Our Coaches
Jordann Vigna
HEAD COACH
Jordann holds the IPTPA Director & Level 2 certification in coaching (International Pickleball Teaching Professional Association). She has many medals and was also the 1st round pick for the Toronto Smash CNPL team and 7th pick overall.
She is a coach of Pickleball Getaways owned by Dekel Bar and Ben Johns (#1 player in the world). She has coached alongside some of the best players in the world including Ben Johns, Collin Johns, Dekel Bar, Kyle Yates, Andrea Coop and many others. In the past 3 years, she has coached over 500+ players!
Jordann has a diverse background in sports and coaching which allows her to relate to just about every athlete. She is the 2019 Spikeball National Champion, competing at the pro level for over 7 years. In addition, she has played competitive soccer, volleyball, softball and golf, as well as played a multitude of other sports.
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Louis-Charles Amyot
Louis-Charles has been playing pickleball since the age of 14. Before pickleball, he played several sports, including his main childhood sport, hockey. He is a full-time student and will be graduating this winter.
He has competed in numerous tournaments across Canada and the United States over the past 6 years, including the famous US OPEN tournament in Naples, Florida. He is the 2022 Canadian National Singles Champion.
Recently, he taught alongside the world's #1 and #2 pickleball players, Ben Johns and Collin Johns on the Pickleball Getaways trip to Mexico. He hopes to pass on his passion and expertise in pickleball through coaching.
Marie Jo Trottier
Marie Joanne is certified in Canada PCCN/NCCP (National Coaching Certification Program with Mark Renneson) levels 1 and 2. She has taken the American IPTPA workshop (Teach the Teacher) with Seymour Rifkind and Ernesto Fajardo. She has a master's degree in training management/andragogy (M.Ed) from the Université de Sherbrooke. She has attended several clinics in the USA and Canada with : Catherine Parenteau, Zane Navratil, Julie Johnson, Mark Renneson, Ernesto Fajardo and Matthew Kawamoto.
She is a 4.5-5.0 level player and plays in Quebec, Canadian and American tournaments. She has collected a significant number of medals (local, national, APP and American PPA tournaments), including two golden tickets for the 2023 American national tournament. Marie Jo is sponsored by JOOLA Pickleball, Elite Pickleball, Tennis 13 Fitness, and The Kitchen Dink.
Drawing on her university training, she has developed an approach to learning: the pickleball triangle and several tools to accelerate player development, such as the 4F, APA, 220, Pause and other concepts.
Sophia Racine
Sophia has only been competing for the past year and has already made it to the top of Quebec female players. She has medaled in the Open division already in just her first year. She has experience coaching up to the 3.5 level and is being trained by top coach and player in Canada, Jordann Vigna. She is known for her fun spirit, kind nature, and wicked attacks.