IPTPA Certified Instructors


The Foothills Pickleball Association (Hickory and the surrounding area) has six International Pickleball Teaching Professional Association (IPTPA) Certified Instructors available to provide individual or group lessons. Feel free to call, text, or email them using the contact information listed below.

Channing Moose Dan Beatty
Channing Moose
madmoosepickleball@gmail.com
828-270-9112
IPTPA Level I, II &
Junior Specialty (ages 5+)
Dan Beatty
dbeatty1968@gmail.com
828-238-3462
IPTPA Level II
Nancy Moore Dan Castilleja
Nancy Moore
gatormango@gmail.com
267-980-2298
IPTPA Level I & II
Dan Castilleja
DCastilleja@FCA.org
505-507-4019
IPTPA Level I & II
Marian Erikson Lee Gibbs
Marian Erikson
Marian@MarianErikson.com
828-308-8454
IPTPA Level I & II
Lee Gibbs
LeeGibbs345@gmail.com
828-612-1004
IPTPA Level I
Steven Knop
Steven Knop
steven.knop@gmail.com
719-244-1674
IPTPA Level I & II