
ARC Pickleball
Have you tried pickleball yet?? ARC South has 4 dedicated indoor courts in addition to 8 dedicated pickleball courts outdoors!
- We offer “Pickleball 101” to introduce you to the growing game. This clinic is offered every Saturday from 12:00p-1:00p. It is free for Platinum, Gold, and Pickleball members. To sign up, please call the front desk of ARC South at 828- 274-3361.
- For our ARC Platinum and Gold members, pickleball is included in your membership. For our Silver members & non-members, there is a charge of $15 to use the pickleball courts in addition to regular court fees. Whether you have played before or not, we welcome and encourage you to come to give it a try! It is a great sport to play with the entire family.
- We want to encourage non-members to come to see our courts and find a pickleball community that they love and want to belong to. Non-members will be able to use a guest pass three times per year at $15 per guest pass. After the three guest passes are used membership is required to continue using the club.
- We have loaner pickleball paddles available at the front desk and paddles available for sale. We do not have pickleballs available to rent please bring your own.
- Balls will be provided for private lessons and clinics only.
- If you are interested in clinics or private lessons, please email our Director of Pickleball, Micheal Kinnear at mkinnear@ashevilleracquetclub.com.








- Pickleball is something of a mix between tennis, badminton, and ping pong. Players use special paddles and a whiffle ball, and games can take place on tennis courts with dedicated pickleball lines or specific pickleball courts. Nets and court sizes are smaller than their tennis counterparts, and the most common game is doubles, although singles are also an option.
- To learn more about pickleball please watch this video.
- Pickleball is an easy to learn family sport and is growing in popularity.
- ARC has Pickleball paddles that members are able to check out and purchase at the front desk of ARC South.
- Sign up on playtimescheduler.com to see drop-in times and ladder signups. It is required to sign up for all sessions via playtime. To learn about private clinics and to sign up please email Micheal Kinnear at mkinnear@ashevilleracquetclub.com.
- To make a private court reservation, please call the front desk of ARC South. Please note if all names are not provided for the reservation only the names provided will be charged court fees.
- All pickleball events will be done outdoors on the hard courts at ARC South. In the event of rain, all pickleball events will be canceled. Cancellations will be posted in the notes on the listing on playtimescheduler.com.
SATURDAY CLINIC – Pickleball 101– 1 hour class starting at 11:00a – FREE CLINIC for Members/$15 guest fee nonmembers (no additional cost) – max 16 – a beginner’s introduction to Pickleball! Here you will be taught the basic rules and flow of a pickleball game as well as the fundamental skills you will need to get started. Great for new and beginner players learning and developing their game.
For all other Pickleball questions, you can contact the Director of Pickleball
Michael Kinnear at mkinnear@ashevilleracquetclub.com
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.
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- Both tennis and pickleball brackets will be divided into 5 combined skill levels:
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- 5.0
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 8.0
- 9.0+ (Open)
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- The combined ratings of each team between both sports determines the division for the overall tournament that teams will be placing in:
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- Beginner: 10-12 overall combined rating
- Intermediate: 13-15 overall combined rating
- Advanced: 16-18 overall combined rating
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- 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.
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- 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.