Who says it only has to be one day of the year? Let’s celebrate all week! Ideas below.

Top 10 World Pickleball Day Ideas

• Taster Sessions Book courts for several hours and split the time into several 1.5-2 hour slots. Make sure you have several people that can help you teach people how to play pickleball. Make sure you set up a welcoming and fun atmosphere to encourage people to come back.

• Fundraising Tournament Many clubs need to raise funds for nets and balls. World Pickleball Day is a great reason to set up a fundraising tournament.

• Pickleball Festival Book a venue for a whole day or weekend and sell tickets to players to play recreational play. Encourage a fun atmosphere and offer some games within similar ability and others with mixed abilities so that everyone mixes with everyone else. You could also offer a beginners court to teach people to play.

• Street Pickleball Get approval from your local authority to set up a net in a public place, chalk a court out and demonstrate the game. Make sure you have some flyers to give out for people to find out more information. Offer people to have a go on the day!

• BBQ and Play Set up a social session with food and music and pickleball play. People that see the game being played in a fun setting are likely to want to have a go/find out more!

• Schedule Exhibition Matches Get some of your best players to play in exhibition matches in places that has plenty of people passing by.

• Challenge your club members to phone one friend (that doesn’t play pickleball) and tell them about pickleball and why you love it! Encourage that friend to come along to a taster session. Consider a prize for the person that gets the most friends along.

• Family Day Create a family day event, welcoming all ages to try the game with the funny name.

• Create a Club Ranking Use the day to get players to play skinny singles to rank players within the club

• Host an International Day, complete with traditional dress, followed by morning tea with goodies from various countries