He's a 5.0 !!!!!
In pickleball when someone new wants to join a group the questions that comes up is "what's your ranking?" Pickleball does have an official way to measure a players ranking, but generally most people do a 'self ranking'. Every now and then someone approaches a group (perhaps they are travelling through) asking to join a session only to reveal they are a 5.0 ranking. (that means they are good!) So a buzz will circulate across the group with whatsapps flying before the session... 'new player joining us tonight, he's a 5.0'..... will be met with ........wow I better come play him .......Hope I can get some good tips ...... How long has he be playing ......where is he from ...the US?? The problem comes with the self rating element, because one person's 5.0 is not the same as another person's. So there are a selection of 5.0 "types" that turn up to play - here are a few examples. The Talker This is the player that can talk a 5.0 game, p...