PICKLEBALL CLUB OF ORPS Our ORPS pickleball time trial continues at courts 7 and 8 at El Saguaro. Pickleball numbers continue to climb; as of submission day, January 18, we have 205 club members, made up of 155 owners and 50 guests. The Board of Directors has also mandated pickleball play on the satellite courts, so we will have 8 players rotating among the satellite courts in our Resort. Come out and watch the action! We play every day of the week from 8AM to 8PM, with the majority of players showing up early in the morning, to take advantage of the cooler tem- peratures. A second group shows up at dusk, about 4 and plays until 6PM, or so. Everybody welcome. We are selling yearly memberships at the courts; join our club for only $20 per year. We promised the residents of our Resort that the pickleball trial would not cost owners anything, so our memberships help us to pay for our temporary nets, balls and tape for the courts. We now have a club website-check out: http://orpspickleball.wix.com/orpspickleball
UPCOMING PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT Mark your calendars for the upcoming Senior Games in Palm Desert. The games will include all categories from singles play to doubles and mixed doubles, both at skill levels and age categories. A number of pickleball players from our Resort are
entered to play in this tournament. WHEN: February 19-21, 2016 WHERE: Palm Desert Community Centre PLACE TO LOOK UP INFORMATION: Pickleball Tournaments.com ISF Palm Desert Senior Games
Newbies learning the game of pickleball
BEGINNER PICKLEBALL CLINICS
Beginner clinics for pickleball will be held from Monday to Friday every week from 11AM - 1PM. All clinics are free. More and more ORPS residents are giving pickleball a try, and finding the fun and exercise of this great new sport. Please wear running shoes or court shoes. We will provide paddles for the clinic, if you don’t have one of your own. Our promise is that we will have you playing a game within 15 minutes of beginning instruction. You will learn: how to volley the ball how to serve basic rules of the game basic strategies of play why you have to stay out of the kitchen! We have players of all ages on our courts; our oldest players to date have been 84 years old. You are never too old to play pickleball! For more information, contact S TAN or M AUREEN M ILLER -N IELSEN at 760 424-8002
IMPROVING YOUR PICKLEBALL GAME Pickleball, as in all racquet sports, is a game of strategy. Once the basic rules have been learned, learning new ways to outsmart your opponents becomes an important part of the game. These new strategies include: • different types of serves • dinking strategies • how and when to lob
• maneuvering your opponents out of position • change from a hard game to a soft game • the important third shot
To learn more about these strategies, sign on to Youtube or the Pickleball Channel and check out the helpful videos!
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