No. PURE Academy teams are already registered for ACP and pay no ACP entry fee. ACP league and championship participation is included in the Fall PURE Academy season fee.

High School is $495 per team. All other divisions are $95 per player, including Elementary, Middle School, and adult divisions.

One to two hours on your division's match day. Play 1–2 league matches per week, then compete as a team in the ACP Championship on Saturday, December 12. When two matches are scheduled, they are back to back against different opponents, with no hour-long gap.

Your team against one opponent, three or four doubles pairs at the same time: #1 against #1, #2 against #2, #3 against #3, and #4 against #4 when both teams carry eight players. Each pair plays best two of three games to 11, win by 2, capped at 15.

One hour. When two matches are scheduled, they form a two-hour block, back to back against different opponents. Each match is three or four doubles lines playing at the same time on three or four courts.

Five league weeks beginning Wednesday, October 28. No play Thanksgiving week. The last league night is Friday, December 4, and the ACP Championship Tournament is Saturday, December 12.

Yes. Every team plays in its division bracket on December 12, seeded on its league record.

No. They combine into one draw per level, so the Women's brackets are bigger and you find out who the best team at that level really is. Your championship venue may differ from your league venue; it is named on your bracket.

You do not need to give us one. ACP divisions are organized by DUPR band, so use the rating you already have to pick the right division. Registration does not ask for a DUPR account or rating, and we do not verify it. We also do not submit match results to DUPR this season.

PURE. Scores go to the league and into the ACP standings, and nowhere else.

Registration closes Wednesday, October 21. Schedules, match times and venue assignments publish October 21 on the ACP schedule page.

Mesa Tennis & Pickleball Center or Red Mountain Ranch Country Club. Your division plays at one venue all season, named when the schedule publishes.

That match is not played and does not count. We do not reschedule, and standings rank on win percentage, so losing a night to weather costs your team nothing in the table.

Divisions need at least four teams to run. If yours is short at the October 21 close, we combine it with the next band on the same night so you still get a full season. The December 12 championship is always drawn by true rating band, so you compete against your own level whatever happened during the league.

A team must field at least 6 players on match night. Fewer than six defaults the match: every line counts as lost and the point differential is recorded as zero.

Teams are strongly encouraged to recruit substitutes.

Yes, during timeouts and between games. Each team has one one-minute timeout per game; the game 3 changeover at 6 points counts as a timeout. Coaching between points or during play is not permitted.

ACP follows the 2026 USA Pickleball Official Rulebook. All paddles must appear on the USA Pickleball Approved Paddle List.

Players and coaches are expected to demonstrate sportsmanship at all times. Prohibited conduct includes cursing, verbal abuse, paddle or equipment abuse, throwing or striking paddles against the ground, net or fence, intentionally hitting balls at others outside the normal course of play, and other unsportsmanlike behavior.

Report misconduct to team@purepickleball.com. PURE may nullify results, award defaults, suspend or remove players, and remove teams from ACP when necessary.