If you’re a beginner/improving player come and join us for a dedicated 4 night pickleball break at The Manor and Ashbury Resort Hotels. All sessions take place with our IPTPA level 2 and English Tournament medal winning coach and will have a maximum of 16 people per break to ensure quality coaching.

Away from the courts you will have full access of the resort facilities, plus enjoy full-board dining throughout your stay.

About Ray

Ray Puttick is a qualified IPTPA Level 2 Coach and tournament player at the 3.5-4.0 level.

Most recently Ray was one of the two successful English players at the US Open picking up a silver medal. In the 2023 English Open he gained a Gold Medal for the singles 65+, a Gold medal for the mixed doubles 65+, and a bronze in the men’s doubles 65+, and followed these results with two more bronze medals in doubles at the English Nationals in October 2023.

With over 20 years of racket coaching experience, he continues using his LTA level 3 Tennis coach and BAofE Level 2 Badminton coach qualifications to help players of all ages and standards to enjoy racket sports.

Take a look at our 4 night midweek coaching break itinerary below.

4 Day Itinerary

15.00 | Arrival and settle into your room

15.30-17.30 | Meet the coach, safety, and course introduction. Round Robin Doubles Tournament on our Spa Sports Hall dedicated Pickleball courts.

10.00 – 12.30 | Serve and Return, Ground Strokes, techniques & drills

12.30 – 13.30 | Lunch

14.00 – 17.00 | Third shot options, drop, drive or lob, techniques & drills

10.00 – 12.30 |The soft game, dinking with purpose, kitchen drills

12.30 – 13.30 | Lunch

14.00 – 16.00 | Fourth Shot Options, techniques & drills & Match Tactics

16.00 – 17.30 | One to One 15 minute sessions with your Coach

9.00 – 09.45 | One to One 15 minute sessions with your Coach

10.00 – 12.45 | American Style Doubles Tournament

12.45 – 17.00 | Lunch and free time

Pickleball Coaching

Intermediate Course

Level 2.5-3.5 DUPR rating or has played over 3 months

Arrival Nights Location
2nd Feb 2026 FULLY BOOKED 4 Ashbury
Monday 2nd March 2026 4 Manor
Monday 13th April 2026  FULLY BOOKED 4 Manor
Monday 1st June 2026 4 Manor
Monday 29th June 2026 FULLY BOOKED 4 Manor
Monday 7th September 2026 4 Manor
Monday 19th October 2026 4 Ashbury
Monday 16th November 2026 4 Ashbury
Monday 7th December 2026 4 Manor
Monday 18th January 2027 4 Ashbury
Monday 22nd February 2027 4 Manor

Advance Course

A four day advance course – Standard tariff plus £105 per person with a 1:8 ratio coach to players.

Dates Resort
Thursday 14th December 2026 Manor

Make a Booking:

Prices are the standard tariff plus a Coaching Supplement of £75pp.

Standard booking terms and conditions apply. Discount codes may be used on coaching breaks.

A minimum of 4 guests per break is required for each break to proceed.

Lunch is not included on arrival and departure days.

Courts are of carpet and therefore carpet style court shoes are recommended for safety.

Call our bookings team to reserve your space.

[Ray] was very professional, patient and encouraging. We all learned new skills that we would never have been able to develop had we not had the close attention we had from him. He created a relaxed and friendly atmosphere which allowed us to be unworried or anxious about making mistakes and I feel that we all improved our games as a result. I would 100% recommend Ray to anyone thinking of getting coaching for pickleball
Ray improved our pickleball skills immensely, his enthusiasm for the game is obvious and great people skills. Both Ray and Roger on the tennis are great racket skill coaches. I will be down there again, the Manor is a brilliant sport / craft resort.

The course provided by Ray was excellent and I learnt so much. The environment was friendly and Ray made everyone feel welcomed and included. The content of the course was great and provided a well rounded skill set. Since coming home, I’ve booked another course run my Ray in December which probably tells you everything.

We were very impressed with Ray’s knowledge and skill and he gave us plenty of valuable tips to work on. He delivered well organised sessions and was very attentive to individual needs. His enthusiasm rubbed off on us all and we were happy with the way the group came together with Ray’s positivity, work ethic and energy. Ray’s coaching course out performed our expectations and we are confident our game will have improved as a result. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
[Ray] is an exceptionally talented coach who has a warm encouraging style that inspires the very best in all his participants. His knowledge of the game and his ability to teach the craft of how to play it well is outstanding. It was a real pleasure to be taught by him. He worked so hard to make sure all the participants bonded as group, both during tuition and socially off the court.
It was my first visit to Manor, I really enjoyed my stay and will be back for more. The intermediate coaching course was brilliant. Ray is an amazing teacher and I learnt so much.Thank you to you and the team also. I thought the staff were brilliant and the facilities excellent.
I came home from the course feeling I’d learnt so much in a short time-frame. It was an absolute delight to be coached by such a warm-hearted, motivational, competent and highly-skilled coach. I will be thoroughly recommending Ray to the other members of our U3A Pickleball group in Malvern, and anyone else who mentions Pickleball !!!
Ray is an excellent teacher and an upmost professional . I learnt so much which was all thanks to Ray and the positive way in which he coached the sport. It was great fun and a wonderful experience.

I was lucky enough to have some coaching with Ray at the Manor House last week. He was amazing! His knowledge and understanding of the game is exceptional and he imparts it professionally and with kindness to those of us who have only recently taken up the sport. I learnt lots and have more confidence to try new shots that I wouldn’t have attempted before! He is an inspiration!

I have recently completed the Pickleball coaching course with Ray. It was excellent and really informative. Ray is an extremely talented coach and so generous with his knowledge and time. He has given us so much fun taking part with a group of like-minded people, and enabled us to make a lot of friends. We hope to be able to return to take another coaching session with Ray as he has so much more he could teach us given more time.