The Complete Book of Pickleball: The Ultimate Training Guide for Passionate Players of All Levels

A holistic workout program that shares ways to improve the fitness benefits of this wildly popular sport while remaining injury-free.

Build Your Best Pickleball Body and Play Fast, Strong, and Injury-Free

Easy to learn and fun to play, pickleball is also a surprisingly athletic sport. In this  user-friendly book, fitness superstars, the Brungardt brothers, focus their expertise on the needs of pickleball players of all levels, applying the same innovative training methods they’ve used with NBA MVPs, Cy Young Award-winners, and Olympic and tennis champions, to make picklers more athletic and injury-resistant.

To safely reach your pickleball potential, health and fitness professionals agree that the sport should not be your only form of exercise. To fill this critical gap, the Brungardts have created PB-150, a comprehensive program that delivers all the components of an elite pro training center experience—with the fun and flexibility of the pickleball spirit.

The Complete Book of Pickleball brings together a dream team of experts in the fields of strength and conditioning, sports movement, sports vision, physical therapy, sports psychology, athletic training, performance nutrition, and sports medicine. Along with the Brungardts, these experts will coach you through an interactive, easy-to-follow, holistic workout that includes:

• Prehab exercises to help you avoid injuries and play pain-free
• Dynamic warm-ups to prep you to play at a high level
• Strength Training to increase your power output
• Drills to improve balance, coordination, agility, and quickness
• Sports Vision Training to boost reaction time
• Mental techniques to enhance your game and create resilience
• Performance nutrition to fuel, recover, and rebuild

Combining your passion for the game with the PB-150 training program gives you a portal into all the transformative benefits of exercise, while allowing you to enjoy the game you love, for a lifetime.

Kurt Brungardt is a bestselling author and certified personal trainer. He has written twelve books on health, physical culture, and sports that include the bestsellers The Complete Book of Abs (Villard/Random House), The Complete Book of Core Training (Hyperion/Hachette), and The Running Revolution with Dr. Nicholas Romanov (Penguin).
Mike Brungardt was Head strength and conditioning coach for the San Antonio Spurs for 17 years (four Championship seasons). He was inducted into the USA Strength Coaches Hall of Fame in 2011 and is currently the CEO for PROOF Athletic Training.
Brett Brungardt is co-founder of Basic Athletic Measurement (BAM). BAM is the leader in standardized testing and data acquisition for pro, college, and youth sports. He has trained NBA MVPs, NBA dunk champions, Cy Young Award Winners, NFL players, and Olympic athletes. He has been the strength and conditioning coach for the Dallas Mavericks, University of Washington, Beijing Ducks, University of Kentucky, University of Wyoming, and University of Houston.