Cynthia Schwartz Steven was born and raised in Seattle, Wash. Growing up, Steven spent summers at his grandfather’s cabin in the San Juan Islands. He enjoyed scuba diving, hiking, playing ping-pong, waterskiing in 45-degree water, flying homemade kites, and fishing for salmon. Steven was a pole vaulter, played soccer, and embarked on his journey to…
Cynthia Schwartz Beth Kelly is the PebbleCreek Pickleball Club Player/Volunteer of the month. Beth is an artist, a teacher, dog trainer, and an avid collector of Major League Baseball memorabilia. Born in New Jersey, Beth received a bachelor’s degree from Colorado’s Women’s College, with a major in art and minor in education. Beth was an…
David Zapatka When your opponent hits the ball high in the air, above your shoulders, think overhead smash! The smash is one of the most fun shots in all of pickleball. It ends rallies with an exclamation point. Execute this fun, rally-ending shot, using these seven steps. 1. Use many small steps to position your…
Cynthia Schwartz Tony Wells is the PebbleCreek Pickleball (PCPB) volunteer of the month. Tony grew up in Prince Edward Island, in the Maritimes region of eastern Canada. He graduated with degrees in psychology and english from the University of Calgary, located in the western Canadian province of Alberta. While attending college, Tony played on the…
David Zapatka Are you getting tired of playing the bangers? They have one strategy, hit the ball as hard as they can. They rarely hit third shot drop shots. What can you do? There are two options. The first is the punch volley, a volley hit hard and deep. The second is the soft volley,…
Cynthia Schwartz Joanne Burch is the PebbleCreek Pickleball Volunteer/Player of the Month. She is a teacher, international traveler, golfer, sailor, and a pickleball lover. Joanne was born in Canada, where she taught physical education in a junior high school in Vancouver. Looking for an international adventure, Joanne signed up for a two-year teaching position in…
Kathy Aalto As the pickleball courts opened up with playing restrictions in place, the ground rules changed on how pickleball is played at PebbleCreek (PC). How the game is played and keeping score didn’t change, but how to get a court and how to find other players to play with changed. All PC Pickleball Club…
Cynthia Schwartz When Jonathan Colter opened up his practice as a Chiropractic Physician in North Carolina, he found that due to the time commitment he had to give up one of his favorite activities—team sports. To maintain a high activity level, Jonathan worked out at health clubs and became a long-distance cyclist. When Jonathan and…
Cynthia Schwartz Members of the PebbleCreek Pickleball Club have come up with many ideas for raising money for the new pickleball courts. One member, Bill Plesha, created a stair challenge. Bill challenged himself to walk up and down the Verrado Stairs as many times as possible. The Verrado Stairs consist of 331 steps that were created…
Cynthia Schwartz At the general membership meeting held on March 11, the PebbleCreek Pickleball Club (PCPB) members elected a new PCPB Club board. Martha Urbin, former board secretary, was elected as president. Jim Barbe (vice president) and Judy Parker (officer-at-large) will remain on the board in their current positions. Members welcomed two new board members…