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REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

OPEN PLAY
FORMAT WITH:
4 COURTS (max 20 players):
Challenge court is on #1; 2 players on/2 off on other 3 courts
8 COURTS (max 40 players):
Challenge courts are on #1 & 2; 4 players on/4 off on other 6 courts

​CHALLENGE/ADVANCED COURTS:

• Winners stay on court
• Expect high, tournament type play including targeting and hard hits
• Line-up for next court by stationing at Court 1 or 2 bench
• Scoring: Game to 11; win by 2

ON/OFF PLAY FORMAT:

• 2 or 4 players (# designated above) come off the court at end of the game
  
• 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​

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JUNIOR PICKLEBALL 

WHO:  Ages 8-18
WHAT:  All levels of players
WHEN:  Monday and Wednesday 4:30-5:25
WHERE:  Indoor Pickleball courts
WHY:  JOIN THE FUN!  Come on out to give the game a try or to improve you skills. 
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!

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PICKLEBALL CLINICS
WHO: Adults
WHAT:
BEGINNER CLINIC - 2.0-2.5 Rating/New to the game
INTERMEDIATE CLINIC - 3.0-3.5 Rating/have played for a while; develop skills and want to improve your game
WHEN:
BEGINNER CLINIC: Wed., 3:30-4:30; Fri. 5:30-6:30 pm
INTERMEDIATE CLINIC: Mon., 3:30-4:30; Fri. 6:30-7:30 pm
WHERE: Indoor Pickleball Court
WHY: JOIN THE FUN! Come on out to give the game a try or to improve you skills.
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, Randy Smith, Johnny Castro

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pickleball team

DEVON ERHO - Instructor, Coordinator-Lead

JOHNNY CASTRO - Instructor, Coordinator

CELEST FINK - Coordinator

Randy Smith - Instructor

interested in setting up a private or small group lesson?  email info@wrac.org

LET'S MAKE IT 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.

​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

Pickleball Fun!

WHO CAN SIGN UP TO PLAY?

• WRAC MEMBERS:
  • Pickleball is included with all membership types
  • Year Round membership allows up to 7 days in advance reservations; Seasonal membership allows for 5 days advance sign up.
  • Contact:   info@wrac.org with membership questions
• ​PICKLEBALL PACK PLAYERS:
  • For Pickleball Play reservation only
  • Allows up to 2 days in advance reservations
  • 10 visits for $140 (+tax)
  • Packages expire at 6 months
  • Packs purchases affected by closures will be extended for lost time.

HOW TO GET SIGNED UP TO PLAY?

• Number of spots is limited for reservations at each designated time block
  • Always refer to schedule on app for up-to-date schedule.​
• Reserve your spot. Do NOT Drop-in to play.
  • Reserve on WRAC App, pc or call 662-3544.
  • If plans change, be sure to unregister to free up space for others.
  • Players on the waitlist will automatically be put on the roster when space becomes available. To sign up for the waitlist, please use a PC. Be sure that your notifications are set to allow emails and or text messages to be sent when this happens.
• Reserve one time block per day.
  • If additional times are available and not filled by 4 hours in advance, you are welcome to register for additional play.
  • If your plans change, unregister. IF YOU ARE SIGNED UP at play time, punch carders will be charged a punch.​ ​

CHECK-IN:

• Check-in by scanning your WRAC app barcode at the desk or our staff with be happy to assist you.

For more WRAC information, have questions or need your app username and password sent to you, please contact the club at info@wrac.org or call 509-662-3544.​

PICKLEBALL Play Level Classifications​

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

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