News about Huntsville Pickleball
Announcements about upcoming events and seminars pertaining to instruction and training.
Huntsville Pickleball Club is teaming up with Huntsville Learning Center to teach pickleball to kids. We still need some volunteers to teach the kids the basics!
Dates: Tuesdays from January 6th through February 24 from 3:30-4:30 pm.
Location: Huntsville Learning Center – 3207 Kavanaugh Drive NW, Huntsville.
Here is the link for the sign up. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B45AAAC2AA4FEC43-60436786-hsvlearning#
Any questions contact Leslie Macher leslie.macher@pickleball-huntsville.com
The Huntsville Pickleball Club will be partnering with the Huntsville Parks and Recreation Department (Challenger Gym) to offer a drills/skills session on Monday, January 5th from 2-4 pm. Everyone is welcome and the intent is to have courts set up at the 2.0, 2.5, 3.0 and 3.5 level for different drills/skills. Based on the number of attendees at the different levels, we may combine groups.
Sign up will be done using the link below for direct registration for the Challenger Adult Pickleball Clinic:
https://secure.rec1.com/AL/huntsville-al/catalog?filter=c2VhcmNoPTM5NzIxNDk=
If you have any questions or issues with the sign up, please contact Mr. Dean Noblitt, Community Center Supervisor at Challenger Gym and he or his staff can assist you with the signup process. His phone number is 256-883-3715 and his email is dean.noblitt@huntsvilleal.gov
Hope to see you soon at Challenger Gym!
The Huntsville Pickleball Club will be supporting the Huntsville Learning Center with a series of classes for an Introduction to Pickleball. There will be 8-12 students we will be working with, and play will be indoors.
Classes will be on Tuesday afternoon from 3:30-4:30 beginning on Jan 6 and ending on Feb 24.
The Huntsville Learning Center is located at 3207 Kavanaugh Dr NW, Huntsville AL 35810.
All volunteers must complete a background check form that I can have emailed to you.
If interested in supporting this fun activity, please sign up at the following link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B45AAAC2AA4FEC43-60436786-hsvlearning
Thank you,
Leslie Macher | Huntsville Pickeball Club President
The Huntsville Pickleball Club has partnered with the Huntsville Parks and Recreation Department to offer beginner and intermediate training and drill/skill sessions.
Everyone is welcome!
Beginner Training
This session is for newer players that want to start with the basics and get started on the right foot! This is a two part training so plan to attend both sessions.
Beginner training sign up will be done using the Civic Rec Link at
https://secure.rec.com/AL/huntsville-al/catalog . If you have any questions or issues
with the sign up please contact Mr. Dean Noblitt, Community Center Supervisor at
Challenger Gym and he will assist you with the sign up process. His number is 256-
883-3715 and email is dean.noblitt@huntsvilleal.gov
Drills and Skills
The Drills and Skills training is for players at 3.0 – 3.5 level who want to improve their skills and consistency.
In order to provide drill/skill opportunities for as many people as possible, we are asking that you sign up for only one session using Playtime Scheduler. You can access the free
app at http://playtimescheduler.com
Hope to see you at Challenger gym!
Even though Sherry will not be present, drills will still be held at Max Luther this Thursday.
Our next four day evening training class for New Beginners is scheduled at Fern Bell for August 7th, 9th, 14th & 16th from 6-8 PM. Open play will not be available at Fern Bell during these times.
New players sometimes have difficulty determining if the ball is in bounds or out of bounds, especially players who have played tennis for many years. The rules for tennis are different than the rules for pickleball. Here is the verbiage and an image from the 2018 official rulebook.
6.C. A ball contacting the playing surface outside of the
baseline or sideline, even though the edge of the ball
overlaps the line, is considered out of bounds (see the
Figure below).
Hopefully this guideline will clarify the rules.
Click Here to view a video about line calls.
View the videos below to see if your serve is legal:
Pickleball Clinic
Topic: Pickleball Serving and Safety
Where: Optimist Recreation Center
Date: Friday, April 28, 2017
Time: 12:30 pm-2:00pm
Instructors: Beverly Scherer and Dee Scott
All are welcome. Please attend, If you want to know if your serve is legal or want to improve your serve.
Two courts will be used for the clinic. One court will still be available for regular Friday play.