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Originally Posted by rustyp
If proper etiquette is playing one game to 11 and others are waiting wouldn't that mean the 4 players of that game should walk off and the whole court becomes available after each and every game ? If standard practice how often is this adhered to ? Are there published rules of etiquette posted on/near the courts ? Just curious I'm not a pickle-ball player.
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I have played open play at more than a dozen of the various rec center courts, and each facility seems to develop their own particular way of dealing with this. Often, if only a few are in line, say 4, or 6, they'll replace two at a time, let winners stay together, and as long as you keep winning, you keep playing. However, if the line grows to 8, or 10, or 12, they'll swap out 4 at a time so the wait times don't get too long. During the busy season this might work from sunrise to about 8:30, then the lines get too long and you have to go 4 at a time.
There is no rule that says you have to play with whoever is next to you. Most people do because most people don't show up with a group of 4. However, if you do have a group of four, you can stay together as long as you wait your turn for a court, exactly the way OP described. Sometimes there will be a pair of players who are preparing for a tournament and want to stay together. Some people don't like to see this, but , again, there is no written rule anywhere that states you can't do this during open play times.
For some reason this may draw the ire of someone who thinks this is wrong. There is no written rule anywhere that I've found that makes the practice out-of-bounds. Some people just insist upon trying to force their opinion of how things should be, upon others, with no authority to do so.