About

Mark Livingston is President of Coach Mark Pickleball, Inc., a pickleball coaching practice located in Blaine, Washington. Blaine is situated across Semiahmoo Bay from White Rock, British Columbia and is 30 miles from Vancouver and 110 miles from Seattle.

It’s All About Control, Consistency, and Confidence!

Mark had 50 years of tennis playing and 10 years of tennis coaching prior to his introduction to pickleball. He is now a Certified Level 2 Teaching Professional through IPTPA (International Pickleball Teaching Professional Association), a Certified Pro through PPR (Professional Pickleball Registry) and a Certified Coach through PCI (Pickleball Coaching International). In addition, Coach Mark is an IPTPA 4.5 rated player and Director of an IPTPA Training and Testing Center. He provides training and rating services for players at all levels of skill.

Coach Mark is an advocate for and practitioner of the “play slower and lower” style of pickleball. Play Slower and Lower (and the Slow Game) focuses on mastering the control and consistency required to hit all nine shots in pickleball from anywhere on the court. The benefit? When you slow the game down with quality drop, dink, drive, volley, and reset shots, you upset the rhythm of opponents. This enables you to control game tempo, produce high balls (popups) that you or your partner can easily put away, and win more games, matches, and medals!

Coach Mark is a retired Certified Management Consultant™ with 35 years of experience working with corporations, startups, nonprofits, and government entities at the federal, state, and local level. During his first career, Mark headed Loyal Promoters LLC and specialized in helping clients launch new products, design skill-based training systems; and grow more loyal promoters.

Coach Mark is also President of The Social Impact Foundation (TSIF), a private family foundation with a mission to improve the health, wealth, and wellbeing of communities. Coach Mark Pickleball supports this mission by providing two programs free of charge to the Birch Bay Activity Center in Birch Bay, Washington as well as funding improvements at BBAC benefitting the entire pickleball community.