Our Coaches
Kathy Bailey
Kathy is passionate about pickleball and all the opportunities it presents to those who are part of the pickleball community. She is a certified pickleball coach and a competitive player who is excited to continue growing and learning about the sport, and to help others do the same. She comes from a highly competitive sports background (Division 1 softball pitcher), and has coached players and worked with coaches at every level for over 20 years.
Kathy had a career in education for 11 years and after moving on from her career as a high school guidance counselor, she started her own business, Bailey Softball. She consulted with teams and coached and trained highly competitive softball pitchers and catchers.
Kathy’s ultimate goal is to help others to continue to improve their overall health and wellness. Her current business, Body Mind Emotion, LLC focuses on helping people to Be Well, Feel Well, and Do Well so we can build healthy, happy and sustainable teams and communities. Her fun and focused approach to coaching, her engaging, empowering and energizing events and her love of pickleball are what keep her fueled with positive energy. A few of her other passions include, ping pong, dance, travel, and many active sports in the outdoors.
She is a certified life coach, certified school counselor, a long-time teacher and athletic coach. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Rhode Island and her master’s degree from the University of Southern Maine. To learn more about her and her mission go to her website, https://www.bodymindemotion.com/.
Michael Pare
Michael has joined Seacoast Pickleball. He comes from a racket sport, teaching and coaching background. Having coached tennis players of all levels for over 20 years, he brings that expertise now to the pickleball courts.
After graduating from the University of NH and participating in college tennis, Michael pursued teaching Mathematics and coaching. Along the way, his passions of teaching and tennis came back together where he started teaching tennis clinics and eventually his own tennis academy; Tennis IQ Academy. Additionally Michael began coaching tennis at local high schools, including Spaulding, and more recently, Oyster River HS as the Varsity Boys coach, who were the NH State Champs in 2022!
On the pickleball court, you will find Michael looking one way and hitting the ball the other way, or perhaps his paddle is behind his back. Beyond that creativity, you will also find that he is very detail oriented with technique and strategy. Michael recently completed his pickleball certification with the Professional Pickleball Registry (PPR), and is excited to bring that curriculum focus together with his tennis coaching and playing experiences.
He will be available for the current pickleball offerings: private and semi private lessons, and coach & plays working at all skills and levels of play. Look for his new clinics centered around getting comfortable and mastering the three zones of pickleball: 1. serve/return 2. transition zone and 3. no volley zone.