Your members watch Major League Pickleball. A lot of them would love to play that format, drafted teams, doubles rotations, and a dramatic tiebreaker, but most clubs never offer it because it sounds complicated to run.
PicklPass makes MLP a format you can run on a Tuesday. The structure and the math are handled; you just draft the teams and play.
What MLP is
MLP is team play. Each team has four players. A match runs through game slots, different pairings from each team play doubles, and if the teams split those games and end up tied, it goes to a Dreambreaker: a single decisive game that settles it.
It's the format built for rivalry and drama. Teams have names, players have teammates, and every match has a storyline.
Why run one
- It's the format your players already want. Familiar from the pro tour, and a genuinely different experience from ladders and round robins.
- Team identity drives commitment. People show up for their team. Attendance and week-to-week retention are stronger when players don't want to let teammates down.
- Built-in drama. The Dreambreaker turns an ordinary league night into an event. Great for a lobby TV and a crowd.
- A premium offering. Team nights are an easy thing to charge a bit more for and to market as a signature program.
When to reach for it
MLP is your team-night or season-long team-league format, best when you can field committed teams of four and want a marquee program that feels different from your regular leagues. It's more structured than a drop-in, so it rewards a consistent roster.
Getting started
Create the MLP league, build your teams (four players each), set a season start date, and generate the schedule. PicklPass lays out the game slots, tracks each match, prompts the Dreambreaker when a match is tied, and keeps standings across the season. Scoresheets and public standings pages come standard, and the singles Dreambreaker is automatically excluded from DUPR exports.
Next step: MLP Leagues in the Help Center covers team setup, game slots, the Dreambreaker, and season scheduling.