3 People: $35 + tax/hour/person (4-Week Session, 1 hour per week)

4 People: $25 + tax/hour/person (4-Week Session, 1 hour per week)

Join a four-week program to learn the basic fundamentals of the game of pickleball!

Each session includes drills to develop your pickleball strokes, court positioning, tactics and scoring,

and pickleball games to apply learned skills in a fun, game-type setting!

This program is for participants with a DUPR rating of 2.000-2.999 (Beginner).

Week 1: Dink Shots, Kitchen Area Rules/”2-Bounce” Rule and Pickleball Scoring

• Dink Shots – learn the fundamental dink shot, basic dink footwork, positioning and Kitchen Area

rules.

• Dinking games in the Kitchen area to practice dink shots.

• Introduction to pickleball scoring, the “2-Bounce” rule, basic court positioning and play pickleball

games with pro instruction.

Week 2: Volleys and Kitchen Play

• Dink Shots – continue practicing and developing dink shots, footwork and placement.

• Volleys – learn the fundamental volley shot, basic volley footwork and positioning, and practice

volleys through drills.

• Play pickleball games with pro instruction.

Week 3: Serve and Return of Serve

• Dink and Volley Shots – further practice and development of volley and dink shots.

• Serve – learn serving rules, basic serving technique and serving box placement tactics.

• Return of Serve – learn return of serve shot, tactics and deep court placement tactics.

• Play pickleball games with pro instruction.

Week 4: Groundstrokes and Third Shot (Both Third Shot Drive and Third Shot Drop)

• Groundstrokes – learn the forehand and backhand groundstroke and groundstroke technique

(backswing, swing trajectory, front contact point, follow through)

• Third Shot Drives and Third Shot Drops – learn basic third shot tactics for both the third shot drive

and third shot drop, and transition area movement.

• Play pickleball games with pro instruction.