FAQ

How long does each event last? Each event, i.e. "Women's Doubles - Intermediate," will take between 2 to 3 hours from start to finish. Can I sign up for more than one event? You can sign up for two events: mixed doubles and a single-gender event. You CANNOT sign up for different skill levels in the same category.

How to register...

In order for a team to register, EACH team member MUST: 1) Create a Pickleball Brackets profile using a unique email address 2) Register for a Dink for a Cure event on Pickleball Brackets 3) Pay the tournament registration fee on Pickleball Brackets NOTE: If there is a "ghost" next to a player's name on the Pickleball Brackets event description page, that means a player has not fully registered and the team may be bumped to the waitlist. Read more about the "ghost" here: https://www.pickleball518.com/dont-get-ghosted-in-a-pickleball-brackets-tournament/

Creating your Pickleball Brackets profile

If this is your first time using Pickleball Brackets, when you create a profile you will be asked to self-rate yourself on a scale of 2.0 to 6.0. Here is a general guide: 2.0 = Novice Never picked up a paddle or just started playing, and no background in racquet sports. Just learning the rules. 2.5 = Advanced novice Basic understanding of rules and scoring. Able to hit the ball back and forth but struggling to sustain a rally. 3.0 = Intermediate Understands rules and scoring. Can serve reliably and sustain a rally. 3.5 = Advanced intermediate Strong grasp of rules and scoring. Can sustain rallies and starting to use pickleball strategies like dinks, third-shot drops, deep serves and returns and shot placement. >3.5 = Advanced Mastered control of shot placement. Can use spin on the ball. Using advanced game strategies. Knows how to stack. Has tournament experience. Here is a nifty (and free) online quiz to help determine your rating: https://www.pickleheads.com/guides/pickleball-rating