The next Skill Rating Sessions will be held on a Monday, December 19th the Smith-Hazel Recreation Center between 9am-1pm. Click here to sign up to be rated in the next session..
Aiken Pickleball News
Watch out, Aiken pickleballers, a new generation of pickleball players is coming up the pike! The proceeds of last year’s Palmetto Tournament raffle ticket sales were used to purchase a class set of pickleball paddles and balls for Aiken Intermediate School. Lori Secrist, P.E. teacher at this middle school, says her students are having lots of fun learning the game.
Plans are in the works to expand this pickleball program throughout Aiken County Public Schools with a pickleball in-service in August for all Aiken County P.E. teachers. This year’s raffle sales will go to promote pickleball at another Aiken school. Purchase a ticket or two or ten at the Palmetto Tournament, and not only will you get a chance to win a cool prize, you’ll also be helping to grow our next generation of pickleball players!
The minutes for the May 2, LTM meeting have been posted. Items discussed included the new guest pass system, frequency of meetings, John McCowan taking over the Calendar and Signup Genius, and much more. The next meeting will be held on Monday, August 8th. Go to Forums or click here to see the full report.
Generally, the Aiken Pickleball community is made up of older adults. On average local players play 3-4 times a week at one or many of the great facilities available to use in the Aiken area. One thing we may not think about is injuries. We expect that after pickleball we will go about our day finishing up our to-do lists, not planning for a trip to Urgent Care in our schedule..
Be aware fellow pickleballers, a recent Emergency Department study of ER visits estimates that there are over 19,000 ER visits related to pickleball annually. Patients over 50 accounted for over 90% of patients where 50% were male…
So be careful out there, do your stretches, watch out for barriers and walls and sometimes just let the lob shot go.. It’s just a point in a pickleball game.
Aiken Pickleball
Ref: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31796221/
Hey Odell Weeks Pickleballers
There was some confusion this week about the Silver Sneaker program and the new rates effective April 1, 2022.
Per the City, the rate changes have no impact on Silver Sneaker program participants; if your fees were covered by Silver Sneakers, they will continue to be covered when the new fee schedule becomes effective.
Aiken Pickleball