STL Pickleball is independent of a facility and does not do court management. This keeps our overhead very low, allowing us to offer leagues and DUPR rating sessions at affordable prices.

Our Places to Play tab has an interactive Google map with information about indoor and outdoor courts in the area. USA Pickleball ambassadors are responsible for keeping a current national database and can be found at www.places2play.org.

Nope! You can join even you do not have a current rating. You do need to download the DUPR app and set up an account though so that a rating can start to be established.

No, both are free to the users. The downloads are free and there are no in-app purchases for either.

Unfortunately, no. By registering to participate in our DUPR games you are agreeing to allow all scores, win or lose, to be submitted to DUPR. STL Pickleball has access to verify scores for the players.

Technically, scores can be submitted as soon as the Flex League matches are complete, or the DUPR Ratings Session is complete. Realistically, stuff happens and edits will likely need to made every once in awhile which will potentially slow down how quickly DUPR will be updated. At the most, you can expect scores to be submitted within 1-3 days.

While Swish does not prevent you systematically from registering at a level lower than your DUPR, STL Pickleball will be verifying that players are placed in the appropriate levels and divisions. We do ask that players are honest, though. Holding leagues based on DUPR's helps to prevent sandbagging with the goal of providing the most fair and fun experience for everyone.

No, the levels people register for are based on individual ratings, not cumulative team ratings. As long as both players are registered per their DUPR rating the players can team up together.

Yes, that's one of many perks of Flex Leagues! You may register for two divisions for each Season (gender doubles and mixed doubles) as well as sign up for different Seasons that run concurrently. You can also hold private leagues with just your group of friends at the same time! Reach out to us and we'd be happy to get that set up.

Yes! But to help eliminate sandbagging you must play at the higher DUPR level.

Currently, STL Pickleball does not have a regular cadence of ratings sessions at a specific location. The benefit of using us is that you can hold the ratings sessions whenever and wherever you'd like. So if you have a group of friends you normally play with, contact us and we can make them DUPR ratings sessions.

We can be if that's what is wanted but everything can be done remotely using the Swish and DUPR apps. We can organize the players, create a schedule, and then submit the scores to DUPR all on the Swish app without having to be present. The players just have to enter the scores into Swish after each game. But if you'd prefer you us there, we can also arrange for that as well.

Definitely no. The player levels can be varied as they often are with friends. Just know that all scores will be submitted regardless of the outcomes.