Support Youth Pickleball: Become a Sponsor

By sponsoring the Tennessee Junior Pickleball Association, you're directly supporting the growth of youth pickleball in your community and across the state. Your contribution provides essential equipment, funds competitive pathways through league play and tournaments, and promotes adaptive and inclusive events.

Join us in making a lasting impact on young athletes and our community. Contact us today to explore sponsorship opportunities!

We are thrilled to collaborate with the Memphis FCA and are honored to have Rod Nixon, the local FCA Executive Director, as a member of our board. Together, we promoting pickleball to student-athletes across the Greater Memphis area and introducing a dynamic sport that fosters teamwork and community engagement. The response so far has been encouraging, and we look forward to inspiring even more young athletes!

If you are interested in the unique opportunities in sponsoring the emerging sport of junior pickleball, please contact Randall Bedwell at 615.714.0139 or TNJuniorPickleball@gmail.com

Germantown Consolidated School Health understands the positive social, emotional, and physical benefits of youth pickleball. We have gone into their schools and taught their students, trained their PE teachers in the pedagogies of pickleball, and are forming Junior Team Pickleball teams in all their schools.

Biggby Coffee isn’t your typical coffee house and Jabin Newhouse, owner, isn’t your typical barista. He understands compassionate capitalism better than anyone else, always giving back to the community, finding opportunities to connect like-minded pickleballers, and still serving up a mean cup of Joe.

For over four years, Selkirk has partnered with the Tennessee Junior Pickleball Association and Pickleball Kids USA, providing paddles, nets, and equipment to schools, nonprofits, and youth organizations. Their support has helped us lead the growth of youth pickleball across the country. Are you a school or organization eager to bring pickleball to kids? Hit us up and we’ll get things started.

Bluff City Pickleball has played a crucial role in growing junior pickleball across Tennessee. Co-owners John and Leslie Daniel provided the initial funding for Tennessee Junior Pickleball Association and John serves as Chairman of the Board of TJPA.

Institutional Sponsors

Through a CARES Grant, administered by the Office of Strategic Inititatives, Tennessee Department of Health, we were able to write the nation’s first State Academic Standards for Physical Education—Pickleball, and introduce the game to thousands of children across Tennessee and beyond.

With the publication of Junior Pickleball: A Guide for Teachers, Coaches, and Volunteers—including state standards and a handbook for starting league play—we’ve trained PE teachers across Tennessee in junior pickleball pedagogies. School teams are now forming and the Tennessee Junior Pickleball Association is providing competitive pathways for young athletes eager to excel in the sport.