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COURT OPEN.HI, THIS IS PARISH PRESIDENT CYNTHIA LEE CHANG.
I'M HERE AT OUR JPRD PICKLEBALL COMPLEX.
TODAY IS THE GRAND OPENING, AND I RAN INTO MY OLD FRIEND, JIM SHANE LAST NIGHT FROM THE VOLLEYBALL WORLD, UM, AND, AND HIS FRIEND DAN, AND I TOLD, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU TO PLAY PICKLEBALL FOR A LONG TIME, RIGHT? A YEAR AND A HALF.
AND I RAN INTO YOU LAST NIGHT AND YOU SHOWED UP TODAY.
NEVER PUT A PADDLE IN YOUR HAND.
UM, DAN HAS VERY LIMITED EXPERIENCE.
I THINK YOU'VE ONLY PLAYED ONE TIME ONCE, ONCE BEFORE.
SO MY POINT HERE IS DON'T WORRY IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO KEEP SCORE.
DON'T WORRY IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS GAME.
DON'T LET THAT BE A BARRIER TO MISSING OUT ON ALL THE FUN.
YOU'LL FEEL LIKE YOU'RE PLAYING A GAME IMMEDIATELY.
IT'S HARD TO MASTER EASY ACCESS TO GET IN.
JUST COME ON OUT AND BE PART OF OUR PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY HERE AT OUR JPRD PICKLEBALL COMPLEX.
I, UH, BUMPED INTO CYNTHIA LAST NIGHT.
CYNTHIA HAS BEEN ASKING ME FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF TO COME PLAY PICKLEBALL EVERY TIME I SEE HER.
SO SHE TALKED ME INTO COMING OUT TODAY.
I DID NOT KNOW ONE THING ABOUT IT.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO KEEP SCORE.
WE ALL CAUGHT ON RIGHT AWAY, AND IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TIME.
AND I THINK I'M ALREADY HOOKED.
I PLAYED PICKLEBALL ONE TIME PRIOR.
IT WASN'T DIFFICULT TO PICK IT UP, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
IF YOU COME OUT HERE JUST WITH NO EXPECTATIONS AND UH, YOU COME OUT HERE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, I THINK YOU'LL, YOU'LL GET IT, GET IT, UH, GET THE HANG OF IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
JUST COME OUT, JUST START PLAYING.
ONCE YOU GET MOVING, IT'S, IT'S NATURAL.
I MEAN, DON'T, DON'T HESITATE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THIS.
IT'S THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT WE HAVE IN AMERICA.
AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, CYNTHIA'S POINT THIS MORNING WAS THAT THERE'S SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY OUT HERE.
EVERYBODY'S BEEN SO WELCOMING TO US AND THEY DON'T KNOW US.
AND IT'S JUST A GREAT COMMUNITY AND I KNOW IT'S A LOT, A GREAT WAY TO NETWORK AND MEET OTHER PEOPLE.