For pickleball players who are tired of playing hurt, then sitting out.
Movement Coaching for Pickleball Players Who Do Not Want to Be Sidelined
You can play four days a week — or you can play two, tweak something, and sit out three. The difference is not luck. It is whether your body is prepared for the stops, starts, and reaches the game keeps asking for.
You Know Exactly Which One Is Yours
- —Your elbow or shoulder aches for two days after open play, and rest only works until you play again. Read more →
- —You stopped chasing the ball you used to get, because your knee or calf decides how hard you push off. Read more →
- —You play two weeks, tweak something, sit out three — and then do it again. Read more →
None of this is set in stone. Your body adapts and heals — and that elbow, knee, or calf is pointing straight at what to train next. You can outgrow it.
Play Every Game. Feel Fine Tomorrow.
You want to stay in the rotation instead of tapping out after two games. Chase the ball you used to get. Play four days a week if you feel like it.
The court is where you compete and where your friends are. Sitting out three weeks costs more than the ankle did.
So we do not train you to be generally healthier. We train you so the game stops being the hardest thing your body does all week.
Your body adapts and heals. Every tweak carries information — it shows why you needed to evolve and points to your next level on the court.
Not sitting out. Outgrowing it.
Training Built for What the Court Asks
Playing more does not prepare you for the game. It spends what you already have — the stops, starts, reaches, and turns come out of the same account.
We put it back. Three steps, in order.
We Watch You Move
Simple movement tests to see how you rotate, how you load one leg, and what your hips and ankles are contributing. Nothing to pass or fail. It usually explains the pain in the first twenty minutes.
We Find What Isn't Contributing
Pain shows up where the load lands, not where it started. Your elbow covers for a torso that will not turn; your knee covers for hips and ankles that quit. We train the cause, not the complaint.
We Train for the Court
The game asks you to start, stop, turn, and reach — for two hours. We build those four, plus the endurance to still have them in the third game — and to play past the point where the setbacks used to start.
Active People Who Kept Moving
"True movement experts! They first help me gain awareness of what my body may be telling me, then created movements just for me for specific areas — using objects easy to find in my house, such as a door frame. Overall great experience."
"I was surprised and thankful my spine deformity got straightened. I was afraid it would worsen and pain would surely ensue — but nope, no pain or discomfort. I feel and move like I am in my 30s and can dance up to 5 hours."
"I have been training with Alex and Sean for over 10 years. This is not about pumping iron — it is about being in touch with your body and understanding it. My strength, balance and flexibility have improved greatly."
Since 2012
Founded by twin brothers Alexander and Sean Courtney.
Inside a PT Clinic
We share space with Sports and Ortho Physical Therapy in Highland Park — much of our work begins where therapy ends.
Still Competing
Alex started Brazilian jiu-jitsu at 38 — we don't just teach preparation, we live it.
Start With a Conversation
Your first step is a Discovery Call. We'll talk through your history, your goals, and what your body is teaching you — and decide together whether we're the right fit.
Book Your Discovery CallZoom or phone · Call or text 847-416-8781
Based in Highland Park · Serving Highland Park, Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, Deerfield & Highwood — and online.