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| Sport | Pickleball |
|---|---|
| Home city | Berlin VT |
| Team members | 610 |
Players! We are celebrating our largest community size to date, with full courts, lots of laughter and good solid pickleball happening at GMCF. This season we have been pressing hard to refine our schedule, institute DUPR guidelines and generally find cohesiveness across all of our open play sessions. Today we make a final major change to solidify what we consider to be a quality schedule. As of now you will see some label changes to sessions indicating new DUPR ranges, as well as some recoloring of certain levels, and times on certain days.
This change has come from careful observation of each group, along with our push to get our players to hold a DUPR rating that reflects their level of play. The new labeling scheme more accurately describes those that are participating in each of the sessions. It is awesome that there are groups that love playing with one another and we absolutely don't want to disrupt that organic chemistry, so there should be almost no changes that happen in your weekly games based on these new labels. We have also extended the DUPR rating range to include a .2 overlap between levels so folks on the top end or bottom end of a range don't feel forced to move.
As a reminder, as much as we love playing with our regular peeps, it is always encouraged to play some occasional games up a level as well as down a level. This can serve to expose you to new elements to the game, and to pay it forward by bringing your skills to a game that would like to feel what that next level looks like. This cross-pollination is paramount to a healthy community, and we expect all of these members to readily accept this forays up and down by players with open arms and welcoming gratitude that our community does not thrive in silos. You will notice a change on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons with the removal of the COMP designation to allow for these "level up" games to occur.
Thanks to all of you for flexing with the adjustments. Our club has way more open play than any other club I have experienced (most are reservation-focused with fewer open plays), so it's really important that we get this right, and I think we have!
Nick
Dan - Several years ago we began adopting DUPR as a way to help organize our Open Play. This is a growing trend clubs are leaning towards as it helps us directors provide a single framework to guide players towards the best games to attend. While not perfect, it has made my job much easier and removed some of the subjectivity that leads to conflict, frustration and hurt feelings on the courts. That level of organization and structure has been an aspect of GMCF pickleball that most players seem to appreciate. And if we are satisfying most of the people, most of the time, our business is doing ok.
Regarding your choice not to engage with DUPR, I respect that choice. Our choice is to lean into DUPR as a club, and we have marked a total of 3 games each week as DUPR regulated (COMP). You may not agree with that choice, but it came from many conversations from players seeking exactly this type of game. The result of your choice is that you have fewer choices, this is true. I see that you are not currently an active member at GMCF and it is quite possible that our schedule, combined with your decision to not engage with the DUPR rating system, makes us not a good fit for you.
But my hope is that you find enough value in what we offer to join us when you can, as we enjoy your presence on the courts and great attitude while playing. I always appreciate and listen to everyone's opinions on how we design our programs and develop our community. At same time, we also acknowledge that we will never have the perfect solution for everyone. That is just the nature of a large community of people sharing a finite resource.
Thanks,
Nick
Nick, I'm not currently a member because I'm out of state this month. I was planning to rejoin when I return, but also had hoped to have the opportunity to play more than twice a week. I'm happy to play with anyone that respects the 50/50 rule. My experience is that some of those pushing the hardest to weed out the "weaker" players have the poorest adherence to thar rule. I understand that it is even worse when people's DUPR ratings are on the line.
I’ve got a second court for this time so please, keep signing up ladies!
I'll play the first hour; Simone is playing the 2nd hour; so essentially we still have 8
So sorry to sign out, but I'm just not feeling great.
Contact person: Nick Petterssen - nick@gmcf.life - GMCF Front Desk: 802-223-6161
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