Tonight is the night where we begin our Pickleball Ladder League and we're excited to see everyone. Now if you're sitting there thinking.... "but I signed up for Saturday?" then we have a special treat for you.
Your League Covers Both Thurs AND Sat Play!
Double the pickleball - same price! If you signed up for Saturday, you are welcome to join us on Thursdays as well. If you signed up for Thursdays? Hey, see you Saturdays too. Enjoy as much pickleball as you can handle! Open play remains $10 per week as does your initial training session so if you have friends who are curious - please invite them along!
So how does the league work?
After our first week of evaluations, we see most players are very similar in terms of their skill and experience - aka we're all novices. Which will make for great competitive play and great opportunities to improve on the court. So we will deploy a Ladder Format for our play. The first three matches you play will be Mixed Doubles Placement Play with random partners. We will track individual scores and this will help us establish skill baselines for each player. Once your placement matches are completed, you will be placed on the ladder.
The basic concept is simple - wins move you up, losses move you down. If you're high on the ladder and you beat someone low on the ladder - you won't move much. But if you're low and you beat someone high? Big boost!
This format will allow us to keep skill groupings together and avoid matches that are too frequently setup with a skills mismatch, and will give all players comfortable play. Next week, we will debut the ladder system on the site so you can visually see your progress.
In the mean time? Come join us Thursday, Saturday, or both! Get in your placement matches and at the end of the season, we'll crown our first Pickle Pro Champion! Interested in Singles? Chat with Commissioner Willy and let him know - we'll introduce a Singles ladder as soon as enough players are comfortable playing that format!
See you soon!