Resources

Dynamic Universal Player Rating – Used to log your games against other competitors and creates an algorithmically assigned numerical skill rating. Having a high DUPR rating is required to enter certain tournaments, so the earlier you start logging your games the better.

Playtime Scheduler – The area’s best and easiest way to connect with other pickleball players. Shows you the location, time, address, sign up list and skill rating of the players who are attending area pickleball events.

Sacramento Pickleball Facebook Group – More area resources and players on a dead website.

Sac Town Pickleball Discord Group – A small, community run group chat who posts where and when meetups are happening. This is free to join and is more simple than using any of the other Group Chat Applications.

Pickleball Tournaments – The easiest place to find and register tournaments for high-level competition.

There are also court and neighborhood specific group chats for pickleball, message me and we can find what works best for you!

Gear Recommendations – Paddles – Pickleball Studio is my go-to reference for paddle testing at a high level. His site contains excellent paddle recommendations for players at all levels. AVAILABLE HERE

Gear Recommendations – Shoes – This random Reddit post has the best in-depth review of pickleball shoes and what to expect. AVAILABLE HERE

Helpful Videos – Beginner

Pro Player Kyle Koszuta explains the basic rules and flow of how games play out.