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,…
Tag: pickleball
Sports, August 2020
Joanne Burch: Pickleball Volunteer/Player of the Month
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…
Sports, July 2020
Pickleball: The Adoptables and The Adoptees
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…
Sports, June 2020
Jonathan Colter, Pickleball Player and Chiropractic Physician, Develops Plan to Stay Healthy
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…
Sports, May 2020
PC Pickleball Player’s Stair Challenge
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…
Sports, May 2020
PC Pickleball Club Elects New Board
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…
Sports, May 2020
Pickleball Club Members are Fundraising
Cynthia Schwartz Members of the PebbleCreek Pickleball Club overwhelmingly voted last year that the club would raise $500,000 to defray some of the costs for building 16 additional pickleball courts in our community. To date, the club has raised $290,000 through a variety of fundraising efforts. Tony Wells, chair of the fundraising committee, announced that…
Sports, April 2020
Pickleball Volunteer/Player of the Month: Sherrill Mercer
Shirley Seymour Because of her passion and dedication to pickleball, Sherrill Mercer has been selected as this month’s PebbleCreek Pickleball (PCPB) Club Volunteer/Player of the Month. Sherrill has been an advocate for the beginner pickleball players in PebbleCreek. She is on the front line, introducing new players to the sport and to the club, taking…
Front Page, April 2020
Pickleball Players Excited About Plan for New Courts
Cynthia Schwartz Following the February PebbleCreek HOA meeting, the PC communications team published the following announcement: “Sixteen new pickleball courts are being planned for Tuscany Falls. Jack Sarsam, PebbleCreek HOA (PCHOA) Board President, made the announcement at the HOA monthly Board meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Sarsam said that Robson Communities, Inc. (RCI) has agreed…
Sports, April 2020
Marylou Furaus – Nationally Ranked Racquetball and Pickleball Player
Cynthia Schwartz Marylou Furaus grew up in a small copper mining town in Montana and was one of 13 children. She commented, “Everyone was poor, and we did everything together. Everything we had was homemade. I shoveled sidewalks in the winter, babysat, ironed clothes for families, and sold newspapers in the saloons for my brothers.…