Showing posts with label live stream. Show all posts
Showing posts with label live stream. Show all posts

Thursday, August 18, 2016

Traveling pickleball player Bob Hamilton from...



Traveling pickleball player Bob Hamilton from Rancho Mirage, California discusses his pickleball play experiences with the Port Townsend Pickleball Group.

Monday, May 2, 2016

New Port Townsend High School Pickleball Court Facebook Live Streams


On his own, Port Townsend resident Mac Wheeler contacted the Port Townsend High School administration to borrow the school's industrial pressure washer. Two weeks ago, a small team of volunteer pickleball players cleaned the enclosed single tennis court. Last week, Mac made a pickleball court with yellow cloth court tape . The heavy duty tape is expected to last for about a year.

Equipment used for this Facebook Live stream video:


Recording Issues

  • Due to bright sunlight the cell phone screen was not visible during the recording.
  • Facebook Live will only stream when the cell phone is vertical (not horizontal or landscape). The Ultrapod mini tripod had to be attached to the ladder with wire ties so the LG G3 cell phone could be held by the cell phone clamp in a vertical position.
  • Half of the cell phone battery was drained after live streaming two games for 20 minutes.




This Facebook Live stream was recorded on a tripod at the same spot that the ladder was on.

Saturday, April 30, 2016

More US Open Pickleball Championships Video Links



Sarah Ansboury (L) and Christine McGrath

Facebook Videos from the 2016 US Open Pickleball Championships by Rodney Allman




Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Adam Fisher on Periscope: "U.S. Open #Pickleball Championships: Kids Day in #Naples"



Adam Fisher: Naples Daily News sports reporter. Dropping knowledge on everything there is to know in the Southwest Florida sports scene.






Watch Live Stream: Adam Fisher on Periscope: "U.S. Open #Pickleball Championships: Kids Day in #Naples"


Amy Oshier on Periscope: "US Open Pickleball Championship Naples Florida"



Amy Oshier - wife, mother, pet lover, reporter, host. As seen on TV: Health Matters, HealthDay Living, A Better You. Love: family eating shopping reading exercising & pink



Watch Live Stream: Amy Oshier on Periscope: "US pickleball championship Naples Florida":


Sunday, April 17, 2016

Port Townsend Pickleball Play - Courthouse Courts



Due to beautiful weather (72 degrees) the location of the Sunday Port Townsend Pickleball Play was changed from the Rec Center to the Courthouse Courts. Although, we played with outside balls, the wind was a big factor during serves and rallies.


For the first time, we live streamed a couple of games using Facebook Live.

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Interview With US Open Pickleball Championship Organizers - Videoblogging 206



Pickleball, the paddle game that began on Bainbridge Island in 1965 to keep kids occupied on a rainy day, will now have a national tournament in Naples, Florida April 26-May 1, "The U.S. Open Pickleball Championship."

Jim Ludwig, US Open Event Director and USAPA Ambassador, joined Spirit Promotions founders Chris Evon and Terri Graham, the organizers of the US Open Pickleball Championship, to give a pre-site tour of East Naples Community Park. (see map below)

Transcript:

Jim Ludwig: This is the US Open Pickleball Championship wall that will be the focal point for thousands of visitors coming here for our event to have their opportunity to take photos.

Jack Olmsted, Videoblogging 206: How did you guys meet?

Chris Evon: By accident! Terri (Graham) and I had come down to this area looking at different venues and we were presenting our presentation, our vision, to Collier County and somebody hooked us up with Jim and the three of us got together and realized that our vision for one large pickleball event was very similar and we have not looked back since.

Jim: I became a pickleball player about five years ago. I enjoyed the sport so much that I stopped playing tennis and golf and became an ambassador about three and a half years ago with the USAPA. And eventually became a district ambassador to promote the sport because I found a great love for the sport and also was able to get other people involved that had never been exercising before or out playing a sport or a racket sport in particular.

Chris: We met in January 2015. We came down here to give the presentation and like I said, hooked up with Jim, we talked about our vision together. He was involved in the meetings with the CVB, the Collier County Convention and Visitors Bureau and since then we've just been partners in this whole thing.

Spirit Promotions was designed as a business to kind of house the US Open. So, when we came up with the idea to have a US Open, we started Spirit Promotions which is our company to just promote this event and probably other events throughout the years.

Terri and I both come from a long history of sporting goods events and the sporting goods industry. We were both with Wilson Sports Goods. Terri was there for 21 years. I was there for 17 years. We were in the indoor racket sports division which really ended up being all the racket sports except for tennis.

So, we were involved with racquetball, mainly, that was our main sport but we also did squash, paddle, badminton and pickleball.

Jim: The DecoTurf surface is state-of-the -art. It is the same surface that they use at the US Open Tennis Championships in Flushing Meadows, New York. We are putting it on all of our new courts we are doing. The only courts that will not have it will be the ninth courts existing.

2016 US Open Pickleball Champainship MapIt is a cushioned surface about five millimeters thick. You don't notice a difference with the play. But, you do notice a difference after you are playing - your muscles and bones don't ache.

We are headed over towards the first expo tent. You see that white car pulling out now. In this parking lot, there will be one complete tent. It will be 150 feet long - you can see Terry there - by 60 feet wide. It will fill this complete parking lot. This is where the check in center will be.

We will also have a beer garden, an entertainment lounge, VIP lounge, food will be served in here and also we will have a few other vendors.

Now, we will walk over to tent number two which is the vendors tent. In this area, we will have another tent that is a 150 feet long by 60 feet wide. Where you see that stone there it will be all vendors in there.

Jack: Do you know how many vendors will be in the tent?
Jim: 20 vendors

Jack: Hi Terri. How is your day going?
Terri Graham: Busy. It is going awesome.
Jack: What is on your to-do-list today?
Terri: You don't have enough time.
Jim: The battery is running out.
Terri: Well, we have found some food for Saturday. I met with a vendor. We have just been real busy.
Chris: Seating will happen today.
Terri: Seating yeah. It's crazy busy.
Jack: Terri, How long have you been working on this tournament?
Terri: A little over a year. But the last 6 months its been 24/7. The CVB, Collier County Visitors Bureau, is a huge supporter of ours. Hence, you look around here and see what's going on with this park. They have been a big supporter. Commissioner Fiala has been very supportive as well.

Really the whole community has been behind this project since day one.

I would say besides the volunteers these two people here are the backbone of this event. You know Jim is a full-time Naples resident and pretty much, as I have always referred to him as, the “Mayor Of Pickleball” in Naples and has done an amazing job in this area building the pickleball community.

And obviously Chris is my right hand person putting this whole thing together. This is more than a three-person event, as we found out.

Jim: I've been working with the children here in Collier County for about a year and a half now through "Pickleball For All." One of our first partners in the pickleball world was Avalon school which is attached to the property that we are standing in. They are going to bring out eighty five of their children, 85 -100 of their children, that we taught pickleball to last year and this year and have them out for "Kids Day".

We're going to have them out on the championship court to see some pro exhibition. When we're done with the pro exhibition, we're going to take them over and have them all on the courts and get them with the pros playing with the pros. From there, we will take them over, feed them lunch, give them a little sugar popcorn to bring back to school to get them wired for the afternoon and we're all looking forward to this and they are very, very excited about it.

Jack: A couple of years ago you had a dream about this. Is this what you expected?
Terri: I will let you know in 3 weeks.
Jack: OK. That's a deal. We will connect with you after the big tournament.
Terri: Alright, that sounds great.
Jack: Thanks so much. I really appreciate your time today Terry, Chris and Jim. Have a great tournament.

Saturday, April 9, 2016

Port Angeles Pickleball Mixed-Doubles Spring Fling


Port Angeles Pickleball Mix Doubles Tournament
Port Angeles Pickleball Mix Doubles Tournament Spring FlingMore Information:http://pttennis.blogspot.com/2016/03/port-angeles-pickleball-doubles.html
Posted by Jack Olmsted on Saturday, April 9, 2016
Interview with Port Angeles Pickleball Mixed-Doubles Spring Fling organizer Sissi Bruch.

Denna and Mike (Port Angeles) vs Mary Critchlow and Jack Olmsted (Port Townsend)

Winners for the mixed doubles

First Place: Steve Bennett & Beverly Hastings
Second: Linda Chansky & Mark Mullins
Third Place: Sissi Bruch & Rob Welch

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Mission Kansas Spring Pickleball Tournament

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In this clip from our 40 minute live stream, Mickey Collins, Dink Pickleball, talks to Mission Kansas Spring Pickleball Tournament sponsors and players.

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

USAPA | LIVE Stream Nationals On Enetlive TV


Instructions

Instructions to CREATE ACCOUNT to VIEW LIVE USAPA
  1. Click on Create New Membership fill out Your Name, Email Address, Password and Select Your Favorite Channel (USAPA)
  2. Click on Checkout (Free so credit card information is not needed)
  3. You will come to a Thank You page confirming your free membership.
  4. Click on USAPA or go to http://usapanetwork.com
  5. Click on LIVE (once broadcast is LIVE you will see broadcast)
USAPA | Enetlive TV: