The Link Event & Recreation Center — Local services in Richland Hills

Reviews of my 35th visit to a facility on 75 DFW / North Texas cities with 309 locations. This one is The Link Recreation Center in Richland Hills. DPA (Dallas Pickleball Associations) Rating: Overall, 8.7/10*. This place looks really nice and clean inside. Location on 6750 Baker Blvd, Richland Hills, TX 76118. The Link Recreation Center has 3 Indoor courts: floors rubberized material. (8.3/10 Court rating). All 3 courts were being used at my arrival time of 9:40 on Mon 08 26 2024. Court 1 is for Beginners & Intermediate. Court 3 is for Advance players. Court 2 rotates between B&I and A. Court 1 Level of Play 2.5 – 3.2. Court 3 level play was 3.5 – 4.0. Pickleball everyday (Mon-Sun) see flyer for dates and Times. One OP evening: Tuesday 6pm -7:55 pm. Lighting was very good. Placing paddles in stacks on bench court 3; court 1 uses stacking paddles on a table. Orange indoor Onix ball is the primary ball used. Ceilings were approximately 22 feet high. The rubberized flooring is some of the best as far as less stress on joints and legs. The ball bounces consistent. The problem with this facility there is air pockets which causes some issues in the flooring(luckily the problem areas are outside of the court. They will probably fix this floor sometime this year. This floor issue caused a lower court ranking. The flooring didn’t cause any issue when I played on Court 3 this morning. Pros: $5 DI and $15 month for PB only. Free for most senior insurance programs. See flyer for all programs covered. Not too crowded. Many Open Play times. Cons: Flooring needs work.

*The DPA review was my own view, this was based on my visit at that particular time and day. The review might have been different on another day and/or time. Everyone has their...

The link decided my daughter couldn't eat her lunch because she had hot food so she was only allowed to eat a cheese stick and a drink for lunch so I go up there this morning and I raise hell lots of it Andrew refuse to take my calls or call me back so I went up there and we had us a conversation now since I scared little this grown man Andrew he wants to tell me it's my option but I don't think your daughter is a good fit for our program we just don't meet your expectations I'm trying to do everything he can to make sure I can't go on that property now because I scared him Don't starve my kid we had cops there this morning all the bigwigs thought we were done at 8:00 a.m. this morning no criminal trespass was going to be done if this happened again we were going to move forward with other things and all of a sudden we had time to reflect at 3:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. we're going to come tell the Dad we just don't think this is a good fit for your kid and we're going to refund your money tell me how if I was a dad and didn't like the daycare my kid was in I do everything in my power to remove them trying to hurt my ego and now they're going to tell me I can't go on property to pick up my own daughter or to drop her off because Andrew is scared Dont starve my kid don't place them in a room where they're doing nothing but staring at a wall for 30 minutes to an hour and remember me Andrew cuz every dad's just like me my daughter gets home and tells me miss Alexis was mean to her all day and said if a kid gets a scratch on them while they are playing it's my daughter's faut and want to criminal trespass me because I yelled at them and now are trying to...

Camp "Connect" needs to learn how to manage a group of diverse children and handle behavior issues without shaming kids. You can simply say "we don't do that here, it's against the rules" and dish out whatever the consequence is. There is no need to lecture a young child about how their behavior is a reflection of the camp and their family and say things like "don't be around those bad kids, find the good kids to hang around". The camp representative I talked to (Alexis) told me this is what they had told my child. She then couldn't see the clear connection between her words and my child's feeling of worthlessness. He cried all the way home and was being extraordinarily self-critical, which is unlike him.

Even when i tried to explain that there aren't bad kids, just bad behaviors, she really struggled to see the difference. When I mentioned some training on trauma informed care might be helpful, she said "we got training... like how some kids don't respond well if you yell in their face". If this is the extent of their training, they are doing their counselors and our children a disservice. Do better Link... the kids in our community are worth it.

TLDR: my child has done 5 other camps this summer and has been so excited to return to all of them every day, but would rather spend the last three days of this week at work with us than...