Skill Level Assessment

For those of you wondering how to assess which pickleball level you are at - please read the information below put out by pickleball USA. We want everyone to enjoy their pickleball experience and we have three levels active in our Mayne Club with three different playing times. Hope this helps you decide when to play and in which group you will have the most enjoyment.

Skills Assessment

Beginner – 2.0 Skill Level

Minimal understanding of the basic rules of the game i.e., 2 bounce rule
Knows how to keep score
Demonstrates a forehand
Demonstrates a backhand
Demonstrates a volley
Accurately places serve into the correct square
Knows where to stand when serving and returning serve
Has good mobility: moving in a safe and balanced manner and has good quickness
Has good hand-eye coordination

Intermediate – 3.0 Skill Level

Able to hit a medium paced forehand with direction and consistency
Able to hit a medium paced backhand with direction and consistency
Able to hit a medium paced serve with depth, direction, and consistency
Able to consistently sustain a dink rally with control
Able to hit a medium paced 3rd shot with direction
Able to hit a medium paced volley with direction and consistency
Understands the fundamentals of the game
Understands proper court positioning
Understands rules and can keep score
Has good mobility / quickness / hand eye coordination.

Advanced – 3.5 Skill Level

Able to use a forehand with a strong level of shot control
Able to use a backhand with strong level of shot control
Consistently gets serve in
Consistently gets return of serve in
Able to place serves deep in the court
Able to place return of serves deep into the court
Able to dink and sustains medium length rallies
Able to control height/depth of dink shot
Understands variation of pace of dink shot
Able to hit a 3rd shot drop to gain advantage to the net
Able to volley with medium paced shots with control
Sustains a short volley session at the net with placement and control
Moves quickly to NVZ (non-volley zone) when opportunity is there
Understands proper court position
Understands difference between hard game and soft game and knows when to use each
Understands and uses strategies with their doubles partner to optimize return shots
Able to sustain short rallies
Has good mobility / quickness /hand-eye coordination