Pickleball
Join our Facebook Group, KOPFC-Pickleball Group, for the latest information and to sub for any leagues (please only sub in leagues where your skill level matches)
Open Play Times
Players are responsible for setting up and taking down nets
- Monday-Friday 5 am-12 pm
- Saturday 7 am-12 pm
Before you can play pickleball, you must pay or scan your membership card at the front counter.
Adult Beg/Beg-Intermediate Pickleball Lessons
Are you a beginner to beg-intermediate pickleball player who wants to learn the proper skills and game play.? If so, this class is for you. Join Bruce while he teaches you the ins and outs of pickleball in a noncompetitive environment.
- Play will be Tuesday’s 5:30-7:00 pm in our gymnasium.
- Click on the registration link for the next class.
- Fee is $35 for 6 lessons
Pickleball League
Join our Pickleball Leagues every Tuesday & Thursday evenings during. Leagues are based on skill levels and will be played in a Round Robin format unless stated differently. Which means you do not need a partner because you will be playing with or against everyone in the skill level you signed up for. There is guaranteed play the whole two hours. Come join us for the fun!
- League fees are $30
- Leagues run continuous every 6 weeks.
- Click on the Registration button in the sidebar to sign up for our next league
Skills Workshops (January 2025)
Intermediate Skills Class
- For 3.0 players who know the rules, can serve in, return serve, hit forehand, backhand and dinks.
- Overall Goal: Get to the kitchen line, Keep opponent away from kitchen, play the rally, partner strategy
- Bring own paddle
Playing Strategic Pickleball
- Week 1 - Learning offense and defense, control the kitchen line, serve deep return deep, 3rd shot drop
- Week 2 - Approaching the net, dinking, aim your shot, weak spots, drivers, blocking
- Week 3 - Move with the ball, paddle position, hit the ball in front of you. lobs, smashes
- Week 4 - Communitcate, kitchen rules, fast attack, reducing speed, spin
Fee is $35/class. Registration is required. Click on Pickleball Registration button above.
Skill Divisions Expectation
| 2.5 | You are brand new to pickleball; you are not familiar with all the rules. |
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| 3.0 | You know the rules and can track your own score; you are working on hitting the ball consistently. |
| 3.5 | You are able to hit the ball consistently; you are working on placing the ball based on pickleball strategy. |
| 4.0 | You place the ball based on pickleball strategy; it is very hard to overpower you with a hard hit. |
| 4.5+ | You have played in several tournaments and won many of them; pickleball lost “game” status a long time ago |
For any questions about our Pickleball program, email Jacque at jwardle@kopfc.com
