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56 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | APRIL 2025 Early spring greeting, friends and neighbors. The Four Seasons Lawn Chair Volleyball Club is back in action. We play volleyball on the second and fourth Thursday of every month on The Lodge lawn area between the pickleball and paddle tennis courts. During the winter season, we play from about 3 pm until sunset (weather permitting). All you need to play the sport of lawn chair volleyball is a sturdy lawn chair and a desire to laugh with your neighbors. Our club has only two rules: you can't get out of your chair during play and you MUST HAVE FUN! If you're looking for a club where you can partake in a bit of friendly competition with very little physical exertion, come check us out. And bring your guests along. Everyone is welcome to join in the fun. For more information, contact Dave at dave.rohrbacker@ icloud.com. ~ Mike McQueen Lawn Chair Volleyball We had our Winter Tournament on Feb. 22. Many thanks to David Martin, this year's Tournament Director, and all Steering Committee members: Kelly Vucinic, Jesse Aceves, Maggie Domico, Carol Ward, Nancy Ginnetti, Gayle Wardenski, and Nancy Hessin, who organized such a fun competition, and also to Four Seasons Bistro for the breakfast burritos! People often stop me, in my travelings 'round the Mont O' Beau or the Ning of Ban, and ask "What's all the hubbub I hear these days about pickleball"? Well, according to the National Hubbub Association, a fictitious organization of great and questionable authority, people learning about pickleball or who currently play pickleball outnumber everyone else on Earth by a factor of three-to-one. "Wow," the now-hapless pedestrian often utters, "I really just wanted to know how to get to the Morongo." Now, I guess I don't hear as well as I used to, and I may not be too smart, but I do think I know a good statistic when I see one. 'Turns out that scientists (probably in their spare time) have figured out that there are three main reasons for this cultural wave of plastic balls, fancy paddles, meniscal tears, and rotator cuff unlinkings. Here's what they found: One, it's easy. If you can walk, you are likely to be able to play pickleball. If you can run, you could be a better-than-average player. If you have ever run fast in your life — ever — you most likely will be able to become famous. Two, it improves memory and cognition. Scoring in Pickleball has three numbers. We say our score first, then our opponents' score, then a number corresponding to which player on the good side (invariably ours) is serving. It's almost impossible to keep track of, especially when it's hot or windy or cold or sunny or cloudy. The numbers all change constantly, and if you get confused, people begin to encourage you to take more ginkgo biloba and look into rug hooking. Three, cheating is encouraged. In pickleball, once the ball crosses the net, it is explicitly against the rules to call it "out" or "in." Obviously, since no one can see anything out there anymore, anyone can, and does, make up just about all the calls on the spot. What a hoot. The mayhem tends toward hilarity. See the kiosk by the courts for info on intro lessons and joining us. We'd love to have you! ~ Mike McGrath, mjmsmailbox@ yahoo.com Pickleball A bunch of your neighbors are in the Four Seasons Pickleball Club. Younger Oldsters (L-R): Dave omas, Renee Brickman (Bronze); Daniel Ward, John Schaefer (Gold); James Pyle, Paco Paez (Silver) Older Youngsters (L-R): Carol Ward, Julie McGrath (Bronze); Ken Edwards, Lynn Rae Dupree (Gold); Shelley Allard, Tony Greicius (Silver)

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