Pajarito Pickleball Club offers summer clinics for beginners and new players
Two summer clinics at Piñon and Barranca Mesa courts will give new players a low-pressure start in Pajarito’s growing pickleball scene.
Pajarito Pickleball Club is lining up two summer clinics that put beginners front and center, with one session set for 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, at the Piñon Courts in White Rock and a second scheduled for 9-11 a.m. Saturday, July 25, at the Barranca Mesa Courts in Los Alamos. The club is aiming the program at people who are curious about pickleball but not ready to walk into open play cold.
The first clinic, Beginners 1, is built for absolute beginners and newer players. Pajarito says it will cover a warm-up routine designed to prepare players for play and reduce injury risk, along with basic skills, foundational shots, and the core rules and strategies that shape the game. Beginners 2 is a step up the ladder, designed for players with more than three months of experience and a basic understanding of the rules.
That progression matters in a town where the club has been steadily building the sport from the ground up. Pajarito said in 2025 that it had already hosted clinics for beginner, intermediate, and advanced players, expanded indoor and open play opportunities, and added drill sessions for all levels. It also hosted an International Pickleball Teaching Professional Association Level I instructor training in June 2025 to strengthen local coaching capacity.
The club’s outreach has tracked with real changes on the ground. Pajarito said Los Alamos County purchased community nets, installed storage boxes at two locations, added pickleball markings to another court site, and was building four dedicated pickleball courts on North Mesa. The county’s North Mesa tennis and pickleball courts are part of a renovation project, giving the summer clinics a setting that feels less like a one-off event and more like part of a larger local buildout.
Pajarito Pickleball Club, which launched publicly in April 2024, drew more than 50 people to its launch event, including 10 first-time players, and said that effort helped it reach its first financial goal of buying insurance. Approved as a 501(c)(3) organization, the club has kept its focus on widening access to the sport while promoting the physical, social and emotional benefits that come with it.
The timing is sharp, too. June and July are prime months for recreational programming, and these clinics offer an easy entry point for anyone thinking about a pickleball-centered summer in Los Alamos or White Rock. For new players, the pathway starts with two hours on court and a structured first experience, then extends into the growing local network of open play, drills and club activity that Pajarito has been building.
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