New to pickleball?
It is the simplest racquet sport to start and the hardest to stop. You do not need a partner, you do not need kit, and nobody at The Courts will ask what you average — we do not keep ratings.
The rules
Underhand, below the waist, diagonally across to the opposite service box. One attempt. The score is called before every serve — yours, theirs, then which server you are.
The serve must bounce, and so must the return. Only after those two bounces may anyone hit the ball out of the air. It is the rule that makes rallies happen instead of aces, and it is the one newcomers forget.
The seven feet either side of the net. You may not volley while standing in it — step in only after the ball has bounced there. Nothing else on court catches people out as often.
Only the serving side scores. Games run to eleven, win by two. A game takes fifteen or twenty minutes, which is why an hour is four of them and an afternoon is a lot.
Where you fit
Open play runs by level so that nobody spends an hour outmatched or bored. Pick the one that sounds like you — it is a self-declaration, not a test, and you can change it whenever you like.
New to the sport and learning the flow. Can get it over the net; still making friends with the double bounce rule.
Plays a full match unaided. Holds a three-or-four shot rally, lands most serves, knows where the Kitchen is.
Plays weekly and thinks about positioning. Volleys, moves to the net after the return, starting to dink.
If you are between two, choose the lower one. It is a better afternoon.
Your first hour
₱200 a head. No partner needed and no rating asked. The house assigns your court and mixes your partners every round, so you play with everybody rather than whoever you arrived with.
Court shoes with a flat sole — running shoes have the wrong grip and mark the floor. Water. That is it; paddles and balls are here, and the pro shop lends demo paddles if you would rather try before buying.
Start on the hour and finish on the hour — somebody is waiting. Line calls are yours to make and made honestly; if you genuinely cannot tell, it was in. Wins are loud. Losses are louder.
Booking
Courts are sold by the hour, on the hour, from ₱350. The grid opens 30 days ahead. Pay in full to reserve — the checkout shows the methods this venue takes.
One free move per indoor booking, up to 4 hours before it starts. Same price or cheaper costs nothing; dearer costs only the difference. Inside that window the front desk can still help if a court is free.
Outdoor bookings carry the weather policy instead. If the venue calls weather on your slot you choose wallet credit or a free rebooking — your choice, not ours, and you have 7 days to make it.
Join the waitlist for that hour. Changes and weather free slots up all the time, and the queue is in the order people joined — nobody jumps it.
You will learn more in one hour on court than in ten more of these.