Pickleball Workshop at Valencia Lakes

On Saturday morning we headed for Waumauma, Fl about a 45 minute drive over near Sun City Center. There is an over 55 active adult community lest than two miles north of Sun City on SR 301. There are so many of these communities in Florida, but this one is definately among our favorits. Not only it is in an excellent location, their is a variety of villas and homes, a beautiful clubhouse and state of the art facilitites.

Rich and I were invited there to do a Pickleball Workshop for the newly formed Valencia Lakes Pickleball Club.

This covered area with tables and chairs is situated right in the middle of the four courts, allowing players to go on and off any one of the four courts without disturbing play on the others, and which provides protection during the games from the sun. Fences between the courts and fans are still to be installed.

There are 51 pickleball club members and 41 of them registered for the workshop.

Here is Rich showing them the proper way to hit a backhand shot and below is Rich and I with the entire group. (Except Ed - who is taking the picture!!)

Following the workshop several of the players took us to lunch in their clubhouse. Here is part of a very nice e-mail we received from them later in the day:

Rich and Donna,
The Valencia Lakes Pickleball Committee would like to express our gratitude to the both of you for taking time from your busy schedules to present an extremely informative workshop to our community. We truly appreciate the time you spent with our residents explaining the rules of the game, as well as providing some time for drill. Our only complaint would be that the time passed much too quickly. Looking forward to when you can return to work with our thirteen members who have volunteered to become mentors. We wish Rich good luck with his surgery on Monday, as well as best wishes for a speedy recovery. Keep in touch.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU BOTH.