{"id":22197,"date":"2025-09-02T10:16:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T14:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=22197"},"modified":"2025-09-02T13:21:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T17:21:21","slug":"pickleball-for-faculty-staff-returns-thursdays-at-student-fitness-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2025\/09\/02\/pickleball-for-faculty-staff-returns-thursdays-at-student-fitness-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickleball for faculty, staff returns Thursdays at Student Fitness Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty and staff pickleball has returned to the Michael &amp; Gail Whitty Student Fitness Center this fall.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The schedule for Aug.\/Sept. is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thursday, Aug. 28<\/strong>, 5:15-6:15 pm \u2013 Open Play<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, Sept. 4<\/strong>, 5:15-6:15 pm \u2013 Pickleball 101 Clinic<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, Sept. 11<\/strong>, 5:15-6:15 pm \u2013 Open Play<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, Sept. 18<\/strong>, 5:15-6:15 pm \u2013 Open Play<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, Sept. 25<\/strong>, 5:15-6:15 pm \u2013 Open Play<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday, Sept. 27<\/strong>, 5-7 pm \u2013 Homecoming Clinic &amp; Competition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The indoor sessions are for everyone, from seasoned players to those curious and wanting to try something new. It&#8217;s a great way to unwind, connect and have fun with the Detroit Mercy community. Paddles and balls are provided free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>Participation is completely voluntary; no commitment is required. Just come as you are, and enjoy some friendly competition and Titan camaraderie. Feel free to bring along a colleague or invite one outside guest for a $5 fee at the front desk.<\/p>\n<p>Want to see what pickleball is all about? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jPtbk0l3ClM\">Check out this quick intro on the sport.<\/a> We hope to see you on the courts!<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/team\/19%3AM--pEeIANrIfHijAfAUq6o_gzFCmp-Mr4mwPmeMm1041%40thread.tacv2\/conversations?groupId=fbaa32df-652c-4f82-84b8-9850c39e5723&amp;tenantId=c8a4c2d8-bd68-40ba-b8b6-7522be9a7171\">Join the group here.<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22198\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/07\/4H8A8290.jpg?resize=993%2C662&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Four pickleball players compete in a match on the Student Fitness Center courts.\" width=\"993\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/07\/4H8A8290-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/07\/4H8A8290-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/07\/4H8A8290-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/07\/4H8A8290-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/07\/4H8A8290-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/07\/4H8A8290-scaled.jpg?resize=825%2C550&amp;ssl=1 825w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/07\/4H8A8290-scaled.jpg?w=1986&amp;ssl=1 1986w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The indoor sessions from 5:15-6:15 p.m. Thursdays are for everyone from seasoned players to those curious and wanting to try something new. It&#8217;s a great way to unwind, connect and have fun with the Detroit Mercy community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":22198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[6292,3090,797,566,567],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/07\/4H8A8290-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-5M1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22197"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22549,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22197\/revisions\/22549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}