The Racquet Sports Professionals Association, formerly the USPTA and rooted in 1927, is a professional certification body based in Orlando, Florida, covering tennis, pickleball, padel, squash, and platform tennis across 17 US divisions and international membership.

Its dedicated pickleball certification runs a self-paced online component of four to six hours with an exam, followed by a half-day in-person workshop with on-court playing and coaching assessments, with certification level set by evaluation performance. Minimum standards include a 3.5 to 4.0 player rating and six to twelve months of teaching experience. Cost is $249 for members and $564 all-in for non-members.

For facilities, the hiring channels are concrete: the RSPA job board at jobs.rspa.net, a public Find a Pro directory, and career content promoting tennis-to-pickleball cross-training as facilities increasingly value multi-sport certified professionals. A director of racquet sports credential runs with the University of Florida.

Membership and certification run through the site.