Pickleball tournament referee coordinator checklist
Before the tournament
- Define referee requirements
- Determine compensation
- Confirm venue and court count
- Recruit officials
- Verify required credentials
- Collect availability
- Build work blocks
- Confirm lodging, travel, and meals
- Send check-in instructions
Tournament morning
- Check in referees
- Confirm court assignments
- Review procedures
- Establish the queue or rotation
- Identify breaks and lunch
- Confirm communications
During play
- Monitor rotation
- Manage breaks
- Replace unavailable officials
- Track staffing gaps
- Communicate changes
End of day
- Confirm the next-day schedule
- Record amounts due and payment status
- Address open issues
- Update staffing needs
This planning checklist is not a sanctioning-body requirement.