Mimi Blythe Club Ratings: The approach to club ratings involves two major components: skills and competitiveness. Basic skills and criteria for each level are found on the club website. Rating sessions for each level occur once every two months during prime season and every three months during non-prime season. Players are able to request rating advancement…
Tag: pickleball
Sports, April 2022
6th Annual PebbleCreek USAPA-Sanctioned Tournament Was a Smash
Beth Kelly Another fantastic USA Pickleball Association (USAPA)-sanctioned tournament was held here in PebbleCreek on Feb. 9, 10, and 11. Mike Crabtree, tournament director, choreographed the three-day event where 531 players arrived from near and far. There was a common theme throughout players and spectators alike: appreciation for the club organization and the munchies provided.…
Sports, March 2022
Here’s What Happening at the Pickleball Courts
Mimi Blythe President’s Corner: Grateful. This is how I feel about our club. To make a club strong, we need a lot of people who do bits and pieces of a lot of things. That is what we have here in PebbleCreek, many members helping in small to very large ways. Thank you so much for volunteering…
Front Page, January 2022
Pickleball Club Happenings
Mimi Blythe Giving Back: The club’s annual Toys for Goodyear Kids was held on Dec. 4, and the club’s generosity again showed. This event was a huge success! With Santa Jim Miller and Engineer Martha Urbin, members filled the Christmas train to the brim with 1,200 children’s gifts for multiple ages. The Goodyear Fire Department arrived…
Sports, January 2022
PebbleCreekers Win Gold at Pickleball Nationals
Sharon Hadley PebbleCreek Pickleball Club is one of the largest pickleball clubs in the country with over 1,400 members. What that affords us is great competition among our members, but it also prepares our members to compete at the highest levels. From Dec. 7 to 14, PebbleCreek Pickleball Club had 20 of our members compete…
Sports, January 2022
Greatest Show on Courts
Beth Kelly Goodyear Mayor Georgia Lord will be launching the sixth annual USA Pickleball Association (USAPA) Sanctioned Tournament by delivering a welcome address to all the participants from the USA and Canada. The countries’ national anthems will be sung, and The Greatest Show on Courts will get underway. Feb. 9 (Wednesday) is Women’s Doubles. Feb. 10 (Thursday)…
Sports, December 2021
Relishing Pickleball
David Zapatka Backhand Groundstroke Quoting from Pickleball Fundamentals: Master the basics and compete with confidence by Mary Littlewood, when hitting a backhand groundstroke, “The same principles apply when you’re hitting a backhand groundstroke (as a forehand groundstroke) except that you move to the left rather than to the right (right-handed players). While some players change the…
Sports, December 2021
PebbleCreek Pickleball Club News
Mimi Blythe PCPB Recognized as Community Partners—Remember the July Fourth school supply drive and social? The Avondale Elementary School District Governing Board recently recognized the PebbleCreek Pickleball Club (PCPB), represented by Constance and John Angus, as Community Partners to the school. Constance and John did a wonderful job organizing this fun social to assist our community…
Sports, December 2021
Arizona Pickleball Players League News
David Zapatka The Arizona Pickleball Players League (APPL) has now expanded its popular team-based pickleball league into its fifth region. After founding the first team-based pickleball league, East Valley Interclub League, in 2012 (which has grown ever since), the Arizona Pickleball Players League was formally organized as a nonprofit in 2019 by a group of…
Sports, November 2021
Relishing Pickleball: Forehand and Groundstroke
David Zapatka Want some tips to help you with your forehand groundstroke? Quoting from Pickleball Fundamentals by Mary Littlewood, when hitting a forehand groundstroke, “From the moment the ball leaves the opponent’s paddle, you should be tracking its flight with your eyes to aid you in judging the speed and direction of the ball. Move to the…