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Round Robin Pickleball

This session uses a round robin format. In the round robin you will get to play with and against other players of a similar skill level to you.

Games will be played using the Pickle Hub modified rally scoring format to 21 points. Find out more about this rally scoring format here.

🤹 Which skill level do I choose?

For player safety and enjoyment and to facilitate players being matched to a court with similar skill level, please ensure you meet the criteria below when choosing your skill level.

1. Beginner: You recently attended an Introduction to Pickleball or Come and Try.

2. Beginner+: You've attended a couple of Beginner sessions and are feeling more confident with scoring.

3. Social: You understand the rules and scoring and call out the score before you serve. You implement the return and run strategy.

4. Social+: You are confident with the rules and scoring. You call your own kitchen faults. You want to play social but with better players. You are working on reducing your unforced errors. You implement the return and run strategy.

5. Intermediate: This is the first level of competitive pickleball. You can handle receiving fast balls. You are familiar with court positioning strategy. You are confident when volleying at the net and can handle receiving fast drives and speed-ups. You are aware of the importance of developing a soft game. You are working on incorporating drop shots and dinks into your game.

Based on court availability and session bookings at each skill level, the Pickle Hub hosts may need to merge some skill levels or re-allocate players between courts.

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👍 Fair dink em' gameplay

At Pickle Hub, we believe that everyone deserves equal court time to play and have fun. Fair dink em’ gameplay means everyone gets the same amount of time on the court, rotating through partners and opponents. You'll get to meet new people and challenge yourself in new ways.

Games are managed using Pickle Hub's Fyre Court app. This ensures that everyone gets to play a fair and equal amount of time on the court.

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💎 Paddles

Pickle Hub provides free paddles to use at every session. We have demo paddles to try from Australian paddle company Six Zero. If you are looking to purchase one, get 10% off any Six Zero paddle with the discount code PICKLEHUB.

These are our recommended paddles you can try at any Pickle Hub session:

• Quartz : Impressive starter paddle with large sweet spot for only RRP $99.99
• Double Black Diamond : This was the best paddle of 2023! RRP: $225
• Ruby : Andrew's #1 paddle pick released in 2024 with the ultimate combo of control, power and spin. RRP: $250

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🎒 What to Bring

All equipment is provided, including paddles and balls but please bring with you:

• 🥤Water bottle
• 👟Wear tennis shoes (or similar) with non-marking soles. No thongs or sandals.

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🏟️ Venue

Indoors arena at Jindalee State School. Parking is available in the drop off zone along Wongaburra St then a short walk into the arena.