Paddle Tennis Club membership is open to all residents of Smoke Rise. We have one court across from the fire station and adjacent to the Smoke Rise Tennis Club. The game is a cross of tennis, paddle and racquet ball and we play the sport predominantly during the cold winter months (the colder the better)! If you like ping pong, you would love platform tennis, as use of the short-handled paddle is very similar. With platform tennis, however, you get to stand on the court and the ball can be played off the caged 12-foot screens. Totally fun! And don’t let the cold temperatures scare you away -- with the right light weight fleece garb you are warm and toasty within minutes of play. Since platform tennis is mostly a “doubles” game and the court is three-tenths of the size of a normal tennis court, play is faster and fun – even for beginners.