Tired of long waits, pickleball players contacted the Parks and Recreation Department to ask for extended court hours at Fairchild Park.
San Antonians take advantage of the extended hours at the Fairchild Park pickleball courts on Friday evening.Rows of pickleball paddles are lined up side-by-side, handle-up, along the fences of the courts at Fairchild Park on San Antonio’s East Side — sometimes 80 to 90 at a time, signaling the “call” for who gets to play the next game.
For months, pickleball enthusiasts who used the courts at Fairchild waited in long lines and watched more than they could play. Frustrated, a group of community activists came together to do something about it. as a combination of tennis, Ping-Pong and badminton and is just that easy — there’s no running and no special skills needed.
Waddell, who lives near Fairchild Park, said the neighborhood got its first pickleball court about eight years ago. Then the city added more courts and soon, dozens of people showed up for free pickleball open plays four times a week. “San Antonio Parks and Recreation shares the community’s excitement for pickleball,” the Parks and Recreation Department said in a statement. “The expanded hours of operation will accommodate more pickleball players and opportunities for recreation.
The two parking lots overflow onto nearby streets on busy evenings said Jaime Rowan, a nearby resident who got into pickleball during the COVID-19 pandemic. As you walk into the parking lots, the sound of balls hitting the paddles buzzes inside the walls of the tennis courts.The wait isn’t all bad, but pickleball players say they don’t like to watch more than they play.
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