Christine Reding and Joan Ebbeson There’s been a buzz around SaddleBrooke about pop tennis. What is it? Pop tennis is the revitalization of a 100-year-old sport which is increasingly being popularized due to a shorter court, underhand serve, and a pop racquet. The racquet is often called a paddle, which is a derivative carbon fiber and…
Category: Sports
Sports, November 2020
Pride Mechanical, LLC Sponsors a Court!
Nancy Dowell SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA) is thrilled to announce that Pride Mechanical, LLC has made a generous donation toward the construction of the new Ridgeview Pickleball Complex. This has earned them a plaque placed on one of the new courts. Community means everything to Pride Mechanical, LLC. Owners, Allen and Christina, grew up in…
Sports, November 2020
Pickleball Press: SPA Coach, Frank Mucklo
Frank Mucklo Frank Mucklo is a highly active member of SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA). A USTA competitive tennis player, Frank heard about a game called pickleball being played in SaddleBrooke. He tried it, was a natural at it, and was hooked. “In the first years here we played tennis until someone said there was a game called pickleball.…
Sports, November 2020
New Members Are Welcome
Larry Byrd Why Join the SaddleBrooke Men’s Golf Association (SMGA)? *To play golf in a friendly setting with existing or new friends *To learn more about the game *To experience competition with other golfers Who can join? Membership in the SMGA is available to all male residents, renters, or lot owners of SaddleBrooke One and…
Sports, November 2020
Relishing Pickleball: The Ready Position
David Zapatka One of the most common errors I see on the pickleball court is not being ready to play. What does this mean? Being ready to play means a number of things. It means being focused on the point at hand. Paying attention to debris on the court, listening to what someone is saying,…
Sports, November 2020
SBWGA-18 Partners
Venetia Hobson Lewis Golfing with a partner in a match competition against another twosome of partners can be an interesting, vitalizing, and energizing day on the golf course. On the lips of the golfers is the phrase “we’ll ham-and-egg it” meaning when one partner hacks about and makes a mess of golf from tee to…