The Registry of Pickleball Professionals (RPPk) & Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating (DUPR) are launching a new certification programme: Referee Certification Course – RCC, which will be essential to referee matches in tournaments organised through DUPR. During the course OnLINE & OnSITE they will be taught how to use the DUPR platform and the basic notions essential to referee a match in a pickleball tournament. All tournament referees using the DUPR platform will be required to have an International Referee Professional Licence in order to be able to referee matches in a tournament using the DUPR platform.

This course will be held OnLINE and at the end of the course participants will be certified as follows:

– International Referee by RPPk USA & DUPR

– International Referee by RPPk Europe DUPR

– International Referee by RPPk International & DUPR

– International Referee by RPPk España & DUPR

In addition, they will be awarded the International Referee Professional Licence, which they will have to renew every year and which will include a series of professional services so that they can carry out their work with total security and guarantee.

If you are interested in this programme, please contact us at rpp@rppickleball.org

The International Coaches Institute – ICI established during 2021 the Registry of Pickleball Professional – RPPk dedicated to professional training, international certification and comprehensive professional services for Pickleball teaching professionals and coaches, as well as the promotion of the sport. The RPPk now has more than 1,200 certified coaches in 21 countries who have the highest recognition in the Pickleball industry.

The International Coaches Institute – ICI has become the first and largest international organisation dedicated to offering educational programmes, international certifications and comprehensive professional services to tennis, golf, padel, fitness and pickleball teaching professionals and coaches through its respective Professional Registries: Tennis (RPTennis), Golf (RPGolf), Padel (RPPadel), Fitness (RPFitness) and Pickleball (RPPickleball) with a clear objective: to offer all the necessary tools to train and develop people through sport. The ICI currently has +50,000 qualified coaches in 130 countries, and since its foundation in 1989, has trained +100,000 sports coaches. Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating – DUPR is the world’s leading pickleball ranking system and technology platform, trusted by all the world’s leading clubs, tournaments, leagues and players. DUPR’s dynamic ranking system unifies the sport of pickleball across all ages, genders and locations by analysing match results to accurately rate all players on a scale of 2,000 to 8,000.