Pickleball Player Rating at Rincon Country West Pickleball Club
Pickleball player rating is a way for players to know how they stack up in general with other players who have been rated, and since the rating categories are quite descriptive, helps players to know where their strengths and deficiencies are so they can work to improve their game.
The definition standards for categories of players have been approved internationally by the International Federation of Pickleball (IFP).
The ratings are most important for tournaments because most tournaments currently are rated tournaments, though some still use age groups instead, or in addition.
Because the rating system is an international standard, it is appropriate to apply the basis of it to grading our own players for play groupings, particularly for round robins and shootouts, and for lessons.
It is particularly advantageous for lessons, where lessons can be tailored to a group of a particular rating where the strengths and weaknesses are then known by the rating description.
Listed below are the IFP ratings for all players from beginners to the most advanced.
All registered members of Rincon Country West Pickleball Club may self rate, or should provide their USAPA rating when joining the club.
If you have been rated in a tournament as a result of your play, please provide that rating. Player ratings from tournaments are often below club ratings and where your tournament rating creates a disadvantage for round robin or shootout play, you may be re-rated to group you with players of similar skills.
The objective of rating is not to puff up or put down players but to group similar players together to allow them to enjoy matches, and also to provide proper opportunities for playesr of different ratings to know what they are up against in playing other members. In other words rating players is in the interest of fairness, fun and sportsmanship.
The IFP Rating System has been created to help describe differences in the various skill levels.
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Rating
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Rating Description
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1.0
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1.5
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2.0
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2.5
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3.0
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3.5
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4.0
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4.5
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5.0
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