July Pickleball Happenings

July Pickleball Newsletter

Happy July!Summer temps have arrived! I hope that you are all getting out there and enjoying the fabulous weather. Snow seems like a distant memory now...We have some fun events coming up this summer: SOPA and I will be partnering together to hold low cost clinics for SOPA members, there will be an UP/DOWN challenge event at RVCC on Friday July 14th 6-9pm, Wes Gabrielsen is holding another clinic series in Sun River in August, two top female pro players in the Pacific Northwest (and fellow Oregonians), Tracie DeJager and Joy Leising, will be in town September 29-30th to hold their "Women Teaching Women" clinics, and the Rotary is having their annual tournament Sept 8-10th... Opportunities abound for learning and playing this summer!

My Website

First: Important Technical BusinessStarting July 1st all of my Rogue Valley Country Club events and lesson signups will be on their organization's Court Reserve account. Simply log into your current court reserve account and click on "My Organizations" and then "Search" for "Rogue Valley Country Club" and click "ADD." You will need to toggle between my account and their account using the "My Organizations" tab to see everything. Basically, if it is at RVCC it will be on their calendar, if it is private lessons or clinics that I am NOT holding at RVCC it will be on my calendar. To help ease the transition I am listing my RVCC events for July on my regular "Shelly Cox Pickleball" calendar. If you happen to sign up for an event there I will manually transfer you over to the RVCC site.  I am so grateful to Dustin Loomis who runs the RVCC Tennis/Pickleball Center for being willing to implement the Court Reserve system so that we can better accommodate pickleball at the club! He was also instrumental in getting pickleball lines painted on ALL of the tennis courts and on the basketball court outside. We have a total of 9 courts now at RVCC!  Next time you see Dustin, please let him know how much we pickleballers appreciate him! 

CourtReserve.com

Save the Date: July 14th 6-9pm
Up/DOWN Challenge @ RVCC
Find a partner (mixed or gender)
Sign up on CourtReserve
(add RVCC to your court reserve account organizations)Show up and pay at the desk
(Warm up 6-6:15pm, timed games)Pickleball Battle! (4.5+ level players will provide the challenge)
 

Sign up Instructions

SOPA Summer Clinics with Shelly
Current SOPA Member $10
Non-member $35
I will be holding a summer clinic series in partnership with SOPA in July and August. The pricing is set to encourage people to join SOPA in order to get the very low $10 clinic fee. SOPA does so much for pickleball in our valley and the bigger their membership becomes the more they can advocate for pickleball with city parks and rec departments. Join SOPA today! Clinic Schedule below, sign up on CourtReserve under Shelly Cox Pickeball:
LOCATION: Fichtner-Mainwaring Park Medford
July 11th 5-6:30pm Learn To Play Beginner Class  
July 11th 6:30-8pm Doubles Partner Strategies
July 18th 5-6:30pm Beginners Plus Class
July 18th 6:30-8pm Return of Serve and Serve
Aug 22nd 5-6:30pm Learn to Play Beginner Class
Aug 22nd 6:30-8pm Drops and Drives
Aug 29th 5-6:30pm Beginners Plus Class
Aug 29th 6:30-8pm Beat the Bangers 
Sign ups on Court Reserve

SOPA Membership

Clinic Sign Ups

Clinic Descriptions

July RVCC Pickleball Clinic Schedule BelowPlease note that all sign ups are on Court Reserve under the organization Rogue Valley Country Club. Instructions on how to add this to your current court reserve account are on my website: click here.

Wes Gabrielsen and Sun River Anyone?If you missed Wes when he was in town giving clinics in May then you are in luck! He is doing the same 4 hour format with three different pros in Sun River on August 1st. Click below to access the website for details and registration.

Sign Up Here

Women Teaching Women Clinics with Tracie DeJager & Joy Leising
Save The Date: September 29th-30th Medford Oregon
Joy and Tracie are not only top pro players but they are also passionate about teaching and empowering women! They will be traveling down to Medford to give a series of clinics focused specifically on women and their needs as athletes! Watch for more info on my website as we get closer. (We will have a mixed session offering to include the men.) 

More Info Coming Soon Here

Tracie DeJager (IPTPA Certified)
Tracie grew up in Lake Oswego playing lots of sports like Soccer, Basketball and Lacrosse at the high school and collegiate level. In pickleball she is a 2019 Nationals medalist, rated 2nd top women's player in the Northwest, she was rated as one of top 50 players in the world as an alternate for the MLP. She became a certified pickleball instructor in 2019 due to her love for teaching as well as wanting to spread her love for the game. Tracie describes her teaching style as interactive, with a good balance of mechanics to build muscle memory. Her goal is to leave every student with a fun experience, as well as new tools they can focus on while drilling to implement into their game.

Joy Leising (PPR Certified)
Joy grew up in the midwest playing competitive Tennis since she was 6 years old. She went on to compete at the collegiate level for Lewis and Clark College. Joy got the “pickleball bug” when she was asked to play a tournament in Canada, once she started learning how to dink, the next year she played in over 25 tournaments. Joy achieved gold in 2021 in both mixed and women’s doubles 5.0 age 35+ doubles. She ranked as one of the top PNW Women’s professional players, achieving 15 national medals. Joy is able to meet players at any pickleball skill level, she emphasizes listening to which areas her students  want to improve. Helping them find new strengths in their game as well as developing new skills.

Fun Rotary Tournament in September! Details and sign ups below.

Ok whew, it's late and that was a LOT of pickleball awesomeness right there! I hope to see you out on the courts as one or more of these fantastic events in the coming months. And as always, my regular private teaching schedule is on Court Reserve under Shelly Cox Pickleball and you will typically find me at Lithia Park on Tuesday and Thursdays yelling things like: Unattackable balls! You got it! Return and Run! No Wrist! Kill it! Bend Your Knees! Watch the Ball Hit Your Paddle! Move your Feet! Now Stop Moving Your Feet! Drop it! ...and an assortment of other crazy ass things at my long suffering, wonderful, tolerant students! 
Happy Pickling ~ Shelly

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