FAQ

YES! Boy, do we ever.

There is a lock box at Lincoln Park and Pineridge courts. Please deposit any found items in the lock box.

Large items that don’t fit into the box, like an umbrella, are usually taken home by a WSPC member for safe-keeping and an email goes out to members looking for its owner.

If you lost an item, check the lock box. If you don’t know the lock-box combination, check out the next question in the FAQ or contact us here.

Once a month, unclaimed items are donated to Goodwill.

At Lincoln Park Pickleball Courts

Squeegees lock: MIST
East lock box: 0123
West lock box: 0123

At Pineridge Pickleball Courts

Squeegees: PLAY
Lock box: 0123
Nets: FIAT (net by the entrance); BAKE (net opposite court)

For more information, contact us here.

(This information was updated as of 7-30-18.)

YES!  Check this site for the dates of upcoming WSPC board meetings. If you would like to get on the agenda, please send us a message through the contact form on this site or email George Gerson, our club’s communications director.

The website is www.PickleballCentral.com.

Use CRWestern when you check out and receive a 5% discount. An additional 5% is also given to the club.

Check out this great, short video on the just the basics to get your first game going. Click the link below:

Rules Summary

The official pickleball rule book is published by the USA Pickleball Association (USAPA) and International Federation of Pickleball (IFP). The USAPA and IFP are the governing bodies of American and international pickleball that formulate and interpret all the rules of the sport. The rulebook is a living document. New rules are added all the time and old rules are frequently amended.

Click HERE for a copy of the book.

Check out these lessons called “100 Pickleball Strategies,” spread out over seven videos. Each video is about 10 to 12 minutes long. They are considered to be the best collection of pickleball tips and tactics all wrapped in a tight video series.

Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Lesson 7

YES. Read about Tao’s 2018 program HERE.

He is offering private and semi-private lessons, as well as 3-day weekend bootcamps. Members will get a huge discount versus what nonmembers will have to pay.

There are tons, but we like www.pickleballportal.com. Matt, who runs the site, writes very thorough and exhaustive gear reviews. Here’s a link to his very detailed review of Paddletek paddles, as an example. He reviews pickleball clothing, accessories, nets, balls, visors, elbow braces … just about anything you use in pickleball.

He also writes about skills, drills and technique. Here’s a link to one such popular article: 77 Quick Ways to Improve your Game
You can spend a lot of time on this site with all the great pickleball-related information.

Yes, we do. We sell TOP balls, which is the ball used in our local tournaments. The price is $1.65 per ball. Contact George Gerson at G20520@aol.com to purchase. This is a better price than you would get online for this brand of ball. We offer this as a service to our club members.

The Onix outdoor balls, which some of our players prefer to use in cold weather (because they do not crack as often), may be purchased online. By comparison, Onix Pure 2 outdoor balls run about 3 for $10 on Amazon plus shipping if you don’t have Amazon Prime.

There are so many options and so many choices of paddles. It can be overwhelming. Click HERE to read this handy guide to help make that decision.