Book a session

Sessions are open to Parkinson players, caretakers and volunteers. Scroll down to find general information about NYC sessions and a list of FAQs.

Sessions are $15 per participant, and free for volunteers. Payments are accepted via credit card.

Book a Session

FAQs

  • Please let us know that you’re coming by registering here. If you show up without registering and the venue is too crowded, we will only let people who signed up in advance play on the tables. 

  • When you arrive at the venue, you should look for a coordinator to "check you in", collect $15 if you haven’t paid online, and get any help needed (e.g. receive a paddle, find a person to hit balls with, etc.).  The coordinators are as follows. Just ask anyone to point us out—everyone knows us:  

    • Mondays: John Newhouse  

    • Tuesdays & Thursdays: Jan Rose and Bob Friedman

    • Fridays: Bob Friedman

  • On Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays at Spin, the 2 hours include:

    1. 25 minutes check in and informal play (find someone to play with or ask a coordinator to match you)

    2. 15 minutes group announcements and warm-ups.

    3. 60 minutes matched play (coordinators match players and assign coaching). Players switch every 10 minutes.

    4. 20 minutes informal play

    Monday and Tuesday sessions at the Ping Pod venues are informal. Coordinators match players with coaches and with each other, and they facilitate rotation every 10-15 minutes. 

  • In the larger sessions, we have sign-up sheets for coaches.  Put your name on the sign-up sheet for the coach or coaches you want to play with.  The coaches know to switch every 10 minutes.  We give priority to newbies. 

  • The PingPod venues that we play in on Mondays and Tuesdays are fully automated.  Players let themselves into the venue by accessing the “door opener” link on their smartphones.  We provide the links every week that we receive from our partner PingPod. You will need to register with PingPod using your email (free of charge) to use the link. 

    If this is all too burdensome, no worries. If we know you are coming, we will look for you and let you in. 

  • There is a $15 fee for each session.

    You may pay through credit card when you sign up online, and we accept Zelle or cash at the door.

    Our Zelle account is pingpongnyc.inc@gmail.com

  • You do not need to come with a partner to play.  We will find others for you to play with and on days where we have coaches, make sure everyone gets some coaching.  

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