Pickleball
Cherokee Country Club - 5000 N Sherman Ave. Madison, WI 53704
Pickleball Rule Sheet
Pickleball Doubles
Date |
Time |
Age Group |
Tuesday, June 23rd |
8:00 AM |
Men: 75-79, 80-84, 85-89, 90+ |
|
12:00 PM |
Men: 65-69, 70-74 |
|
4:00 PM |
Men: 55-59, 60-64 |
Thursday, June 25th |
8:00 AM |
Mixed: 65-69, 70-74 |
|
12:00 PM |
Mixed: 55-59, 60-64 |
|
4:00 PM |
Mixed: 75-79, 80-84, 85-89, 90+ |
Friday, June 26th |
8:00 AM |
Women: 55-59, 70-74, 75-79 |
|
12:00 PM |
Women: 60-64, 65-69, 80-84, 85-89, 90+ |
PICKLEBALL SKILL LEVELS
2.0 Beginner Skill Level:
- Knows some of the basic rules, “two bounce rule” and scoring
- Demonstrates a forehand groundstroke
- Demonstrates a backhand groundstroke
- Demonstrates a volley
- Demonstrates an overhead smash
- Gets some serves into the correct service square
- Knows where to stand as the serve team and the return team
- Has good mobility, moving in a safe and balanced manner *
- Has good quickness *
- Has good hand – eye coordination *
2.5 Skill Level
- Knows some of the basic rules including the “two bounce rule”,
- scoring
- Demonstrates control on forehand groundstrokes (direction,
- depth, height)
- Uses backhand groundstrokes
- Placing serves in correct service court
- Knows correct court positioning as the serve and return team
- Approaches the non-volley line to hit volleys
- Keeps the ball in play on short rallies
- Uses the forehand lob
- Dinking the ball at the net
- Attempting to hit a slower paced ball landing in the non-volley
- zone (3rd shot)
- Has good mobility, moving in a safe and balanced manner *
- Has good quickness *
- Has good hand-eye coordination
3.0 Skills-Level
- Demonstrates control forehand groundstrokes (placement, direction, depth)
- Demonstrates control backhand groundstrokes (placement, direction, depth)
- Placing serves deep into the court
- Demonstrates placement of serves
- Uses deeper and higher returns of serve to allow time to approach the net
- Approaches the non-volley line quickly rather than staying back
- Sustains a short volley session at the net
- Exhibits correct court positioning for doubles and how to “move as a team”
- Uses the forehand lob with some success
- Serve team attempts to approach the net with a slow paced ball (3rd shot)
- Sustains a dink exchange at the net
- Adjusts to differing ball speeds (serves, volleys, groundstrokes)
- Returns the ball lower over the net
- Has good mobility *
- Has good quickness *
- Has good hand-eye coordination*
3.5 Skills-Level
- Knows all the main rules including how to correct the score and correct server
- Demonstrates control/consistency on forehand groundstrokes (direction, depth, and pace)
- Demonstrates control/consistency on backhand groundstrokes (direction, depth, and pace)
- Placing serves deep into the court
- Uses deeper and higher returns of serve to approach the net quicker
- Quickly approaches the non-volley line
- Able to play with partners effectively using court strategies like partner communication,
- and changing a losing game
- Avoids hitting out balls
- Consistently returning lower balls over the net
- Demonstrates a wide variety of shots with some consistency
- Uses slower paced shots vs faster paced shots to their advantage
- Able to create coverage gaps and then hit to these gaps
- Sustains a short volley session at the net with some placement and control
- Initiates and maintains a sustained dink exchange at the net
- Utilizes a slow paced ball (soft shot) to approach the net (3rd shot)
- Able to adjust to differing ball speeds consistently
- Hits overheads with control
- Uses a forehand and backhand lob when appropriate
- Developing patience during rallies
- Has good mobility *
- Has good quickness *
- Has good hand-eye coordination *
4.0 Skills-Level
- Controls and places serves and return of serves
- Consistent and dependable forehand and backhand groundstrokes (directional control,
- depth, placement, and pace)
- Consistent and dependable volleys (directional control, depth, placement, and pace)
- Consistent and dependable overheads (directional control, depth, placement, and pace)
- Accuracy in placing lobs
- Consistently executes successful slow paced (3rd shot) from the baseline to approach net
- Initiates and maintains a sustained dink exchange at the net to elicit a “put away” shot
- Able to change a slow paced strategy to a fast paced strategy, vice versa
- Can block and return fast, hard volleys
- Can handle speed on shots without over-hitting or hitting out-of-bounds
- Moves effectively with partner, easily switching sides, and communicates when required
- Controls play at the non-volley line, keeping their opponents back, driving them off the
- line and controlling the speed or placement of the ball
- Consistently creates coverage gaps and hits to these gaps
- Recognizes and exploits weaknesses in their opponent’s game
- Poaches effectively
- Developing their use of spin on a variety of shots
- Maintains patience in rallies
- Has good mobility *
- Has good quickness *
- Has good hand-eye coordination *
