We find the one thing costing you the most points — and fix it with you on court, in one afternoon. Built for the 50-and-over player who has been stuck at the same level.
Shawn Smith, head coach, + a second coach, announced soonPPR-certified instructor · DUPR-certified coach · 4.656 DUPR · both coaches on court all four hoursEnds Sunday, November 29 · $249 after
$199.97 of included extras on top of four hours of coaching — and one camper wins a $249.99 Diadem paddle.
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I came home so excited to implement what I learned. The format was so conducive to learning the skills presented. This is the best money I’ve spent on pickleball by far!
Today was my first time back at it since then and I actually got several compliments on my playing (meaning that they noticed the improvement)… I liked the individual attention that the coaches gave us.
Real players from our sold-out Austin camp on October 23. Tap any video to watch.
Two coaches, twelve players, six to a coach. Your head coach, in his own words.
I’ve been teaching the game of pickleball since 2019. I’m a DUPR-certified coach and a PPR-certified instructor, and I’m the head pickleball pro at Pickle City USA in Fort Worth — the club where your camp is.
On December 13 my job is to find the one habit that’s costing you the most points, show you why it matters, and fix it with you on court that afternoon — then make sure it holds up in live points before you leave. My second coach and I will both be on court with you all four hours.
Six players per coach is the rule, not the target, so every Breakthrough camp has two coaches on court for the full four hours. Shawn’s second coach will be named on this page with their background before camp.
Early-bird through Sunday, November 29 · then $249 · Cancel 15+ days before camp for a 90% refund or full future-camp credit · Refund policy
Have questions, or want to talk with a coach first? Ask a question or call or text (830) 554-9310.
Early-bird pricing ends Sunday, November 29. Leave your name and email and we’ll send you the full camp schedule — hour by hour — plus one reminder before the price goes to $249.
Send me the scheduleSunday, December 13, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM at Pickle City USA, 8600 N City Dr, Fort Worth. Doors open at 12:30 for check-in. Every session is drilling with correction — you learn by hitting the shot, not by hearing about it.
Every player shares the one thing they came to fix, so both coaches know what to watch for from the first rep. Then a dynamic warm-up built for the 50-and-over body, with the keys to staying healthy and resilient on court.
Proper ready position, soft hands, and dink control — cross-court and straight-on. The slow game is where intermediate points are won and lost.
Taking the dink out of the air with control. Defensive blocking and counters under pressure. And how to get the ball down when it’s above the net instead of sailing it long.
How to choose a paddle for your game: weighting, grips and shapes, with paddles in hand. The Diadem demo fleet comes out here — 16mm and 14mm, elongated and hybrid, mid-tier to flagship, including the brand-new Edge Flex — and stays out for the rest of the afternoon.
Shot mechanics on the serve and the return, plus placement and positioning. Deep, consistent, and on purpose.
Third-shot mechanics: when to drop, when to drive, and how to choose in real time. This is the shot that separates 3.0 from 3.5.
Moving from the baseline to the kitchen with purpose and timing — when to go, when to hold, and what to do with the ball that arrives at your feet on the way.
Simulated point play to lock in transition strategy, court positioning and pickleball IQ at the game’s most critical moments, then real games with both coaches rotating in. Swap into a Diadem demo paddle and try it in live play.
Recap, your takeaways, and next steps toward your Breakthrough After-Camp Plan, which follows by email within 72 hours. Team photos, your video reviews, and the drawing — one camper at every Breakthrough camp goes home with a brand-new Diadem paddle.
Early-bird through Sunday, November 29 · then $249 · Cancel 15+ days before camp for a 90% refund or full future-camp credit · Refund policy
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Nobody’s third-shot drop ever improved from hearing it explained. It improves from hitting fifty of them with a coach six feet away who stops you on the third one and changes your contact point — and then watches the next forty-seven to make sure it holds.
That is the whole reason for six players per coach. In a clinic of twenty, the coach teaches the room. In a group of six, the coach teaches you, and you find out on the very next rep whether the fix worked — not three weeks later.
Every block on the schedule above is built that way: a short demonstration, then reps with correction, then the same shot in a live point. Four hours of it adds up to a lot of “oh — that’s what it’s supposed to feel like.”
Two coaches watch your reps and find the one habit — a decision, a contact point, a position — that’s costing you the most points.
You get a specific fix you can feel and understand, not general advice.
You repeat it until it starts to happen without thinking.
You use it in live points while a coach watches whether it holds under pressure.
You leave with the After-Camp Plan and a week of open play to work it, so the afternoon keeps paying off.
Early-bird through Sunday, November 29 · then $249 · Cancel 15+ days before camp for a 90% refund or full future-camp credit · Refund policy
Questions? Ask a coach or call or text (830) 554-9310.
The 11–9 game you had and gave away. The third shot you floated at 9–9, again. The same two people, at the same courts, beating you the same way they did last month.
You’ve done what everyone says to do. Watched the videos. Played more. Bought the paddle. And your game is exactly where it was a year ago — because nobody has ever stood six feet away, watched your mechanics and your decisions for four hours, and told you the one thing to fix first.
That is the job on December 13.
Twelve players, two coaches, six to a coach. By 5 PM you will know what your habit is, you will have felt the fix work in live points, and you will have it written down. The following week you play the same people on the same courts — and the points go the other way.
Early-bird through Sunday, November 29 · then $249 · Cancel 15+ days before camp for a 90% refund or full future-camp credit · Refund policy
Questions? Ask a coach or call or text (830) 554-9310.
December 16. Your regular group, your regular courts, the same two people who have beaten you all year. Nothing about the room has changed — except you know what your habit is now, and you spent Sunday afternoon and two open-play sessions fixing it.
Nobody will say anything for a game or two. Then your partner will. Then the pair across the net will start playing you differently, because the ball they used to feed on isn’t there anymore.
Four hours, one habit, and the points start going the other way.
Your spot includes one week of unlimited open play at Pickle City USA, on the courts you trained on, starting any day you choose. And eleven other Fort Worth-area players at your level to use it with. New playing partners come with the spot.
Positioning and shot selection that control rallies — you’ll finish the afternoon with gas left in the tank, and that matters at 50 and over.
Drop or drive? Hold or attack? You’ll drill the decision until your body answers before your brain finishes asking.
Two coaches, six players each, watching from two angles — the flaw that’s been capping your game gets caught and corrected on the spot, not described in general.
Twenty-five minutes in the Paddle Lab on weighting, grips and shapes — with paddles in hand — and then a rack of Diadem demos to test it on for the rest of the afternoon. You’ll leave knowing why your paddle plays the way it does and how to change it. One camper also goes home with a brand-new Diadem paddle.
Your drill sheet in hand when you leave, your written After-Camp Plan by email within 72 hours, and twelve months in the Breakthrough Players Club: a live coach Q&A every month and a place to ask a question any time.
Early-bird through Sunday, November 29 · then $249 · Cancel 15+ days before camp for a 90% refund or full future-camp credit · Refund policy
Questions? Ask a coach or call or text (830) 554-9310.
Within 72 hours of camp you get a written plan built from what your coaches saw: the two or three things to fix first, a 30-day drill roadmap, and how often to practice.
The drills you ran at camp, written down so you can run them with a partner the next week.
Hit the brand-new Diadem Edge Flex before you ever have to buy one. Twenty-five minutes on how to choose a paddle — weighting, grips, shapes — and then the whole Diadem demo fleet stays out for the rest of the afternoon. Feel the difference between a 16mm and a 14mm. Between an elongated shape and a hybrid. Between their mid-tier paddle and their flagship. Campers get 15% off any Diadem gear at camp, and one camper at every Breakthrough camp goes home with a brand-new Diadem paddle.
Camp shows you the fix. This is where you go practice it. Every camper gets one full week of unlimited open play at the camp venue — the same courts you just spent the afternoon on. You pick the start date: begin the day of camp, or any day up to Sunday, December 20, one week after. Bring your drill sheet and run it. Open play sessions only.
Camp finds the habit and fixes it. The Players Club is how it stays fixed. Every camper gets a year of it at no charge.
A Players Club membership will sell for $69.99 a year. Yours is included.
Four hours of coaching and $199.97 of extras above — all included in your $219 spot.
Breakthrough Pickleball is proudly partnered with Diadem Sports. The Paddle Lab is taught as diagnostic instruction — we teach you how to choose a paddle for your game, not which one to buy. One paddle is given away per camp by random drawing.
Early-bird through Sunday, November 29 · then $249 · Cancel 15+ days before camp for a 90% refund or full future-camp credit · Refund policy
Questions? Ask a coach or call or text (830) 554-9310.
Sunday, December 13, 2026 · 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Pickle City USA, Fort Worth · 12 spots · 50+ · 2.9–3.5
Twelve spots. Two coaches who will know your game by 1:15. One habit found and fixed by 5 PM, written down, and a week of open play to make it stick.
Twelve spots. One afternoon. Your game, different by dinner.
Early-bird through Sunday, November 29 · then $249 · Cancel 15+ days before camp for a 90% refund or full future-camp credit · Refund policy
Have questions, or want to talk with a coach first? Ask a question or call or text (830) 554-9310.
Not sure the camp fits your level? Call or text (830) 554-9310 — it rings straight to Foster Johnson, co-founder. Or send a coach your question here and we’ll send you the full schedule too.
Breakthrough runs this same camp — same format, same four hours, same 12 spots — at 13 other camps in 10 other cities. If you are travelling, or you know a player who would want this, send them straight to their city.
