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TOURNAMENT FORMAT:

• 4 teams per tournament
• 4 players per team - 2 male and 2 female
• ALL players MUST have a DUPR rating (pickleball brackets rating may be used in special cases)
• ALL Teams MUST meet the Maximum total cumulative DUPR allowed for that event

EACH DIVISION IN THE MLP WILL ABIDE BY THE MAXIMUM DUPR per TEAM:

• DUPR 12 can be a total of all 4 players of 12.3
• DUPR 14 can be a total of all 4 players of 14.3
• DUPR 16 can be a total of all 4 players of 16.3
• DUPR 18 can be a total of all 4 players of 18.3
• DUPR 20 can be a total of all 4 players of 20.3
• DUPR 22 is a DRAFT LEAGUE and does NOT have a maximum DUPR per team

EACH PLAYERs DUPR WILL BE THE RATING AT THE TIME OF SIGNUP FOR EACH DIVISION:

• When a player signs up for a division, a screen shot of the DUPR number will be used at the time of signup for that player for the rest of the season
• If that player then signs up for a 2nd division, and their DUPR number has changed, they will use the DUPR at the time they signed up for the 2nd division in THAT division ONLY. The 1st division will still use the number assigned for that division
• For Example:
  • If little Johnny signs up for DUPR 12 with a rating of 3.44, he counts towards the team's cumulative total as a 3.44 for that entire season.
  • If little Johnny later signs up for a DUPR 14 team, and his DUPR at the time he signs up for that team is 3.65, he will be a 3.65 for DUPR14 for that entire season.
  • If little Johnny signs up with a rating of 3.44, but then his number goes up before he plays his first match he will only count towards the teams cumulative total as a 3.44 for that entire season.
  • Its the number at the time of signup, not the number at the time of the event

SCORING:

• Modified RALLY scoring:
  • All games start at 0-0
  • The Score uses the score of each team only, not the server (no more 0-0-2)
  • 1 team scores on every serve
  • The right side server serves all points when their score is even
  • The left side server serves all points when their score is odd
  • Players do not switch left/right sides except during timeouts
  • Games are played to 15, win by 2
  • Teams switch sides of the court at 8
• FREEZES:
  • When a team freezes, they only score when they serve
  • The leading team freezes at 14 points
  • The trailing team freezes at 13 points
  • At 13-13 no team is frozen, however the next point freezes BOTH teams
  • NO team will ever UNFREEZE once it is frozen
  • play will continue until one team wins by 2
• Dreambreakers*:
  • Tiebreakers use the same scoring format