League Rules and Policies
About Flex Leagues
- A pickleball flex league is a season of organized competitive match play, designed around your schedule.
- Matches are arranged with your opponents at a mutually agreed upon day and time, and matches can be player in any order.
Flex Leagues Available
- Men's & Women's Doubles, Mixed Doubles in the following flights: 2.5,3.0, 3.5, 4.0,4.5,5.0
- The league you play in is based on your individual rating.
Player Rating
- Players are asked to self-rate for their first season. Our league management software will keep a dynamic rating on all players after the first season.
League Dates
- For league dates please refer to our league calendar.
Duration of the Season
- Each season is 5-8 weeks long depending upon the number of teams registered.
How to Schedule a Match
- Matches can be played in any order, at any time, as long as they are completed by the season deadline.
- The player listed on the team first (Captain), will be responsible for communicating for the team.
- Give your opponents at least three times your team would be available to play.
- Our match recording website has a page where players can notify their opponents where and when they prefer to play.
- Try and be flexible, the goal is to play the match.
- The home team is responsible for initial contact to schedule the match but both teams can make contact. It is highly recommended to contact all opponents once the schedules are posted to start the scheduling discussion. Schedule and play the most convenient matches first.
- The home team should reserve the courts for their home matches and expect that the away team will travel to them.
- The home team must communicate the dress code at facility, availability of water and restrooms, paddle or ball requirements, and anything else you feel pertinent to playing the match.
- Round robin format is used, with a goal of playing one match assigned per week.
- 1-2 weeks are reserved at the end of each session to make up matches, if needed.
- If a match is rained out, it should be rescheduled as soon as possible.
What is considered a match?
- Each match will consist of two lines of level based play.
- Matches are 2 out of 3 games to 12 points.
- After each game in the match, write down the score, to ensure all are in agreement.
- One point is awarded for each game won. Play all three games, even if one team wins the first two games. Each game will count as one point toward the final point total.
- Switch sides after each game. For the final game, any player may ask to switch sides, once one of the teams reaches a score of 6.
- The winner of the match will report the score to https://topdoglive.com/
Where are the matches played?
- A “home” team is assigned for each match. Matches will be played at that facility. Please make sure the court is reserved and has lights if needed.
- Communicate with opponent any dress, paddle or ball requirements. Additionally, if there is water and rest rooms at the home facility.
- The “home” team provides the match balls. There should be a minimum of at least 2 new balls.
- If there is a guest fee, it is paid for by the “home” team.
- Should there be a problem with the court, or inclement weather, the home team must call the opponents and reschedule.
Approved Ball
- The home team provides the balls.
- Minimum of 2 balls are required for the match.
- We recommend either the DuraFast 40 or FranklinX
Retired Matches
- A retired match is when a match can’t continue due to injury, illness or personal reasons.
- The score would be recorded with completed games played up to the point of the team retiring,with the balance of the match reported as 15-0 for the team not retiring.
Coaching
- No coaching is allowed by any of the spectators or coach.
- Spectators should not get involved in the match regarding line calls or rules.