Pickleball provides a host of mental and physical benefits every time you play.

Mental Health Benefits:  Regular exercise has been proven to improve our mood and keep anxiety and depression at bay, and pickleball is no exception to that rule.  Physical activity releases endorphins, which makes us happy.  And, as a bonus, if you play outside, sunshine makes us feel good, too!

Social Interaction:  Whether you play singles or doubles, you’ll be interacting with at least one other person in order to play pickleball.  Socializing with others every once in a while is key to maintaining a positive state of mental health, but even the small act of smiling at another person has been shown to release happy chemicals.

Hand-Eye Coordination:  The more you play, the better your hand-eye coordination will get.  This is helpful not only in the sport but in our daily lives.

Agility:  The ability to move quickly and easily and to think and understand quickly (like to anticipate the next shot) is paramount to playing pickleball and is helpful in everyday life.

Endurance:  Pickleball is a cardio-heavy sport.  This type of exercise strengthens your heart and improves your stamina allowing you to sustain activity for longer periods of time.  This helps in simple daily tasks such as walking the dog or cleaning the house.

SADDLEBROOKE RANCH GOLF CLUB 2022 RESIDENT GOLF FEES ANNUAL FEES
SBR Annual Pass
1st Person in household $3200.00 inc. tax $3136.00 inc. tax (with cash discount)
2nd Person in household $3000.00 inc. tax $2940.00 inc. tax (with cash discount)
 Best value if playing 2 – 4+ times per week…Cost per round under $35
 $200 discount for the 2nd person in household annual purchase
 2% discount for cash payment at purchase
 Complimentary 25-bucket range card
 20% discount on golf shop apparel
 10% discount on golf shop equipment
 10% discount off guest rates for non-resident guests
 Lowest Chelsea Tee Time Reservation points at 0.5 points per request placement
PLAY CARD FEES
SBR 50 Play Card (18 Holes)
Individual Use $2300.00 inc. tax $2254.00 inc. tax (with cash discount)
Household Use $2450.00 inc. tax $2401.00 inc. tax (with cash discount)
SBR 50 Play Card (9 Holes)
Individual Use $1380.00 inc. tax $1352.40 inc. tax (with cash discount)
Household Use $1480.00 inc. tax $1450.40 inc. tax (with cash discount)
 Based on playing 1 – 2 times per week during Fall, Winter, and Spring rate seasons
 Up to a 20% discount compared to Winter Season Prime rate
 2% discount for cash payment at purchase
 Second lowest Chelsea points at 1.0 point per placement…Points in effect while the play card is active
 Can be used for non-resident guests
SBR 25 Play Card (18 Holes)
Individual Use $1275.00 inc. tax $1249.50 inc. tax (with cash discount)
Household Use $1350.00 inc. tax $1323.00 inc tax (with cash discount)
SBR 25 Play Card (9 Holes)
Individual Use $765.00 inc. tax $749.70 inc. tax (with cash discount)
Household Use $815.00 inc tax $798.70 inc tax (with cash discount)
 Based on playing one time per week during the Winter rate season
 Up to an 11% discount compared to Winter season Prime rate
 2% discount for cash payment at purchase
 Second lowest Chelsea points at 1.0 point per placement…Points in effect while the play card is active
 Can be used for non-resident guests (Continued on back)
“PAY AS YOU GO” FEES
SBR Resident (“Pay as you go”) Please see seasonal daily rate structure below.
 Provides flexibility with four different rates per day and six rate periods during the year
 No pre-pay commitment
DAILY INDIVIDUAL RESIDENT / RESIDENT GUEST GREEN FEES*
SEASON DATES PRIME MIDDAY TWI / 9 SUPER TWILIGHT
WINTER 12/01/21 – 03/31/22 $57.00 $46.00 $34.00 $23.00
SPRING 04/01/22 – 04/30/22 $51.00 $41.00 $31.00 $21.00
05/01/22 – 05/31/22 $46.00 $36.00 $27.00 $18.00
SUMMER 06/01/22 – 09/30/22 $40.00 $32.00 $24.00 $16.00
FALL 10/01/22 – 10/31/22 $46.00 $36.00 $27.00 $18.00
11/01/22 – 11/30/22 $51.00 $41.00 $31.00 $21.00
SPECTATOR / RENTAL CLUBS / RANGE FEES*
SPECTATOR FEE (Non-Playing Spectator) 18 holes – $25.00 9 holes – $15.00
RENTAL CLUBS 18 holes – $25.00 9 holes – $15.00
RANGE BUCKET (~35 balls) $5.00
DRIVING RANGE CARD – 50 buckets (~35 balls each) $212.50 (15% discount off regular bucket price)
ANNUAL RENTAL CART FEE (per seat) $550.00
RESIDENT RENTAL CART FEE (per player) $12.00

Pickleball is played by all ages, but is favored particularly by children and seniors for a few reasons. The speed of the ball moves much slower than the speed of a tennis ball and players find it easier on the body playing on a smaller court.

With that being said, pickleball not only has the fun factor, but it has many health benefits that go along with the sport.

Playing pickleball can boost your mood and overall mental health, you burn calories, and fewer injuries occur due to the low impact nature of the game. Pickleball specifically works on your balance and agility while it also offers the same benefits of other regular exercise. These include reducing your risk of heart attack and chronic disease, toning your muscles and increasing your energy.

Most of all, pickleball is a social sport where you will create friendship anywhere you play.

Golf Updates – January 2022:

January is here, and with it, a brand-new year! We hope that 2022 is a year of good health for all! We are about to begin the busiest time of the golf season with a fully dormant course and the highest amount of resident golfers we have yet had. Please do your best to reduce the time your cart is on the turf, to control turf damage for better conditions for all. Stay in tune with the Forecaddie to keep up-to-date with everything pro shop and golf course related. In the sections following, you will find all the information relating to this month in golf, as well as contact information for our golf associations and our Greens Committee. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions.

Pro Shop Schedule:

Pro Shop Hours – Open 30 minutes before the first tee time and 1 hour before shotguns. The pro shop closes at 3:00pm. Pro shop staff will carry the pro shop cell phone (520-561-1196) until 5:00. Staff is available until one hour before sunset.

First tee time 1-1 to 1-31: 8:00am

Last tee time 1-1 to 1-31: 4:00pm

Shotguns: 8:00/1:00

Rate Periods: 1-1 to 1-31:

• Prime 8:00 – 11:22 Midday 11:30 – 1:22
• Twilight 1:30 – 3:00
• Super Twilight 3:00 – Sunset

2022 Golf Rates:

The 2022 golf rates are now available, viewable, and printable on your Chelsea home page.

Copies are also available in the pro shop. Annuals and play-cards for 2022 became available for purchase at the pro shop beginning Monday, December

What is Pickleball?

Come join the FUN and find out.  Tuesday, December 14th at 3:00 PM at the SBR Pickleball Courts.

Please visit the website www.sbrpickleball.club to register.  Arrive 15 minutes early for paperwork.  Space is limited to 20 people.

What you’ll need:   Paddle and ball (provided by the club)

Lots of water for hydration

Tennis or court shoes

Safety eyewear (optional)

Expect to have lots of FUN at the BEST social club at Saddlebrooke Ranch!

 

 

 

 

 

2022 Annual and Play cards go on sale Monday, December 3rd. The 2022 rate sheet and application are linked on the Chelsea home page and are printable for your convenience. Hard copies will also be available in the pro shop.

• Sanding Divots – We see many golfers are sanding their divots and we appreciate the effort! We ask that you DO NOT sand divots on the tee boxes however, as the maintenance crew will be sanding AND seeding the tee box divots and if golfers sand the tee box divots the seeding will not be as effective.
• Cart Traffic Control this Season – The most detrimental thing to the course’s conditions in the coming months is cart traffic. WE need to work together to minimize wear patterns as play enters and exits the golf holes. The key to this is dispersing cart traffic throughout the entire golf hole as much as possible.

Here is how you can help preserve our conditions.

1. Strictly follow the 90-degree cart path rule. What this means is that you stay on the cart path after your tee shot until you are 90 degrees to your ball, then you drive to your ball. After your final shot onto the green again drive 90 degrees to the cart path, do not continue up the fairway and exit as close as you can to the green. 2. Do not enter the turf as the soonest possible entry point, follow the 90-degree rule.
2. If you see wear patterns starting to develop do not drive through the thinning area, look for an alternative entry/exit.

• Course Painting will every 3 to 4 weeks. The paint is not just for aesthetics, also included with the paint are nutrients for the turf. The paint itself also keeps the turf warmer and helps keep it more resilient to cart traffic. In order to get the paint down and allow drying time we will delay tee times on painting days by one hour. The following days have been scheduled for painting: 12-13 and 12-15.
• Monday, November 13th the last tee time will be 1:30 in order to allow course maintenance time to apply control agents.
• Credit Books Expire on December 31, 2021!! Take advantage of our Annual Holiday Sale December 9 – 15. Special orders placed before 12-15 that do not arrive before 12-31 will have credit book monies held until the product arrives.
• The Driving Range tee will be on the artificial turf for two weeks beginning Monday December 22 to allow the natural turf to regenerate.

The SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Club is the largest sports activity here at the “Ranch”. Pickleball is the fastest growing sport for seniors in America and as such, residents enjoy the benefits of great exercise, competition, and numerous friendships developed through the sport.

By joining the SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Club you are welcome to participate in coaching sessions for new players, play either non-competitive or competitive play aka “round robins” and tournaments with other Pickleball Clubs.

What you can expect by joining the SBR Pickleball Club:

• A playing program for all skill levels covering beginners, novice, intermediate and advanced players including men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles format. (time)
• Be the voice of pickleball to and with Robson management (voice)
• Promote the game of pickleball to SaddleBrooke Ranch residents and guests (recruit)
• Programs to enhance pickleball safety, skills and knowledge for all levels and
  combinations of play (develop)
• Encourage social camaraderie off courts – as well as on courts (socialize)
• Play and skills development outside SBR (compete)
• USAPA sanctioned tournaments (host)
• Build an SBR pickleball brand internally and externally via the club logo and colors on apparel and accessories (promote)

Golf Course Access Dear residents, as much of the community activities have been closed for precautionary measures to help reduce exposure to the COVID-19 virus, many of you have taken to walking as a way of exercise and to get out of the house. Please remember that for your safety we do not allow joy riding, walking, biking, jogging, etc. on the golf course AT ANY TIME. Only golfers, golf staff, or emergency or other authorized service vehicles are allowed on the golf course and paths. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation! Page 3 The Ranch Forecaddie Golfing News Cont. Overseeding 2021 This year will be the first year we did not overseed any fairways; and, because the greens are new, the greens as well. We overseeded the tees and the greens’ collars on the course, and the driving range tee and collars of the practice greens. Fairways and greens will be painted for aesthetics, to retain heat, and to reduce wear. In some parts of the country the practice of not overseeding has occurred for years; but in the desert southwest, it is still an emerging trend. Since this will be our first time, we will review the results of not overseeding and review the benefits each year to determine if the program will continue as is or be modified. Below are listed some of the main benefits to not overseeding the greens and fairways. · The health of the base Bermuda turf will continue to improve without the competition of Rye seeded over it. Overseeding weakens the base Bermuda leading to turf loss increasing with each time the turf is overseeded. · Not overseeding eliminates the transition period in the summer allowing for improved turf conditions in the spring, summer, and fall. Transition occurs when the Rye overseed dies out from the pressure of applying herbicide, lowering mowing heights, and restricting irrigation. It can often create brown or bare spots until the Bermuda reestablishes itself. · Not overseeding reduces the closed period in the fall and completely eliminates the period of cart-path-only following overseeding. · Non-overseeded turf reduces frost delays in the winter. · Allows for cleaner turf with less weed intrusion due to being able to treat the entire course and not damage overseeded areas. · Reduces water consumption and saves on seed costs (which have doubled just in the last year). Full Course Opening Day on Saturday, October 2nd · Saturday, October 2: the course opened completely with the greens included. Flagsticks may now be removed! The range tee will stay on the artificial turf for two additional weeks to allow the natural turf tee to mature. Golfers will be able to drive to the ball because the fairways will not be overseeded. One hole per nine will have the fairway closed to cart traffic. This practice will continue through the winter to help rest the turf from cart traffic. Those will disability placards may request an orange shop flag to access the closed fairways. Personally owned BLUE flags will not be honored. Cart Rule Extended Cart sharing will remain optional when we open on October 2nd and will be reviewed monthly as the outlook on COVID 19 is quantified. We do request that golfers consider sharing a cart whenever comfortable to help in reducing the wear and tear on the turf during this busy golf season.

1. Mood & Mental Health

Playing pickleball can improve your mood and ward off depression.

As participants get their hearts pumping with this form of moderate exercise, it can improve blood pressure levels as well. Physical activity can help release feel-good endorphins and take our mind off our worries.

Participating in a group sport can also improve social interaction. Exchanging smiles with a teammate can benefit our moods and mental health.

In addition to the social benefits of playing sports, participating in a pickleball game can also make you more confident.

As you get in shape, you’ll feel better about your appearance, which can improve your mental health, too!

2. Burn Calories

While there’s no serious running, playing pickleball does provide a little aerobic exercise. As a great alternative to more strenuous physical activities, pickleball is ideal for older age groups that still want to get in a little moderate exercise.

The game combines ping-pong, tennis, and badminton and requires players to move within a small court.

This gives participants the opportunity to get on their feet, move around, and burn calories while they’re playing pickleball.

3. Improve Balance

A rousing pickleball game can also improve your balance. Regular activity, including the aerobic exercise pickleball requires, can improve our balance even as we age.

As more players perfect their pickleball game, they can build their stamina, footwork, and control as well.

4. Better Agility

Since a pickleball moves much slower than the speed of a tennis ball, a pickleball game is a lot easier on older bodies.

This gives players the opportunity to tone their muscles and improve their agility.

5. Reduce Health Risks

According to NPR, pickleball is also a great sport for participants with previous injuries. Instead of putting your health at risk, you can burn 40 percent more calories than walking without causing yourself further pain.

6. Make New Friendships

Pickleball is also a social sport. Whether you play a single or doubles game, learning how to play pickleball can put you on the court with other enthusiastic players.

That way, you’re making social connections as you play, which can improve your mental health, too.

7. It’s Fun!

Finally, pickleball is a fun leisure activity that can help you break away from your usual routine. Get out there and have a blast.

It’s not about winning, but about having fun with the other players around you.

Here are five tips to help you win your next pickleball game!

Who are the SBR Pickleball Association Sunday Chicks?  Every Sunday evening from 6 to 8 PM you can find a group of fun-loving women on the pickleball courts who call themselves the Sunday Chicks.  This is no ordinary group of Ranch pickleball players.  First, you will hear music being played, all while they enjoy round robin play with ladies typically rated 2.5 to 3.5.  They play pickleball while singing along with oldie goldies like Neil Diamond, the Beach Boys and other favorites.  They have also been known to break out and dance a little on the courts.

This group started in the Spring of 2020 when four women got together and met to play pickleball.  They soon came up with the name Sunday Chicks and due to their outgoing personalities and their music, other ladies began joining the group.  The foursome has now grown to a group of 36 players.  Once you play with these ladies you will not want to miss a single one of their weekly sessions.