RESIDENT PROFESSIONALS

European Pickleball Champions Louis Laville and Freddie Powell are Franklin Pickleball Club’s first two resident professionals. Both Louis and Freddie will call the club their home base and train at the venue.
We’re excited to give our members the opportunity to play with Louis and Freddie through demonstrations and coaching clinics. To receive membership information and find out how you can get the chance to play with these top-level talents, please join our mailing list now.

Louis
Laville

Louis started playing pickleball in 2017 and has been hooked ever since.
He’s won 48 European Pro Gold Medals and was proud to be ranked the number one doubles player in Europe in 2024. Louis’ most notable achievements are being 5x National Champion and 3x European Champion.
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Freddie
Powell

Freddie began playing pickleball four years ago when in the US, while playing college tennis for Drake University.
Freddie has won 8 European Gold Medals and is the first player to be a back-to-back winner of the Men’s Doubles National Championships, with two different partners.