LF2 Courts/Rules | LF2 Pickleball

PLAYING @ LF2:

Reservations are not required for pickleball courts, however they are recommended to ensure a court is available for you. Reservations can be made on playtomic.com 72 hours prior to your desired time slot. Please call (949) 586-0860 x25 or email proshop@lf2.org to be added to the database on playtomic.com before you book your first appointment. The Clubhouse opens at 8:00 a.m. every day of the week. No concurrent or back-to-back reservations permitted. Each homeowner can reserve one court a day.

Open Play Hours for Pickleball are Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mornings from 8:00 a.m. to about 12:00 p.m., and Monday and Wednesday evening from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. There will be no reservations during most of these times; members and their guests can come and play in a rotating format. Limited reservations are available on Monday and Wednesday evenings, and Sunday mornings.

GENERAL RULES
- Each household is limited to eight guests
- The teaching court #7 is not reservable. This court is dedicated to lessons and classes and is a use at your own risk, first come, first serve court.
- Sponsoring members and guests are limited to the use of one court – there must be at least one member per court.
- All players must check in at the Tennis Center, or Front Desk during the hours of 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM.
- Guests must be signed in and accompanied by a Club Member, and the $5 Guest Fee paid before playing pickleball.
- Strong language, poor behavior, abuse of windscreens, nets, etc. may result in players being requested to leave the courts.

GUIDELINES FOR PICKLEBALL OPEN PLAY
- Open Play Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and Monday and Wednesday 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. During Open Play, a player drops in and plays with other players. All courts will be in use for Open Play.
- The losing two players will leave the court and place their paddles in the pipe for the next available opening.
- When four or more players are waiting to play, with their paddles in the pipe, and a team wins two in a row, the winning players must leave the court and place their paddles in the pipe in preparation for their next turn to play.
- With 6 paddles in the pipe, waiting to play, it’s 4 players off and 4 players on.
- If you want to play with a specific partner, make certain there is an even number of players in front of you.
CHALLENGE COURT RULES
- To Challenge-In you must have an agreed upon partner.
- All games are played to 11- win by 2.
- If there are only 2 paddles in the rack, the winning team can stay on indefinitely.
- Once 4 paddles are placed in the rack, the winning team can stay on the court for 2 consecutive wins (current game plus one more), at which time all four players must relinquish the court. (4 Off – 4 On)
- Exiting teams may place their paddles back in the paddle rack and rejoin the rotation.