The club has ball machines for our players to practice their shots, and for that we recently made the news! The website Pickleball Club Mag reported how our club is using their machines: Sun City West Uses Ball Machines To Help Members Improve Technique.
Before you can use a machine you need to be trained to use it safely and to keep the machine in good working order. There are two options for getting checked out to use the machine:
- Training will be done every Tuesday afternoon at 4PM on Liberty Court #7. No reservation needed! Just show up and get trained.
- Click this link to fill out and submit the Training Request Form. After submitting the form, you will be contacted by an instructor and together you will select a time to get trained.
You are able to reserve a ball machine up to a week ahead of time for up to a two hour block. It is just like reserving a court. Since the machine will count as your court for the day you will also need someone else to book court time. If you don’t have someone to book the court, email Don Marshall at scwpbprogrammer@gmail.com and he will book a court for you.
The steps to reserve the machine are:
- Log onto Hold My Court (the Sands and Liberty court reservation page)
- Reserve a ball machine just as you would a court. The machines are found on the Sands page in the far right columns (labeled ‘Tutor Anna’ and ‘Tutor Ben’)
- Reserve a Liberty court with power (Courts 1, 3, 5, 8 and 10-18)
- Be sure to fill out the form in the locker with the machine
See Pickleskills Lessons for Ball Machine Drills. See Pickleskills Resources for Ball Machine Drill Videos.
Enjoy your time with the machine!