Johnny Henson, Professor Pool When most players try to improve their games they sometimes work on too many changes all at once. It makes me think of the old quote: “Jack of all trades and master of none.” With this thought in mind, I want you to focus on just the shots that you miss…
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Sports, August 2025
Relishing Pickleball: Don’t Hit Out Balls!
David Zapatka Let the bad ones go bad. This is a skill we all need to learn to improve our game. How can we become more aware of balls that are traveling out of bounds? Any shot by the opponent that lands out of bounds ends in a winning rally for your side. Don’t give…
Sports, August 2025
Attention All Snowbirds: APPL Wants YOU for the 2026 Season!
We know many snowbirds will not arrive back in Tucson until late in 2025 or early 2026, but you can still play on an Arizona Pickleball Players League (APPL) pickleball team! To learn more about the APPL and how to get involved in league play for the 2026 season, please email Pam McCallum at altair.mccallum@gmail.com.…
Sports, August 2025
Dinking Divas Brave the Heat!
The Dinking Divas braved higher temperatures to play pickleball in June.
Sports, August 2025
Senior Softball Action!
King Mitch Well, SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch Senior Softball fans, here it is June 25 and Progress deadline time. Just a couple games left on the spring season schedule, and then the softballers will be taking a break until the second week in July. Let me tell ya, there are more than a couple of…
Sports, August 2025
June Putters Awards
Pat Albu Due to the extreme summer heat, attendance at Putters has been down a bit, but we have our hearty core that holds the group together! Here are June’s winners: Low Gross First: Jacque Hendricks Second: Evelyn Silver Third: Gayle Richey Low Net First: Vickie Thomson Second: Karen Lambert Third: Gillian Cook 6 Holes-in-One…