Sydney Tech Pickleball

A relaxed weekly pickleball session for Sydney tech workers to connect, play and sweat a little. We are on courts 7 and 8 and you'll rotate courts and partners. A healthy way to wind up your Tuesday!

Many people are beginners and don't know each other yet, so don't worry about that.

If you have any questions, just message the WhatsApp group.

Logistics

Get your tickets via Luma. You can buy for yourself and your friends too.

All paddles and balls are provided.

There are showers available at ICC, in the carpark level.

Cancellations

You can cancel within 24 hours of the event - you'll get a credit to attend a future session. Send a WhatsApp message to Tim to cancel.

If it's very wet, we'll cancel it and you'll get a credit for a future session - we'll notify this through Luma via email and also our WhatsApp group. We'll make this call on the morning.

Pickleball Basic Rules & Scoring

Before your first time playing, please check out this 5-min video which covers the basic rules and scoring: https://youtu.be/pDDwZgepQeE

We'll use traditional scoring rules with games up to 11 (you need to win by 2 points).

Beginner Tips

Don't worry about looking silly - everyone does at the beginning.

Before you serve, make sure you say the score, otherwise you will quickly lose track of it.

Try to notice your most common mistake to improve that.

Try to get to the kitchen line quickly - don't hang back at the base line like tennis.

The serve has to be under arm 'in an upward arc' - so no downward slicing, tennis style serve or side arms.

The rule everyone forgets is that the ball has to land once on each side (two-bounce rule) before you can start volleying - so remember 'Serve and Stay' and 'Return and Run'.

General Etiquette

It's just a social game for a bit of fun, so let's keep it friendly.

After each game ends, change it up - e.g. swap your partner, swap courts etc. If anyone is waiting to play, they get priority to play the next game.

Make sure you keep score of your game so that we can keep the games turning over. It's normal to lose track a little bit, that's fine.

After the game is over, you touch paddles with each other player (equivalent of a handshake).