Mixed Pickleball League

Signup Deadline:

Monday, March 27th

Duration:

Week of April 3rd – Week of May 1st (5 weeks)

Format:

● Mixed Doubles – you will play with the same partner throughout the league duration
● Four divisions playing separately based on combined team rating and combined team
rating will be based on club rating or DUPR rating to place team in the appropriate
division

○ 5.0 Combined Team Rating – Saturdays from 9 am to 11 am
○ 5.5 Combined Team Rating – Saturdays from 9 am to 11 am
○ 6.5 Combined Team Rating – Mondays from 6 pm – 8 pm
○ 7.5 Combined Team Rating – Thursdays from 10 am – 12 pm
○ 8.0+ Combined Team Rating – Tuesdays from 10 am – 12 pm

● All matches held INDOORS at ARC South
● No substitutions (with lowest scores being dropped, you can miss up to one week
without penalty)
● First 4 weeks is a round robin against each other team in your bracket
● Week 5 is a double elimination tournament seeded by round robin performance. Your
team’s best 3 weeks will be counted towards seeding meaning you can either drop your
worst week or miss a week without penalty.
● Warmups are 15 minutes at the beginning of each session
● 5 team limit for each bracket

● PRIZES:
○ The winning team from each bracket will receive a free 1 hour lesson with either Cenyu Yang or Michael Kinnear
● $40 per person per bracket entered
● ARC members only

Pickleball Policies & Etiquette

• Have good sportsmanship and respect all players regardless of skill levels.
• Be courteous of others by demonstrating appropriate behaviors and using appropriate language. I.e. Not hitting the balls in anger into the net or throwing paddles, and no cursing or profanity especially when there are younger children around.

• The team on the tall fence/wall side generally serves first in recreational play.

• The default format for drop-in and open play is one game to 11 wins by 1 in order to keep players mixing and reduce waiting time.

• Make sure your opponents are ready before serving. If you are not ready, put your paddle up in the air.

• Line calls are the responsibility of the receiving side. You are welcome to politely disagree, but their call stands unless they defer to the other team. Unless you are 100% sure the ball is out, it must be called in.

• Don’t offer unsolicited coaching.

• If you are crossing an active court to get onto an open court or leaving a court, wait until the current point is over. This also applies when a playing ball rolls onto a different court. Walking behind a playing court to retrieve the ball may cause a distraction.

• For everyone’s safety, if a ball rolls into your court or your ball rolls into another court, immediately yell “BALL ON COURT!” to prevent any players from sustaining a possible injury.

• Drop-In Session Etiquette: At drop-in sessions, you are required to mix in with all the players that signed up. ***If you do not want to mix and play, please make a private reservation on available courts with the front desk. If more players are present than courts available, the default system is to stack paddles to play in the next open court. Winners stay and split on the court as the runners-up come off the court and stack paddles. Whenever possible, partner with someone you have not yet played with.

• Open Play Etiquette: At open play, all levels are welcome and are required to mix in and play with everyone regardless of skill level listed on playtime. We encourage players to help each other grow and learn from one another even though some games may not be challenging or competitive. It’s about building a positive and welcoming environment that is inclusive for all levels. If more players are present than courts available, the default system is to stack paddles to play in the next open court. Winners stay and split on the court as the runners-up come off the court and stack paddles. ***If you do not want to mix and play, please make a private reservation on available courts with the front desk.

• When making private reservations, please have the first and last name of each person who will be on the court. This is especially important for indoor court reservations, to make sure court time charges are spilled correctly. ***For example, if one person calls to make the reservation for the court and doesn’t add the additional names to the reservation, they will be charged the full amount for the court fee. For liability purposes, all names of players must e provided so ARC knows who is on the property at all times.

• When bringing a guest, please have them stop by the front desk. They will need to have a profile created if they have never been here before. (This can take some time if the desk is busy, having them come to the desk before your scheduled reservation will give you access to the full time of your reservation.) They also need the sign the liability waiver and pay the guest fee prior to playing and will not be allowed to play until these steps are completed.

Pickleball Policies & Etiquette

• Have good sportsmanship and respect all players regardless of skill levels.

 

• Be courteous of others by demonstrating appropriate behaviors and using appropriate language. I.e. Not hitting the balls in anger into the net or throwing paddles, and no cursing or profanity especially when there are younger children around.

• The team on the tall fence/wall side generally serves first in recreational play.

• The default format for drop-in and open play is one game to 11 wins by 1 in order to keep players mixing and reduce waiting time.

• Make sure your opponents are ready before serving. If you are not ready, put your paddle up in the air.

• Line calls are the responsibility of the receiving side. You are welcome to politely disagree, but their call stands unless they defer to the other team. Unless you are 100% sure the ball is out, it must be called in.

• Don’t offer unsolicited coaching.

• If you are crossing an active court to get onto an open court or leaving a court, wait until the current point is over. This also applies when a playing ball rolls onto a different court. Walking behind a playing court to retrieve the ball may cause a distraction.

• For everyone’s safety, if a ball rolls into your court or your ball rolls into another court, immediately yell “BALL ON COURT!” to prevent any players from sustaining a possible injury.

• Drop-In Session Etiquette: At drop-in sessions, you are required to mix in with all the players that signed up. ***If you do not want to mix and play, please make a private reservation on available courts with the front desk. If more players are present than courts available, the default system is to stack paddles to play in the next open court. Winners stay and split on the court as the runners-up come off the court and stack paddles. Whenever possible, partner with someone you have not yet played with.

• Open Play Etiquette: At open play, all levels are welcome and are required to mix in and play with everyone regardless of skill level listed on playtime. We encourage players to help each other grow and learn from one another even though some games may not be challenging or competitive. It’s about building a positive and welcoming environment that is inclusive for all levels. If more players are present than courts available, the default system is to stack paddles to play in the next open court. Winners stay and split on the court as the runners-up come off the court and stack paddles. ***If you do not want to mix and play, please make a private reservation on available courts with the front desk.

• When making private reservations, please have the first and last name of each person who will be on the court. This is especially important for indoor court reservations, to make sure court time charges are spilled correctly. ***For example, if one person calls to make the reservation for the court and doesn’t add the additional names to the reservation, they will be charged the full amount for the court fee. For liability purposes, all names of players must e provided so ARC knows who is on the property at all times.

• When bringing a guest, please have them stop by the front desk. They will need to have a profile created if they have never been here before. (This can take some time if the desk is busy, having them come to the desk before your scheduled reservation will give you access to the full time of your reservation.) They also need the sign the liability waiver and pay the guest fee prior to playing and will not be allowed to play until these steps are completed.

Signup Deadline & Registration Fee:

 

Friday, April 7th

$40 per player

 

Tournament Dates & Location:

 

April 15-16 (Pickleball Saturday & Tennis Sunday)

Asheville Racquet Club SOUTH

 

Format:

 

• MIXED DOUBLES – you will play BOTH tennis AND pickleball with the same partner.
• The tournament is divided into 3 divisions: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced while the individual sports are divided into 5 levels.  Divisions will also be divided by age brackets into 21+ and 55+.  The combined ratings of each team for both sports together form an overall combined rating which determines which division teams will be placing in.

• • Both tennis and pickleball brackets will be divided into 5 combined skill levels:

• • • 5.0
    • 6.0
    • 7.0
    • 8.0
    • 9.0+ (Open)

• • Teams may enter at different levels for each sport BUT may not enter a bracket more than 2.0 combined rating different from the other sport.

• • • For example, a team entering 8.0 combined rating in tennis may not enter less than 6.0 combined rating in pickleball and visa/versa.

• • The combined ratings of each team between both sports determines the division for the overall tournament that teams will be placing in:

• • • Beginner: 10-12 overall combined rating
    • Intermediate: 13-15 overall combined rating
    • Advanced: 16-18 overall combined rating

• • • • For example, my partner and I are playing 9.0+ in pickleball and 7.0 in tennis.  Our overall combined rating is 16 which places us in the Advanced division.

• • Both sports will be playing a round robin at their level with modified formats to complete a round robin in a reasonable amount of time.
  • Placement in each level will be determined first by wins, then by points and finally head to head results.
  • Scoring points for the overall tournament is determined by your position within each level with diminishing returns for lower placement.  For example, a team enters 8.0 in tennis and 6.0 in pickleball.  Their overall rating is 14 which places them in the intermediate division so their overall score will only be compared against other intermediate division teams.  Assuming 5 teams at each level in both sports and they win 1st place in tennis at the 8.0 level and 3rd place in pickleball at the 6.0 level, they will get 100% of their division points in tennis (8 points) and 60% of their division points for pickleball (60% x 6.0 = 3.6 points) for a combined overall score of 11.6 (8.0 + 3.6).  The winners of the Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced divisions will be determined by the overall score between both sports.
  • We will be providing a meal on Sunday April 16th.
  • Tournament Directors will make the final call on minimum skill level entries for participants to ensure fair play and reserve the right to modify the format as necessary.

• To sign up, please email Michael Kinnear at mkinnear@ashevilleracquetclub.com.