Your Club's Own Rating System
We care so much about quality play that we make sure everyone is accurately rated. Independent from DUPR. Your club, your ratings, your rules.
Why Clubs Need Their Own Ratings
DUPR is everywhere, and so are the complaints. Self-reported scores, inflated ratings, sandbagging, and no way to verify accuracy at the club level. Your members show up to events mismatched and frustrated.
Club Ratings give you control. Your coaches evaluate players using a structured system. You decide who's a 3.5 and who's a 4.0. No more relying on a third-party algorithm that your staff can't see, explain, or override.
Self-reported DUPR scores are unreliable. Players inflate or sandbag with no verification
No local context: DUPR doesn't know your members or your competitive scene
Members demand accuracy, and poor matchmaking is the #1 complaint at most clubs
Events need gating: you need a rating you trust to put players in the right divisions
Two Ways to Rate
Rubric Evaluation
Score players across 8 performance metrics. Each category is rated on the 2.0–8.0 scale and scores average into an overall rating. The rubric gives coaches a consistent framework and gives players clear, actionable feedback on where to improve.
Direct Rating
Assign a rating directly when you already know the player's level. Useful for experienced coaches, or when onboarding players with established ratings from other systems. Supports precise decimal values (e.g., 3.75, 4.23) for granular accuracy.
The 8 Performance Metrics
The rubric evaluation breaks down a player's game into eight distinct skill areas. Coaches rate each one individually, giving players a clear picture of their strengths and weaknesses.
Serves
Returns
Dinks
Volleys
Third Shot Drops
Positioning
Strategy
Consistency
Each metric is scored on the same 2.0–8.0 scale. The overall rating is the average of all eight scores, giving a balanced assessment that isn't skewed by a single strong or weak area.
AI-Suggested Ratings
The system doesn't just store ratings. It analyzes every match your members play to suggest where they should be rated.
Match history from casual games, league play, and tournaments is analyzed to generate a suggested rating with a confidence level. The more matches logged, the higher the confidence. Coaches can accept the suggestion, use it as a starting point, or override it entirely.
Performance vs. skill buckets: see win rates against 3.0–3.5 players, 3.5–4.0 players, and so on
Match source breakdown: separate analysis for leagues, tournaments, and casual games
Confidence scoring: ratings backed by 50+ matches show higher confidence than those with 5
Coach report: printable summary showing the AI suggestion, match history, and performance charts
Rating as a Revenue Stream
Accurate ratings aren't just good for matchmaking. They're a service your members value. Clubs can offer periodic coach-led rating evaluations as a paid service.
Periodic Rating Events
Set a rating frequency: every 3 months, every 6 months, or on-demand. Coaches run structured evaluation sessions where members play observed games and receive an updated rating. Charge a fee per evaluation.
200 members × 2 evaluations/year = $8,000/year in rating revenue
Members want to know their real level. When your club is the authority on accurate ratings, and those ratings are required for event registration, players are motivated to stay current.
Event Gating by Rating
Gate any league, tournament, or club event by rating source. Require a DUPR rating, a Club Rating, or accept either. It's up to you. Set minimum and maximum ratings per division.
Players who don't meet the rating requirement see a clear explanation of what's needed and how to get rated. No confusion, no awkward conversations. The system handles it.
How It Displays on Profiles
Every rated member's profile shows their current Club Rating badge, rating history timeline, and performance metrics breakdown. Members can track their progress over time and see exactly where they've improved.
Rating badge: prominently displayed on the member profile with the current overall rating
History timeline: every evaluation recorded with date, evaluator, previous rating, new rating, and change
Metrics breakdown: radar chart or bar chart showing scores across all 8 performance categories
Coach notes: evaluator comments visible to the player and club staff for context