4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
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Pickleball Lessons with Thompson Recreation - Pickleball Lessons - Beginner (Tuesdays) 5-Week group lessons at Riverside Park! Week 6 is for weather make-ups or open play.
Maximum of 8 players in each lesson.
Pickleball level ratings and descriptions:Skill Level Rating Definitions Level 1.0 - Beginner
New—has minimal knowledge of the game.
Level 1.5 - Beginner
Has taken at least one beginner lesson
Learning how to serve
Developing a forehand
Fails to return easy balls frequently
Learning to play the game, scoring and some basic rules
Level 2.0 - Beginning
Has participated in novice and beginning skills practice
Moves around the court in a balanced and safe manner
Gets some serves “in”
Realizes aspects of score-keeping, rules and where to stand on the court during serve, receive of serve, and general play
Has some basic stroke skills, backhand, forehand, volley but has obvious weaknesses
Familiar with where to stand in doubles play
Level 2.5 - Beginning/Novice
Able to serve “in” more regularly
Knows the two bounce rule and demonstrates it most times
Knows where to stand on the court during serve, serve receive and general play
Is mastering keeping score
Aware of the soft game and occasionally tries to dink
Working on form for ground strokes, accuracy is variable
Makes longer lasting slow paced rallies
Sometimes lobs with forehand with varying degrees of success
Beginning to approach the non-volley zone to hit volleys
Court coverage is weak but is improving
Knows fundamental rules and can keep score
Level 3.0 - Beginning/Novice
Working to keep the serve and serve receive deep
Moves quickly towards the non-volley zone when opportunity is there
Trying to make flatter returns (where appropriate)
More aware of their partner’s position on the court and moving more as a team
Developing more power in shots
Beginning to attempt lobs and dinks with little success and doesn’t fully understand when and why they should be used
Demonstrates improved skills with all the basic shot strokes and shot placement but lacks control when trying for direction, depth or power on shots
Level 3.5 - Novice/Intermediate
Demonstrates a broad knowledge of the rules of the game
Gets high majority of serves “in”
Able to serve and return serve deep
Hits to the weak side of opponent often
Demonstrates more strategies of playing during games
Works better with partners in communicating, covering court, moving to net
With varying consistency executes: lobs, forehand/backhand ground strokes, overheads, net volleys, and sustained dinking
Starting to use drop shots in order to get to the net
Knows when to make some specific placed shots in the game
Working on mixing up soft shots with power shots to create an advantage
Hits fewer balls out of bounds or in the net
Dinks mostly in opponents' kitchen and dinks lower over the net
Able to sustain dinking in the game
Has a moderate number of unforced errors
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6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
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Pickleball Lessons with Thompson Recreation - Pickleball Lessons - Advanced Beginner (Tuesdays) 5-Week group lessons at Riverside Park! Week 6 is for weather make-ups or open play.
Maximum of 8 players in each lesson.
Pickleball level ratings and descriptions:Skill Level Rating Definitions Level 1.0 - Beginner
New—has minimal knowledge of the game.
Level 1.5 - Beginner
Has taken at least one beginner lesson
Learning how to serve
Developing a forehand
Fails to return easy balls frequently
Learning to play the game, scoring and some basic rules
Level 2.0 - Beginning
Has participated in novice and beginning skills practice
Moves around the court in a balanced and safe manner
Gets some serves “in”
Realizes aspects of score-keeping, rules and where to stand on the court during serve, receive of serve, and general play
Has some basic stroke skills, backhand, forehand, volley but has obvious weaknesses
Familiar with where to stand in doubles play
Level 2.5 - Beginning/Novice
Able to serve “in” more regularly
Knows the two bounce rule and demonstrates it most times
Knows where to stand on the court during serve, serve receive and general play
Is mastering keeping score
Aware of the soft game and occasionally tries to dink
Working on form for ground strokes, accuracy is variable
Makes longer lasting slow paced rallies
Sometimes lobs with forehand with varying degrees of success
Beginning to approach the non-volley zone to hit volleys
Court coverage is weak but is improving
Knows fundamental rules and can keep score
Level 3.0 - Beginning/Novice
Working to keep the serve and serve receive deep
Moves quickly towards the non-volley zone when opportunity is there
Trying to make flatter returns (where appropriate)
More aware of their partner’s position on the court and moving more as a team
Developing more power in shots
Beginning to attempt lobs and dinks with little success and doesn’t fully understand when and why they should be used
Demonstrates improved skills with all the basic shot strokes and shot placement but lacks control when trying for direction, depth or power on shots
Level 3.5 - Novice/Intermediate
Demonstrates a broad knowledge of the rules of the game
Gets high majority of serves “in”
Able to serve and return serve deep
Hits to the weak side of opponent often
Demonstrates more strategies of playing during games
Works better with partners in communicating, covering court, moving to net
With varying consistency executes: lobs, forehand/backhand ground strokes, overheads, net volleys, and sustained dinking
Starting to use drop shots in order to get to the net
Knows when to make some specific placed shots in the game
Working on mixing up soft shots with power shots to create an advantage
Hits fewer balls out of bounds or in the net
Dinks mostly in opponents' kitchen and dinks lower over the net
Able to sustain dinking in the game
Has a moderate number of unforced errors
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