Doubles Strategies: Be a Better Pickleball Partner
ST1 Reg YES. POS Drop-in NO. Pass Scan NO2025 Community Centre - Summer|#561542
Jul 8, 2025 - Aug 5, 2025
19 yrs +, Mixed
Sports6 - AdultPB Contractor Individual - Category 1
Activity locationVancouver Curling Club
Description
Instructors: Ronith Cogswell & Ruth Johnson
They say great players make their partners better. In this camp, we'll work on strategies and tools to help you become a better partner and a stronger team player. Whether competing in doubles or mixed, success comes from being in sync with your partner, communicating effectively, and adapting to challenges. Learn how to problem-solve during matches, make smart decisions, and create opportunities that give you and your partner a competitive edge.
Sessions will cover the following concepts:
- Dynamic warm-up and injury prevention strategies.
- Court warm-up.
- Stacking strategies,
- Poaching.
- Isolating opponents / what to do when you're being isolated.
- Moving as a team / Getting your team to the NVL.
- Who take the middle?
- Turning defense into offence.
- Ideal court positioning.
- Communication.
- Helpful body mechanics, including footwork.
Session format: 15-minute dynamic warm-up, 90 minutes of drills, 45 minute of monitored game play.
If you would like to register as a doubles team, please register both players individually. If you would like to register individually, you will be paired up by the instructors.
Questions? Please email Vansport@Vancouver.ca
Activity meeting dates
Jul 8, 2025 - Aug 5, 2025
Tue6:15 PM - 8:45 PM
Instructor
Ronith Cogswell
More Information
SupervisorActivity Admin - IM City-Wide Sports Services
Number of sessions5
Department0 - Park Board Revenue
25 openings remaining
Notes
No refunds after the second class
NOTE: The nature of the activity is such that you may interact with other people who are considered to be in good health, continuous physical distance between other people cannot be guaranteed, and, by participating in the activity, you are at risk of being infected by a pathogen, including but not limited to SARS-COV-2, which causes the disease COVID-19.
Communicable Disease Health & Safety Practices:
· Participants are required to comply with the current Orders of the Provincial Health Officer. For more information, please cut and paste into your web browser: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/info/restrictions
· Participants should assess themselves daily for symptoms of common cold, influenza, COVID-19, or other infectious respiratory disease before attending the Facility.
· Participants who are ill, including participants of essential service providers, should not attend a program or access the Community Centre. If you are unsure, you should self-isolate and contact 8-1-1 or the local public health unit.
· All participants are encouraged to practice proper hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette by covering coughs or sneezes.
