Your First Game to Your First DUPR Match: Play! Pickle's Women's Pathway

Play! Pickle has set out a five-stage Women's Pickleball Pathway in Singapore, running from a beginner workshop to DUPR-rated matches. Its Instagram post says players do not have to start at Stage 1. They can join at whichever stage matches where they are now.

Start and Learn

Stage 1, Start, is a Women's Pickleball Starter Workshop for absolute beginners. It is a women-only, two-hour session on Sundays, 2 to 4pm, at Serangoon, with equipment provided. Play! Pickle lists it at $88 per person. The session covers basic strokes, serving and scoring, court positioning and guided games.

Stage 2, Learn, is a Women's Beginner Course made up of two 2-hour classes, kept to up to six players. It covers forehand, backhand, serve and return, movement, scoring and basic doubles positioning, and is listed at $240 per person.

Play, Improve, Compete

Stage 3, Play, is Ladies Guided Open Play: weekly, women-only, two-hour sessions with organised rotations. At Serangoon, the listed slots are Monday and Wednesday 9 to 11am at $15, and Wednesday 8 to 10pm at $20. At St Patrick's, the Instagram graphic lists Friday 7:30 to 9:30pm and Sunday 6 to 8pm, both at $20, while the website lists only Sunday.

Stage 4, Improve, is a set of Intermediate Clinics in small groups, open to mixed genders. They work on consistency, dinks and drops, volleys and resets, transition play, kitchen movement and doubles decisions.

Stage 5, Compete, is Women's DUPR & Matches: women-only, event-based and DUPR-rated, with no partner needed. It includes DUPR Debut, a friendly introduction to rated doubles that also covers how DUPR works. The graphic says the stage suits players who can serve, rally and keep score independently.

Next Date on the Calendar

The pathway page lists a DUPR Debut Women's Rating Night on Friday 16 Oct, 8 to 10pm, at Serangoon, at $58. Social events such as Ladies Night are part of the pathway too, and the page carries the full stage-by-stage details. Prices on both the post and the page appear as "$" with no currency stated.

This article is based on social media posts and historical data tracked by Pickle361.