball, you will likely find him and his wife traveling to various professional Pickleball tournaments around the country to support the growth of the game and support the players at the highest level of our sport.