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NEW OUTDOOR COURTS AT NETTLES OPEN SOON! CHECK HER FOR MORE INFORMATION
Outdoor play is open on Mon, Tues, Thu, Fri, Sat at Nettles Park at 9:00 AM (earlier when it gets hotter, 9:30 on very cold days)
Indoor play is open on Mon, Tues, Thu at CCRC at 9:00 AM
First Monday of each month old friends will try to go to CCRC
Some Wednesdays and Fridays if nothing is scheduled in the gym
Indoor play is at Fair Oak Youth Center for adults on Monday, Thursday at 9 AM
Sunday 2-4 PM for families (including children)
Indoor play is at Shaver Recreation Complex in Seneca Tuesday and Thursday 12:30 - 7:30 PM
All of these options are open to the public and not restricted by level. There is a fee for indoor play at CCRC. Nonmembers pay $7/day (under 65) or $5/day (over 65). It is free to play if you have a CCRC membership. Indoor play at Fair Oak Youth Center and Shaver is free. All outdoor play is free.
Check Facebook group Death Valley Pickleball Gang for spontaneous options.
Our Team Reach code is DVPB. Check there for spontaneous options too.
Welcome to Pickleball in the Clemson, SC area! Here we will include information about Pickleball in Clemson - for our group known as "The Death Valley Pickleball Gang". This group started with a Clemson OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) demonstration in May of 2016 and has grown to include more than 1000 players from Central, Clemson, Pendleton, Seneca and multiple Lake Hartwell and Lake Keowee communities. We welcome visitors and newcomers. Please check our links for lots more! News is updated regularly - so check often.
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Current regularly scheduled Pickleball near Clemson:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9:00 AM (earlier when hot weather, 9:30 when it's very cold) : Nettles Park in Clemson (drop in for all levels) - outside - free
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 9 AM - 12 PM: Central-Clemson Rec Center in Central (CCRC - day passes are $5 for over 65, $7 for under 65) - inside (Free for members)
Thursday 9-12 : Fair Oak Youth Center, 150 School House Rd, Westminster- inside - free
Tuesday and Thursday 12:30-7:30: Shaver Recreation Complex in Seneca - inside - free
Daily 8:30 AM (or earlier when hot or later when cold) : South Cove Park in Seneca - outside - $3 for parking if you don't have a pass
Saturday mornings, Tuesday and Thursday 5-8:00 PM : Pope Field in Easley + many other opportunities there - recommend visiting one Saturday to find out about other offerings
Anderson Civic Center : recommend visiting https://www.places2play.org/ for schedule or contact information about Anderson and other opportunities in the area or see Upstate Pickleball calendar below
Per one informant: starts 8:30-9 almost every day
Note: Nettles Park and South Cove may start earlier when the weather is warmer or later when the weather is cold.
New courts at Nettles Park are not finished yet, but we are playing on them now (April/May 2025). There are 8 beautiful courts with a nice parking lot and new road. Unfortunately the courts were built too close to the fence, so the city of Clemson will be fixing them - so they will be shut down some time between now and the end of June for repairs. When that happens, we will play on the old courts until the new ones are ready.
Here is a video about Pickleball sign language to help us communicate with our Deaf friends (and in noisy gyms):
Click on this link for the 3 page handout on Pickleball signs we used on the day we made the video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tmP-TfgYMT5DvyESI_sYi4TxOORUYd6r/view?usp=sharing
Here are some other interesting sites to check out:
Facebook: Our Facebook group is "Death Valley Pickleball Gang" (200+ members)
Team Reach: Our Team Reach code is dvpb (200+ members)
If you are at Nettles Park after regular hours and need to report a problem, call the non-emergency police line at 864-624-2000. For example, water was on in a restroom recently and that was who we were told to call.