MAUI’S PREMIER MOBILE TEACHING TENNIS/PICKLEBALL PROFESSIONAL
“Rick” Kepler, a Realtor/Sales Person at Coldwell Banker, is also Maui’s premier mobile teaching tennis and pickleball professional and CEO/President of Velocity Tennis. He loves the challenge of helping juniors and seniors and everyone in between, to improve at the games of tennis and pickleball, by drawing on his 30+ years of successful tennis experience, including four years as a member of the University of Southern California NCAA Division I tennis team, and subsequent local, regional, national, and international competitions, yielding USTA Northern California and world rankings over more than three decades. At the age of 45 years old, Rick attained a doubles ranking on the ATP tour of 1117 in the World by winning a round at a $50,000 Challenger event in Maui.
After his college tennis career he worked for 23 years in California as Tennis Director/Owner of Seascape Sports Club in Aptos, California and promoted and coached tennis widely in the Monterey Bay Area. He founded and was President and CEO of the hugely successful, still thriving, Monterey Peninsula Tennis Association, a non-profit community tennis association dedicated to promoting tennis and pickleball by introducing the games to school age children at their school sites with follow-up after-school tennis and pickleball programs also delivered on elementary school sites. In 2011, he came to the Maui Country Club in Spreckelsville, Hawaii, as Director of Tennis, Swim, and Fitness in 2011.
In 2014 Rick followed his passion by opening Velocity Tennis in order to go mobile by teaching and coaching tennis and pickleball privately throughout Maui to experienced athletes of all ages and Maui guests at all levels of tennis and pickleball. In addition, Rick has continued to contribute to the development of tennis and pickleball on Maui, Hawaii in multiple ways, including volunteer coaching at Maui High School. Most recently, in 2017, he and his USTA Maui League team represented the State of Hawaii at the 40 & over 4.5+ level National Championships in Mobile, Alabama. Rick is proud of the three wonderful children he helped raise who all love and play, or played, tennis at CalPoly San Luis Obispo: son Jordan, 32; daughter, Haley, 29; and son Devan,25. Rick continues to grow the game of tennis on Maui and in the Hawaii/Pacific area. Note: Rick Kepler is a Realtor/Sales Person at Coldwell Banker Island Properties, #1 Real Estate Company on Maui, with offices located throughout Maui.
LET ME HELP YOU REACH YOUR GOALS
Join one of Rick’s Velocity Tennis/Pickleball programs. I am currently offering private and group tennis and pickleball lessons up to four people and am taking requests for appointments each week. Training is for all ages and levels of play. Visiting tennis players are also welcome to join.
For more information please call Rick
TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS ON MAUI
Maui is an amazing place to play tennis and pickleball. Folks are friendly and if you show up with your racket at a public court chances are you might get invited to a game of round-robin. With over ten public courts and courts at some resorts and vacation rental condos, there are plenty of places you can get a game going. Just make sure to check the weather before you head out to make sure it isn’t raining, and if it is there is a good chance that it is dry in another part of the island.
SOME OF MY STUDENTS.
SOPHIE TORO
BEGINNER
Hitting tennis balls is one of my favorite things to do. I wish I just had more time to do it and Mom could take me more often.
SARAH IKIOKA
ADVANCED JUNIOR
It’s been fun learning to have fun on the court again. I hope to be a team leader and keep playing in college next year.
MICHAEL LEWIS, M.D.
SENIOR VISITOR DROP-IN
My game is always evolving and with Rick’s guidance my strokes continue to improve going into the 3rd Millennium.
GOOD TIMES
RICK AND HIS KIDS
Tennis for us has always been much more than just tennis. We all continue to learn so many life lessons through the sport we all love.
‘ALOHA’ GAME WITH FRIENDS
GOOD FRIENDS HAVING FUN
One of the best things about playing tennis on Maui is that you always have a beach and ocean close by.
CHAMPIONSHIPS IN KONA
40+ SECTIONALS – 2nd PLACE HI STATE 2015
It’ all the good shots and the good times that keep us coming back. Playing and traveling with a team can bring out great camaraderie &Â fun.
“Thanks to Rick’s inspiring attitude and relentless drills I got my confidence back in my game.â€
