🤔WHICH SKILL LEVEL DO I CHOOSE🤔
If you don’t have a DUPR rating, the skill level chart below will guide you in choosing the correct session for your 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 are confident with the rules and scoring. 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. DUPR 3.0-3.49.
6. INTERMEDIATE+: You meet the intermediate level requirements. You can handle receiving fast balls, speed-ups and
know how to reset. You are familiar with court positioning strategy, including knowing when the serving team should
advance and knowing when to retreat to defend after a pop-up. You also have a soft game with drop shots and dinks.
DUPR 3.5-3.99.
7. ADVANCED: You have a DUPR above 4.0.

👑SET PARTNER KING OF THE COURT RULES 👑
• At the start of play, the King’s court as well as the bottom court is chosen
• The type of scoring will be determined for the session e.g. rally or traditional scoring (to 11,15 or 21)
• Players select their partners when signing up on OpenSports. If you do not have a set partner, dont worry just join any
team with a spot available and we will assign a partner to you.
• If a player and their partner win, they move up one court towards the King Court. If they lose, they move down one
court.
• After moving to a new court, players do not split. they stay together for the entire session.