I'm Tobin — a pickleball coach in Irvine, California. I run Family Pickleball, working with players of all ages and skill levels at local courts and rec centers.

I built BallBot because I was drowning in the work that happens off the court. Tracking clients in spreadsheets. Sending follow-up messages one by one. Chasing waivers. Copying schedules into texts. Losing leads because I forgot to reply.

The tools that exist are built for facilities — clubs with front desks, court reservation systems, and IT teams. I don't own a facility. I teach on public courts. I needed something built for the way I actually work.

So I built it. BallBot started as a simple client tracker and grew into a full coaching platform — AI that drafts messages in my voice, WhatsApp integration, lesson plans, waivers, a content marketplace, and more.

Every feature in BallBot exists because I needed it myself. I'm not just building this product — I use it every day to run my own coaching business. That's the difference.

Our Mission

Give every independent coach the same tools that big academies have — without the big academy price tag.

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Coach-first

Every decision starts with "does this help the coach on the court?" If the answer is no, we don't build it.

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AI that sounds like you

Our AI learns your voice and your style. Your clients should never feel like they're talking to a machine.

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Your data, your clients

End-to-end encryption on all client data. Row-level isolation. We never sell your data or your clients' data.