Outdoor Racquetball Community coordination Facebook Groups
Finding people to play Outdoor Racquetball isn’t always like joining a health club and signing up to play in a league; often times they’re just courts built in a park, or at a school, without much in the way of official participation organization. So many communities around the country have taken to self-organizing through Social Media, specifically by creating Facebook Groups, where people coordinate play.
This is a review of all known Outdoor Racquetball-related Facebook groups, pages, and people to follow. If you’re someone who lives in one of these areas definitely join the group/follow the person so you’re “in on” play coordination, or have a place to ask questions of people who are more familiar with courts in your area.
| Facebook Group/page Name | Area covered | URL | POC/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOR – World Outdoor Racquetball | Nationwide | http://rball.pro/201A05 | Main WOR Website for all things Outdoor. Rick Bernstein = owner and POC. |
| Keep Racquetball Great | Nationwide | http://rball.pro/026896 | Jacksonville FL native Norm McNutt created group that covers historical racquetball and a ton of outdoor. One of the largest rball related groups on FB. |
| Keep Racquetball On | South Florida | http://rball.pro/640037 | Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Boca Raton, and other outdoor hotbeds in South Florida. |
| Racquetball United (Florida) | Mid Coast Florida | http://rball.pro/A09D2A | Based in Port St. Lucie, but covers a wide variety of indoor and outdoor activities. Rob Romano POC |
| WOR – Florida | Florida in general | http://rball.pro/F6C922 | Home page for WOR Florida, which covers any WOR events throughout the state. |
| Outdoor Underground Racquetball | Southern California | http://rball.pro/EC9773 | Jeffrey Thompson (aka JT Rball) led group focusing on play in SoCal, the birthplace of outdoor racquetball. |
| Inland Empire Outdoor Racquetball | Redlands/ Riverside area of SoCal | http://rball.pro/ED7DE2 | Ruben Antilla is POC |
| Southern California Racquet Sports | San Diego | http://rball.pro/32E710 | Used to be called “San Diego Outdoor Racquetball” but now expanded to include Paddleball and Pickleball |
| East Bay Outdoor Racquetball Group | East Bay in Northern California | http://rball.pro/F8DFF5 | New NorCal WOR director Erica Williams is a POC: covers play in Concord, Stockton, all the way to Sacramento |
| NorCal Outdoor Racquetball | San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California | http://rball.pro/206757 | Similar Geographic footprint to the East Bay group, based in Tracy, CA by Frank Biehl |
| Zerega Indoor | Bronx NY | http://rball.pro/182A06 | NYC/Bronx-based indoor one-wall facility run by Kathy Zerega that features most of the top one-wall players in the city. |
| Restrung Magazine | Brooklyn NY | http://rball.pro/C96A0F | Freddy Ramirez run online magazine/blog that frequently discusses one-wall and the sport in general. |
| 3WallBall | Las Vegas NV | http://rball.pro/E37BB5 | Las Vegas-based organization that runs the annual 3WallBall Outdoor championships. Mike Coulter and Rick Koll POCs. |
| Mid-Atlantic World outdoor Racquetball | Washington DC & Virginia Beach VA | http://rball.pro/3E285C | Highly active group that coordinates play in Columbia MD, Herndon VA, Olney MD, and Chesapeake VA. |
| Kansas City Outdoor Racquetball | Kansas City MO | http://rball.pro/5A4983 | Highly active group that coordinates play weekly. Tom Schrader, Randy Root, Khurram Khan POCs. |
| Jim Bove Home page | Boston MA and New England | http://rball.pro/5D32A0 | Personal page of Jim Bove , who runs most of the outdoor programming in New England. |
| Phoenix Metro Outdoor Racquetball | Phoenix AZ | http://rball.pro/1C5696 | Coordinating play at one of the dozens of sites in and around Phoenix that has outdoor courts |
| Missouri Outdoor Racquetball | St. Louis MO and other parts of Missouri | http://rball.pro/E93173 | Outdoor enthusiast Yee Cheng a POC for play at various parks in St. Louis metro area. |
| Savannah Outdoor Racquetball | Savannah GA | http://rball.pro/616223 | Little-used group for Savannah area players |
| Illinois Outdoor Racquetball | Chicago IL | http://rball.pro/C6B802 | Chicagoland and other parts of Illinois. Joey Logan a POC. |
| Colorado Outdoor Racquetball | Colorado | http://rball.pro/5A3DDA | Little-used group for play in Colorado |
| Tennessee Outdoor Racquetball | Tennessee | http://rball.pro/419F55 | Little-used group to coordinate play in Tennessee, where court availability is limited. |
| Waikiki Outdoor Racquetball | Waikiki Beach / Honolulu HI | http://rball.pro/1C3452 | Coordination of play at the historic courts at Fort Derussy |
| La Grange Outdoor Racquetball | La Grange, IL | http://rball.pro/6B76DB | Coordination of play in La Grange IL, replacing a google docs method used previously |
| Oregon Outdoor Racquetball | Oregon | http://rball.pro/7CF695 | Coordination of play in Salem OR and elsewhere in the state |
| Cincinnati Outdoor Racquetball | Cincinnati OH | http://rball.pro/7897C6 | New group to coordinate play in and around Cincinnati OH |
| Belle Isle Racquetball | Detroit MI | http://rball.pro/2777CC | Group to cover outdoor play on the historic Belle Isle courts in Detroit, which have been closed for two years for repairs. |
| SCS Outdoor Racquetball | St. Claire Shores MI | http://rball.pro/8DAD95 | Just up the shoreline from Detroit is St. Claire Shores, which also has outdoor courts. |
| Texas World Outdoor Racquetball | San Antonio, TX | http://rball.pro/16AAC9 | Ramon Flores a POC for one-wall courts in San Antonio and other Texas outdoor activities |
| Outdoor 3 Wall Courts in Houston | Houston, TX | http://rball.pro/DF85B1 | Small group coordinating outdoor play in and around Houston |