We had quite a crowd at our Saturday morning pickleball game at Huntington Pointe this morning. Eleven people, four who had never played before. The 4 newcomers were just walking by and stopped to see what this strange activity was. We encouraged them to give it a try. Two were veteran tennis players and picked it up in a jiffy. Soon they were holding their own with us "pros."
Huntington Pointe has a large tennis complex with eight counts and one paddle tennis court; almost perfect for pickleball. Width is 20' (just right) length is 46' close enough for beginners). We put down a piece of blue masking tape for the non-volley line and we are good to go. We used the paddle tennis court and two adjacent tennis courts.
I am going to invite our representative from Palm Beach County Parks and Rec, He has promised us some public courts when we get enough interested people. I think we are there now. I'd sure prefer a public facility closer to West Palm. Indoors would be perfect too.
But this is not the only location : According to Josh and Harriett: We are trying to promote the game in individual communities amongst themselves. If this takes hold, perhaps there will be more Clubs interested in playing at various Clubs on a rotating basis or developing a public location in the Delray Beach area for everyone. We are in the process of scheduling a demonstration within our gated community. We'll see how it develops since we only have Har Tru tennis courts. We have set up our portable net on an unused street in a local park and have been introducing some friends to pickleball.
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