Highland Lakes Pickleball: 06/01/2010

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Pickleball Session Tuesday Morning 6-29-10

This morning we had 13 pickleball players. 2 players from Pembroke came over and 1 from Legacy to join us. Those present for today's session were Brad and Doris from Pembrooke, Frank from Legacy, Maureen, Janet, Cindi, Harry, Cathy, Susie, Jay, Judy B., Ken and I (Lynn). Cathy came after her tennis match this morning. She has not played pickleball in a long time but it didn't take her long to get back into the game with her skills. Cathy plans to come back on Thursday. Maybe she will become a regular member of our group. We hope so!! We are going to miss Susie and Jay as they are going on vacation.

Monday night we had the most players that we've had in a while. 17 pickleball players came. The 9 from Legacy that came over really helped us out. Those present were Frank, Mike John, Mark, Ruben, Bob M., Susan, Nancy, & Frank.... all from Legacy, and from HL were Anita, Cindi, Richard, Josh, Casey, Dean, Ken and I. During our p'ball session we lost electricity momentarily as we were having a bad thunder storm.

Pickleball Session Sunday Afternoon 6-27-10

Sunday afternoon there were 7 of us for pickleball. Susan, Nancy, Jim, Maureen, Bill, Ken and I.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Pickleball Friday Morning 6-25-10

Connie & Nancy...... serve em up Connie!!

Cindi & Ken

Who got that ball!!
Well first the good news! Ken and I checked on the tennis courts outdoors this morning and court #6 has been painted for pickleball! Now we have 2 courts outdoors that we can play on. We made sure to remind the guy that was resurfacing the other tennis courts this week to paint our lines on #6.
A good group, as usual, showed up for some pickleball games today. There were 12 players including Casey who several of us spent some time with hitting balls and playing some games with her. The players today were Harry, Susie, Jay, Janet, Karl, Nancy, Connie, Mike, Cindi, Casey, Ken and I (Lynn). I only had time to take a few photos during the last game which was Ken and Cindi playing Nancy and Connie.
On Thursday the players that were present were Harry, Susie, Jay, Nancy, Janet, Karl, Crystal, Betsy, Bill, Maureen, Ken & I. We had 3 courts going.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Pickleball Tuesday Morning 6-22-10

We had 2 courts of pickleball this morning with 11 very good players. Those present were John from Legacy, Susan also from Legacy, Susie, Jay, Bill, Richard, Janet, Karl, Maureen, Ken and I.... all from Highland Lakes.
Last night we also had 2 courts of pickleball. 5 Legacy players came over to help us out.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Jay and Susie Pettey are new to Pickleball and Highland Lakes.

Thanks to Manny who was available tonight to help teach our new players Casey, Jay and Susie how to play the game of Pickleball. Jay & Susie Pettey are new to Pickleball and Highland Lakes. They moved to Highland Lakes in February and are now ready to learn the game of Pickleball. Welcome to our Pickleball group! We had a great turnout tonight for Pickleball with four nets going. We also had several players from Legacy join us for Inter-Community play. There were many great games played and everyone was having fun.

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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Robyn Chiappini from Albuquerque, NM is our special guest of the day.

Thursday morning Pickleball proved to be very exciting. We had a special guest join us, Robyn, from Albuquerque, NM for some Pickleball fun. She is visiting her Aunt in Mt Dora and looked us up on the USAPA site and emailed us to see if she could join us for some fun Pickleball games. She is an excellent player and very good at the net. We all enjoyed playing Pickleball with her. She will be joining us again tomorrow morning.

It was nice to see Cindi back this morning after being away for three weeks. Welcome Back, Cindi!

This morning was full of surprises. Crystal Burks and Betsy Master came in to learn the game of Pickleball. They are Tennis players so we knew they would adapt to the game real quick. Turns out they loved the game and did very well and will be moving up to play in the regular rotation. Congratulations, girls!

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Monday, June 7, 2010

Pickleball at Highland Lakes is good for everyone.

The first collage are pictures taken on Sunday afternoon. The second collage are pictures taken on Monday night. A big Thanks to Marvin for helping to teach our new Pickleball player on Sunday afternoon.

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Monday night Inter-Community Pickleball play 5/31/2010

Players from three communities met together on Monday night at Highland Lakes to play some very impressive Pickleball games. Three players from Arlington Ridge were Brad, Dennis & Joan. Three players from Legacy were Rueben, Pete & Nancy. Add those up with nine players from Highland Lakes and we had a good group for some great games. Thanks to our Inter-Community players who help keep our Pickleball games at the highest level of play during the summer months. We have a great time and meet some wonderful people from different communities.

Maureen Schulz is one of our new Pickleball players, she has been learning how to play Pickleball on the non-impact court. Last night was her fourth day coming to play. She has mastered the non-impact court and has moved on to join the regular players. Watch out guys, she has one powerful serve. We are very proud of her accomplishments. "Way to go, Maureen"!

PICKLEBALL CODE OF ETHICS

Every person involved in pickleball as a participant, official, volunteer, representative of the USAPA or spectator pledges as follows:
I will not engage in unsportsmanlike conduct or encourage others to do so. I will not engage in any behavior that would endanger the health, safety or well being of others. I will not engage in the use of profanity. I will treat others with respect. I will exhibit fairness and honesty in my dealings with others. I will not flaunt my position. I will not use USAPA records or materials for personal gain. I will observe the Golden Rule of doing unto others as I would have them do unto me. The above Code applies in all situations that relate directly or indirectly to pickleball play.

About Pickleball

Whether you have terrible hand-eye coordination or are a racquet sport pro, you will have fun playing pickleball.If you are a novice: The net is set at 34", lower than tennis, and the paddles we play with are solid (composite, graphite, or wood). It is easier to hit the ball where you want it to go in pickleball. We play with a 3" plastic ball similar to a wiffle ball.If you play any sports: You can learn pickleball in less than 5 minutes and start having great rallies, good exercise, and a lot of fun.If you are a tennis player: Pickleball is faster and more fun than tennis. The rallies are longer than in tennis. It can even help your tennis game, especially at the net. The strokes are the same as tennis.

The History of Highland Lakes Pickleball Group

It has already been written about how Pickleball was invented by a U.S. Congressman from Oregon but nothing has been written how it started here at Highland Lakes.
It was introduced by George Hastings around 1993. He posted an ad in our small newsletter asking for people to come out and see what it was all about. As I recall myself and my wife Marie Falcon and Kathy Hart showed up. At that time we only had two courts with thin black lines that you could hardly see from the other end of the court. In time we were able to get better outline courts and were able to increase the courts to four. Through "word of mouth" and advertising we had full courts with as many as eight to ten people waiting to play. We devised a plan of "musical chairs" for people to move up in line to play. In time George Hastings moved back up north and others had to take up the banner of keeping Pickleball going. Our equipment at first was not great. Small thin poles to hold up a flimsy net. Through meetings with the Board of Directors and Reps of Tennis players (since they had an inside court) we were able to get the equipment that we have today. We can write about Pickleball but until you come out and see what it's all about and play it, you won't know just how much fun it is. Come on what are you waiting for?
Joe Falcon

Highland Lakes Pickleball