NGA Clusters
Four regional teams. One pathway. Kids train year-round with their NGA coach, build real reps in age-division play, and finish the season at the MoCo Cup.
Down-County, Up-County, East-County, Mid-County — find your area, join your cluster. Better than yesterday, together.
Down-County Cluster
Down-County families building real reps every week — so Fall tryouts feel like one more practice, not a test.
Bethesda · North Bethesda · Chevy Chase
Up-County Cluster
Up-County families showing up week after week — the long-haul reps that turn a curious kid into a confident Fall starter.
Gaithersburg · Germantown · Clarksburg
East-County Cluster
East-County families training with intent — a clear pathway from first paddle touch through Fall school-team tryouts.
Olney · Silver Spring
Mid-County Cluster
Mid-County families on one squad year-round — purposeful coaching, age-division matchups, and a clear road to Fall.
Rockville · Potomac
What clusters are not
NGA Clusters are not MCPS varsity. Every MCPS high school already runs a Fall corollary pickleball team and we cheer that on. Clusters are the year-round, age-division feeder layer that gets kids match-ready before tryouts — and keeps them sharp the rest of the year.