Death Valley Pickleball Gang
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Outdoor play is open on Mon, Tues, Thu, Fri at Nettles Park at 8:30 AM (later when it gets cooler)
(Mostly 9:00 in October when gets cold)
Outdoor play is open on Mon, Thu, Sat at SWU at 8:30 AM
Outdoor open play at SWU on Mondays at 6:00 PM
Random days as requested open play at 6 or 7 PM at SWU or Nettles (check Facebook group or Team Reach)
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
Indoor play is at Fair Oak Youth Center for adults on Monday, Thursday at 9-11 AM,
Sunday 2-4 PM for families (including children)
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 is free. All outdoor play is free.
Check Facebook group "Death Valley Pickleball" for spontaneous options nearly every week
Our Team Reach code is DVPB
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 300 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 8:30 AM (earlier when hot weather) : Nettles Park in Clemson (drop in for all levels) - outside - free
Monday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30 AM : Southern Wesleyan University
Mondays 6:00 PM : Southern Wesleyan University
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 Jan 8-12, 2023)
Thursday 9-12 : Fair Oak Youth Center, 150 School House Rd, Westminster- 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: Both Nettles Park and South Cove may start earlier when the weather is warmer or later when the weather is cold.
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
pickleball signs.pdfHere 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.