SUMMER cLUB BOOKLET

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 RESERVATION POLICY

COURT RESERVE TUTORIAL VIDEO

EMail to set up court reserve 

BOOK A COURT OR PICKLEBALL EVENT

PLAN TO PLAY...
​TOURN. POSTED SOON!

PICKLEBALL BUILDING NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION
6 INDOOR COURTS - LOBBY & SERVICES - RESTROOMS
COMING IN summer 2025!

CLICK TO SEE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT PHOTO STORY

PICKLEBALL CLINICS

WHAT & WHEN
(ongoing/sign-up each week)

101:  Mondays, 5:30-6:30 pm 

201: Mondays, 6:30-7:30 pm 

301:  Mondays, 7:30-8:30 pm

JUNIOR PICKLEBALL
School Year: Wednesdays, 4:15-5:15 
$64/M; $84/NM/month

HOW: SIGN UP ON COURT RESERVE or call the club , (509) 662-3544
EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE
Clean Non-marking soled shoes required
Come ready for action!

INSTRUCTORS:
Devon Erho, Clint Vidano, Johnny Castro
​Fee on poster (plus wsst)

INSTRUCTION PROGRAM SCHEDULE

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pickleball team

DEVON ERHO - Instructor, Coordinator-Lead | Contact [email protected] to get your lesson scheduled!

JOHNNY CASTRO - Instructor, Coordinator

Randy Smith - Instructor, Coordinator

CLINT VIDANO - Instructor, Coordinator

CELEST FINK - Coordinator

facility sponsored by:

if purchasing equipment from pickleball central...
​enter code: crwrac FOR 5% SAVINGS ON YOUR ORDER AND REWARDS TO OUR CLUB.

Pickleball Skill Level Guide

PLAY PROGRAMS - LEVEL based play format:
4 COURTS (max 24 players)
8 COURTS (max 48 players)2 in 2 out rotations
For first game of the day, the winner stays in.
After playing 2 games, rotate out.
Expect social play with no targeting or hard hits
Line-up for next court by placing your paddle in paddle stack
Scoring: Game to 11; win by 2​
​Click for play schedule and format information guide sheet.

SKILLS ASSESSMENT REQUEST FORM

COURT RESERVATIONS AND EVENT SIGN-UPS:

• LIMITED TO 6 TOTAL RESERVATIONS AND EVENTS IN 7 DAY PERIOD.
• No booking restrictions apply within 12 hours of an event or court reservation time. This means that if space is still available on day of play, you are welcome to sign up additional time.
• Reminder that the person booking a court is responsible for entering all player names; Singles means 2 names, doubles required 4 names. If you don’t know who will be playing with you at the time of booking, update your reservation at least 48 hours prior to the court with the player names to complete the reservation.
• The WAITLIST option is now available for RESERVABLE PICKLEBALL COURTS. Be sure to continue to use the Event Waitlist function for those as you have been doing. This new function is for when you are trying to reserve a pickleball court.

CLICK HERE FOR CURRENT PICKLEBALL PLAY SCHEDULE!

Pickleball Fun!

WHO CAN SIGN UP TO PLAY?

• WRAC MEMBERS:
  • Pickleball is included with all membership types.
  • Contact:   [email protected] with membership questions
• ​PICKLEBALL PACK PLAYERS:
  • 10 visits for $150 (+tax)
  • Packages expire at 6 months

RESERVATIONS AND EVENT SIGN-UPS IN COURT RESERVE
The Court Reserve app is available through your app store. Select “wrac” as the facility with which to be associated. If you don’t already have your user information, email [email protected] to request this information. You will need to have a club membership, pre-paid Play package or form of payment on file with us to have an account in CR.

Rules for Court Use:

• Limited to 6 events/court reservations per week
• 2x / day is allowed as long it does not exceed limit of 6x / week
• Members can reserve a court they are shown on the Pickleball Indoor Court schedule as available to reserve. Non-members can’t reserve a court but can join play on a member reserved court with requirement of use of "punch" or with guest fee payment.
• For court reservations, select Pickleball Singles (requires 2 player names) or Pickleball Doubles, (requires 4 player names). All player names must be entered in Court Reserve at least 24 hours prior to time of your reservation.

Sign-up Window of opportunity:

• 7 days advance - WRAC members
• 4 days advance - Seasonal members
• 1 days advance - Punch card players
• Day of play - Guests

PLAYER RESPONSIBILITIES...
All players are required to check-in at the front desk for all play opportunities.
At the designated end of play time, all players not signed up for the next session need to complete play and make the court available for the next group of players.
If...You are signed up for the next time slot on the same day, check-in at the desk or with the coordinator for that additional court time.
If...You are not signed up for the next time slot on the same day but there looks to be space available, go to the desk and get added to the list of registered players and confirm that you eligible to continue play.
​​WRAC COURT AREA GUIDELINES

• Enter Tennis court 4 and Pickleball Courts 5-8, by going around the north curtain, rather than across courts.
• Enter the court area in-between points of those currently playing and only after the proper change over time.
• Personal water bottles are allowed in the court area. Food and beverage consumption in lobby and balcony areas only.
• Please keep personal items/bags off the court surface. Locker rooms and wall hooks are provided for this purpose.
• Pickleball nets - players are responsible to put nets away at the end of each play session against the south wall curtain.
• Unsportsmanlike behavior and foul language will not be tolerated.
• Be sure to check for personal items and clean up the area as you leave to make the courts ready for those that follow you.
• If/when you find a problem, please report this to the front desk staff so it can be addressed asap.

THANK YOU!

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BASIC PICKLEBALL RULES

FUN FOR EVERYONE!

​Kitchen Line Fault:
   An opponent can call a Kitchen Line Fault. If your opponent sees without doubt there was a Foot Fault, your team cannot appeal the call. You can’t see your feet when striking the ball. Respect their call.
Courtesy:
   When you lose your ball to an adjacent court, please don’t distract the players by yelling, “BALL, BALL BALL”. It is your neighbors’ job to return the ball when play is suspended for them. When returning a lost ball please gently toss or hit ball back. Rolling or Kicking the ball back is inappropriate as it may damage or be a hazard.
Line Calls:
  It is your teams’ job to make the out call. If you disagree with a call you may ask if they are sure. Make out calls immediate with either a verbal or physical hand gesture. Please don’t harass opponents for calls you disagree with. Ultimately, this sport is about having fun!
Scoring:
  After a long point it can be difficult to remember who was serving. After the point is over and you are the next player to serve, raise your hand gesturing for the ball. When saying the score, it is mandatory to say all 3 numbers. Your score, the opponents score, and 1 as in first server or 2 being the 2nd server.

PICKLEBALL SKILL LEVEL GUIDE​

2.5 Skill Level

• Able to serve “in” more regularly
• Knows two-bounce rule and demonstrates it most times
• Knows where to stand on the court during serve, receipt of serve and general play
• Is mastering keeping score.
• Attempts to dink but not always effective at it
• Working on their form for ground strokes, accuracy is variable
• Can keep the ball in play longer
• Sometimes lobs with forehand with varying degrees of success.

3.0 Skill Level

• Knows the fundamental rules and can keep score
• Regularly gets serves “in” to mid-court or deeper
• Dinks mostly in opp. kitchen and is dinking lower over the net
• Able to sustain dinking in the game
• Using both forehand and backhand on returns and forehands on overhead returns
• Working at keeping the serve deep and return of serve deep
• Moves quickly towards the non-volley zone when opportunity is there
• Trying to make flatter returns (where appropriate)
• Aware of partner’s position on the court & moving as a team
• Developing more power and/or softness in their shots
• Somewhat a uni-dimensional player working at broadening their playing repertoire.

3.5 Skill Level

• Demonstrates a broad knowledge of the rules of the game
• Gets a high majority of serves in deep & returns serve deep
• Often hits to the weak side of opponent
• Demonstrates strategies of playing during games
• Actively works with partners in communicating, covering court, moving to net
• With varying consistency executes: lobs, forehand/backhand ground strokes, overheads, net volleys, and sustained dinking
• Some use of drop shots to get to the net
• Specifically places shots rather than just hitting shots anywhere
• Selective mixing up soft shots with power shots to create an advantage
• Hits fewer balls out of bounds or in the net
• Has a moderate # of unforced errors per game
• Demonstrates ability to intentionally play in offensive mode
• Self-correcting after play is over
• Demonstrates extended periods of multi-dimensional play​

3.75 Skill Level

• Demonstrates increased ability to dink with a purpose
  
• Increased ability to volley punch to the back of opponent court, to keep opponents at the baseline. 
  
• Increased speed, variety, and placement of shots compared to a 3.5

4.0 Skill Level

• Primarily plays in an offensive mode rather than reactively
• Controls and places serves and return of serves to best advantage
• Puts advanced playing strategy into the game, particularly in dinking
• Consistently varies shots for competitive advantage, uses power shots selectively
• Communicates and moves well with partner — easily “switches” court positions
• Very comfortable playing at the non-volley zone. Works with partner to control the line, keeping opponents back and driving them off the line.
• Can block hard volleys directed at them
• Has good footwork and moves laterally, backward and forward with ease.
• Hits overhead shots consistently, often as put aways
• Ability to change a hard shot to a soft shot
• Consistently executes effective drop shots that are not easily returned for advantage
• Can effectively poach
• Hits a low # of unforced errors per game
• Regularly demonstrates “anticipation of play”
• Self-correcting during play
• Consistently is a mult-dimensional player and/or is exceptionally dominate in a limited playing repertoire.

 4.5 – 5.0 Skill Level

• Can regularly convert a hard shot to a soft shot
• ​Exhibits patience in play at a superior level
• Shows noticeably increased skills, a higher level of strategy, quickness of hands and movement, judicious use of power, superior placement of shots, superb anticipation of play, sustained volleying skills, superior put-aways —all with consistency
• Makes very few unforced errors

MANY WRAC PICKLEBALL PLAYERS are also members of Wenatchee Valley Pickleball Club.
For additional play time opportunities, see wenatcheevalleypickleball.com.

 
Thank you for offering these classes and starting a pickleball club👍😜  -Tracey Reese