Why get rated? Ratings provide a marker that guides a consistent and competitive level of play within a club or in a tournament. The Saddlebrooke Pickleball Association ratings range from 2.0 to 4 ...

Jillian Braverman on the pickleball court. She's now CEO of a company that has a new system for pickleball skill ratings, called DUPR. Last October, I wrote a column about skill ratings in ...

Last October, I wrote a column about skill ratings in pickleball, and how you go about getting one. Since then, I have partnered with Kristin Walla and Jillian Braverman at all my round-robin ...

Of course, one thing that would help standardize ratings would be to not allow self-ratings, and require players to get rated by a teaching professional, much like tennis.