Laguna Woods Globe

by Sheryl Strich

7/31/2025

The summer months are ant and pest season.  This week I was sent a picture of an unoccupied table in the social area with a pickleball paddle laying on top along with a half-eaten apple.  Accompanying them was an army or maybe a battalion of ants swarming on the paddle, the apple, and the table.  The paddle had no name on it, and had I been there, I would not have picked it up to see if the name was on the other side.  Way too many ants for my liking!!!

For the sake of your equipment and for others who would like to sit at the tables, please do not leave fruit of any kind, half eaten or whole on the tables.  If you do eat a particularly juicy piece of fruit and get the juice on the table, please wipe the table off.  And, be smart, label your paddle.

Two tips that I received this week from Coach Beau: 1. Footwork is key.  When making a lateral move, do not cross one leg in front of the other, but shuffle either to the right or the left as needed.  2. Those people who play at the baseline, and don’t move to the kitchen are 2.0 players!