OTC Court Safety & Etiquette 

 

Entering and Exiting Courts

• Enter and Exit promptly and at your reserved court time. 

• For Court 1, use GATE 1. 

• For all other courts, use GATE 2.

 

• Be sure to close the gate. 

• If you are the last to leave the courts, ensure ALL GATES are locked.

 

• When crossing a Court, or entering/exiting GATE 2:

• WAIT for play to stop and approval before crossing

• QUICKLY cross with ALL your players 

• Move along the back of the court, or the tennis net when pickleball is in play.

 

   If no pickleball play immediately following your reservation

• Roller nets: store alongside the fence with wheels locked.

• Regular nets: remove net place in storage shed, with 2 people, carry structure to the side yard. 

 

Returning or Retrieving Balls from Another Court

• Do NOT chase your ball onto an active court. 

• WAIT for play to stop and kindly ask for your ball to be returned. 

• Return the ball ONLY when the player is ready to receive it. 

• Call “Ball” if a ball will enter another court and affect play or safety. The play stops when someone calls “Ball”.

 

Consider

• Tennis players typically use 3 balls and don’t need to wait for a ball to be returned to continue play. When serving, a single point can have a first, and second serve as well as multiple lets. Interrupting the point is to be avoided unless a safety issue !

• Pickleball players use only one ball and one serve. Pickleball players are waiting for their ball to be returned to continue to play.