Stillwater Community Education

Improve your basic skills and strategy in this series of classes. Students will learn alternate shots that will expand their skills. Doubles game strategy will be emphasized more in this class compared to the Beginner Lessons. The last 30 minutes of the course will be organized play. Participants can bring their own paddle or borrow one from the PAC. Prerequisites: Understands the rules of pickleball Gets in at least half of all serve attempts Gets at least half of return of serves deep and to middle of opponent's court

Clinics provide group instruction focused on specific skills and based on your level of play. Each clinic will offer instruction, tips and tactics of play around those skills. Jan 11, 22, Apr 8 - Kitchen Play Jan 18, 24, Apr 10 - Transition Zone Jan 29, Apr 15 - Serving & Returning Jan 31, Apr 17 - All Around Level Up Specific Clinic Descriptions 1. KITCHEN PLAY - Dinking with emphasis on purpose, techniques, shifting and strategies. -Volleying with emphasis on punch volleys, roll volleys and reset volleys -Speed ups at the kitchen -Lobs and retrieval of lobs 2. TRANSITION ZONE - Emphasis on using drives and drop shots to transition from the baseline to the kitchen line. -Utilizing resets from the transition zone to move up to the kitchen. -Determine when to transition from the baseline to the kitchen and when to stay back. -We would play the 7-11 game in this session. 3. SERVING AND RETURNING - Serving with emphasis on speed, placement and variety to keep the returning team guessing -Return of service with emphasis on depth, placement and spin -Overhead smashes and retrieval (Survivor game) 4. ALL AROUND LEVEL UP - Emphasis on serve and return strategies, dinking strategies, volleying strategies, drop shots, overhead smashes

Learn how to play pickleball, the fastest growing sport in America. The beginner course will introduce pickleball rules, body positioning, footwork, drills and doubles game strategy. Drills and strategy will focus on serves, returns, drop-shots, and dinks. The last 30 minutes of the course will be organized play. Participants can bring their own paddle or borrow one from the PAC. Prerequisites: None

Stillwater Area Public Schools Community Education Department is hosting the Lumberjack Days Pickleball Tournament Saturday, July 19th and Sunday, July 20th, 2025 at Northland Park in Stillwater. Stillwater Area High School in the Pony Activity Center will serve as a back up location. Location: Northland Park in Stillwater - 8 dedicated pickleball courts. 12975 75th St. N. Stillwater, MN 55082 Backup - Stillwater Area High School Pony Activity Center - 10 indoor courts, hardwood floors. 5701 Stillwater Boulevard North, Stillwater, MN 55082. Enter Door 11W by the Pony Stadium entryway. Dates: Saturday, July 19th and Sunday, July 20th, 2025 Cost: $30 per player for the first event, $5 for each additional event, tournament t-shirt included in fee. Tournament Format: The tournament format will consist of a minimum of 3 pool play games, followed by single elimination tournament play based on pool ranking. Our goal is to get everyone at least 5 games. All games are officiated by the individuals playing and must make their own calls. This is an unsanctioned tournament. Ball: Franklin X-40 - (if moved indoors we will use the Onix Fuse indoor balls) Men’s and Women’s will play Saturday, July 19th. Depending on the number of teams registered for men’s and women’s play will dictate the start times of each tournament. The goal is to maximize court time for pool play for each level and gender will be dictated based on registrations. Schedules will be posted by July 16th. Mixed Doubles will play Sunday, July 20th. Depending on the number of teams registered for mixed play will dictate the start times of each tournament. The goal is to maximize court time for pool play for each level and will be dictated based on registrations Competition in mixed, men’s and women’s will be offered at 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, and 4.0 divisions, As well as 50+ divisions in mixed. Teams are self-ranked according to USAPA criteria. Tournament Director has the right to reclassify and combine divisions if necessary due to number of teams. Registration: Registration opens March 3rd, 2025, and will close July 11, 2025 @10 AM or until filled. Each player needs to have their own separate online registration and payment. The first registration should be $30. You can register for the second event by going into the new event and selecting the $5 registration fee. There is a $5 processing fee if cancelled before July 11th, 2025. There is no refund after July 11th, 2025 as t-shirts and brackets will be created and modifications to the brackets must be made. Tournament Director: Pete Heldstab heldstabp@stillwaterschools.org 651-351-8454

Do you want to improve your pickleball game? Individual or small group private lessons will help your skills, strategy and rating level. During the one-hour session, participants will be coached through skill repetition and drills specific to improve your pickleball game. Prior to registering for small group training, please make sure you have discussed specific training dates and times that would work best for your group. Once all individual(s) have registered for the private lessons, you will be contacted by the instructor to choose some dates and times for the lessons. You will have 6 months from the date of the initial contact to complete your lessons. Any remaining lessons after that time will be forfeited and no refunds will be issued. Course 928-Individual: One-one coaching session with a personal coach. 3 session package is $155 5 session package is $260 Course 928-Small Group (2 participants): Two participants and one coach. Each person pays for the 3 or 5 session package. 3 session package is $99 5 session package is $134 Course 928-Small Group (4 participants): Four participants and one coach. Each person pays for the 3 or 5 session package. 3 session package is $60 5 session package is $80 **Some instructors may suggest 1.5 hour lessons based on availability. If you have any questions, you may contact Sarah Carlton at carltons@stillwaterschools.org.