Name: PicklerCon™ & Dinner : "A Holiday Game of Pickleball For Players of All Levels"
Start: 2024-12-07T15:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-12-07T18:00:00-05:00

Just in case you are not doing the last minute shopping, join us for

"PicklerCon"™

Video (1 Minute):
[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4VLF055o5QA?feature=share](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4VLF055o5QA?feature=share)

Suggested Holiday Attire:
You can dress up as a Santa, a pickleball,
or a pickled Santa or Ms./Mrs. Santa or
a pickled rudolph, or something in between.

Pickleball events were just launched in the
Gikers Montreal group and here in CT last week,
and both have been great fun and with
folks of all levels; including a great instructor!

Last Week's CT Winter PickleFest - Video (1 Minute):
[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/00LiDtpDSmA?feature=share](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/00LiDtpDSmA?feature=share)

**Pickleball Game & Thai Food Afterwards:**
All levels welcome - including people trying it our for the **first time - Pickleball** game.

Four players per court.

If weather changes, we will try to change to indoor location and that will have a fee per player.

If you do not have paddles - let us knoa, we have 6 extra paddles and balls.

Some articles on Pickleball:

**COSMOPOLITAN**
**October 17, 2023**:

"**Pickleball is the sport of the moment**:
**here's EYNTK before your first game.**
**There's a reason why athletes love it...**"

[https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/fitness-workouts/a45545297/what-is-pickleball/](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/fitness-workouts/a45545297/what-is-pickleball/)
"Pickleball, an up-and-coming racket sport, is perfect for any tennis enthusiast looking for a more accessible game, and it's just as fun as its older sister..
Players who hate chasing after tennis balls or running from one side of the court to the other might feel much more comfortable with the confines of this game...."**You have less ground to cover**..." says the pro..
"It is something that **you can pick up relatively easily and in a short space of time. It isn't going to take you six months to learn**," he adds – unlike other sports..it's a sport that you can learn at any stage of your life and I think you'll play it forever."

**Videos on how to play pickleball:**

a\. Basic Pickleball Rules \| A Definitive Beginner's Guide to How to Play Pickleball \- [https://youtu.be/3cy_ZKJ2hJo](https://youtu.be/3cy_ZKJ2hJo)

b. How to Serve a Pickleball - [https://youtu.be/BmdnJNCEwxI](https://youtu.be/BmdnJNCEwxI)

c. Pickleball Terminology - [https://youtu.be/DpUHbICkO3g](https://youtu.be/DpUHbICkO3g)

**"Pickleball is now the fastest-growing sport in the nation for the fifth consecutive year in a row**,
with 48.3 million U.S. adults (19% of the adult population) having played at least one game in the last 12 months, according to the Association of Pickleball Professionals"
[https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/pickleball-sport-addictive-divisive-tennis-171700283.html](https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/pickleball-sport-addictive-divisive-tennis-171700283.html)

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