Come join the fun and find out! Learn about pickleball on Tuesday, Jan. 13, at 2 p.m. Registration closes at 3 p.m. the day before the session! Please arrive 15 minutes early at the Ramada for paperwork. Space is limited to 24 people, so visit our website at sbrpickleball.club to register, then click on “Click…
Tag: pickleball
Sports, January 2026
Relishing Pickleball: Aggressive Dinking
David Zapatka Dinking is often misunderstood as purely defensive play—a soft, patient exchange while you wait for your opponent to make a mistake. The most effective pickleball players know that dinking can be a powerful offensive weapon. Aggressive dinking transforms you from a passive participant into the player dictating the pace and creating opportunities to…
Clubs & Classes, January 2026
Spotlight on Ron Lenz
Joyce Wainscott Intensely observant, intellectually curious, precisely diagnostic, and laser-focused on problem solving: all terms defining Ron Lenz, past president of SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary. Ron was born in Wisconsin in 1947; his brother Russell in 1955. Their father was a sheet metal worker, their mother a homemaker. In 1957 Ron’s family moved to the maternal…
December 2025, Sports
What Is Pickleball?
Come join the fun and find out! Learn about pickleball on Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 3 p.m. Registration closes at 3 p.m. the day before the session! Please arrive 15 minutes early at the Ramada for paperwork. Space is limited to 24 people, so visit our website at www.sbrpickleball.club to register, then click on “Click…
November 2025, Sports
What Is Pickleball?
Come join the fun and find out! Learn about pickleball on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 3 p.m. Registration closes at 3 p.m. the day before the session! Please arrive 15 minutes early at the Ramada for paperwork. Space is limited to 24 people, so visit our website at sbrpickleball.club to register, then click on “Click…
September 2025, Sports
What Is Pickleball?
Come join the fun and find out! Learn about pickleball on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 3 p.m. Please arrive 15 minutes early at the Ramada for paperwork. Space is limited to 28 people, so visit our website at.sbrpickleball.club to register, then click on “Click to reserve a space” below the flyer sign. What you’ll need…
August 2025, Sports
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.…
August 2025, Sports
Dinking Divas Brave the Heat!
The Dinking Divas braved higher temperatures to play pickleball in June.
July 2025, Clubs & Classes
Basket Weaving Is Cool!
Sue Fetters Is it too hot for you to play golf, pickleball, or tennis? Why not try your hand at basket weaving in a “cool” studio room at the Arts and Tech Center this summer? It’s so much fun to create all sorts of baskets, especially since our teacher, Lydia, is so knowledgeable and patient!…
July 2025, Sports
Relishing Pickleball: The Art of Blocking
David Zapatka Last month we discussed how to beat the bangers. Blocking at the kitchen line was a key strategy. This article will pick up with that focus. Consider these strategies to improve your blocking skills. 1. You know the hard shot is coming. Be prepared, knees bent, relaxed, eyes on the ball, paddle out…