CARVER COMMUNITY CENTER INC

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The Carver Community Center is bringing something new to its indoor courts, and it's serving it up with extra pickle. Pickleball is a cross between a few games, including tennis, ping pong and whiffle ball. Players use smaller, sturdier rackets that resemble ping pong rackets and a whiffle ball, following rules similar to tennis. The game is now available to play on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Carver Community Center for $3 a session, and seniors can purchase a season pass for $20 that lasts until September 2017. At first, members of the group would arrive early every Tuesday and Thursday to tape off two pickleball courts on top of one of the center's basketball courts. After a few weeks, the center allowed them to leave the tape down, and Poppas said it saves them at least half an hour every time they play. Rogers said soon they'll spread the courts out to allow for a third court because the group has continued to grow. The courts are similar to tennis courts, except they are much smaller. A regulation pickleball court is one-fourth the size of a tennis court, and the net is lower than a tennis net.