Club Ratings
INSTRUCTIONS TO PICKLEBALL SELF RATING
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The PURPOSE of a rating is for PARITY of play at PebbleCreek
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A Pickleball Rating is a SKILLS based rating. As you add, improve and perfect playing skills, your rating should improve. It is also based on your performance and application of these skills to winning games.
If you are happy with your current PebbleCreek Pickleball Club rating, then you do not need to do anything. Your rating will stay as-is.
If you would like to change your rating, please follow these instructions:
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Review the attached rating guide to identify the skills and level of development needed to determine your rating. Starting at the top, read each statement in the Guide and answer the question as Yes or No regarding each skill. Six or more Yes answers, then you move to the next block of skills below. If you answer No to 3 or more statements, then follow the No arrow to indicate your level.
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Go to the USA Pickleball website (USAP Skill Level Assessment) and take the self-rating evaluation. When rating your skills on a scale (i.e. 1=Low, 6=Excellent), consider a score of 1 to be a beginning player and a 6 to be a young, professional player, not your peers. BE as HONEST of your abilities as you can be. You only hurt yourself if you inflate/deflate your skillset.
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PebbleCreek Pickleball ratings are unique by having rating increments of 0.25 points. This was added to better accommodate the large number of members we have in our awesome club and facilitates administration of the Round Robins and Tournaments. Should you find yourself in between the established ratings provided in the guides then utilize the 0.25 ratings accordingly.
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Considering the results of the tools provided, determine the rating that best suits your skills and report your new rating score to a member of the ratings committee by emailing ratings@pcpickleball.org
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Going forward, ratings can be increased by 0.25 points twice a year, April 1-30th and October 1-31st as your skills improve and you become a better pickleball player. Members can move down in their rating at any time. Submit any future requests for ratings changes to Martha Urbin: maurbin@gmail.com.