2.5 - 2.75 Skill Level Requirements

1. Knows the basic rules of the game including the 2-bounce rule 

2. Able to hit a forehand with direction

3. Able to hit a backhand with direction

4. Accurately places serve into correct square focusing on direction 

5. Able to sustain a dink rally with players of equal ability 

6. Able to volley with some direction

7. Understands the fundamentals of the game

8. Understands proper court positioning

9. Able to accurately keep score throughout the game

10. Has good mobility moving in a safe and balanced manner 

11. Has good quickness 

12. Has good hand-eye coordination 

13. Server Requirement – 5 out of 10 (50%) 

14. Volley Requirement – 5 out of 10 (50%)

15. Server Return Requirement – 5 out of 10 (50%) 

3.0 - 3.25 Skill Level Requirements

1. Able to hit a medium paced backhand with direction and consistency 

2. Able to hit a medium paced serve with depth, direction and consistency 

3. Able to consistently sustain a dink rally with control

4. Able to hit a medium paced 3rd shot with direction

5. Able to hit a medium paced volley with direction and consistency 

6.  Understands the fundamentals of the game

7.  Understands proper court positioning

8. Understands rules and can keep score

9. Has good mobility quickness / hand-eye coordination

10. Has started playing in tournaments

11. Server Requirement – 7 out of 10 (70%) 

12. Volley Requirement – 7 out of 10 (70%) 

13. Server Return Requirement – 7 out of 10 (70%) 

3.5 - 3.75 Skill Level Requirements   

1. Able to use a forehand with moderate level of shot control 

2. Able to use a backhand with moderate level of shot control 

3. Consistently gets serve in

4. Consistently gets return of serve in 

5. Able to place serves deep in the court

6. Able to place return of serves deep into the court

7. Able to dink and sustains medium length rallies

8. Able to control height/depth of dink shot

9. Understands variation of pace of dink shot

10. Able to hit a 3rd shot drop to gain advantage to the net

11. Able to volley with medium paced shots with control

12. Sustains a short volley session at the net with placement and control

13. Moves quickly to NVZ (non-volley zone) when opportunity is there

14. Understands proper court position

15. Understands difference b/w hard game and soft game and knows when to use it

16. Basic knowledge of stacking and knows when to use it

17. Able to sustain short rallies

18. Has good mobility / quickness /hand-eye coordination 

19. Server Requirement – 8 out of 10 (80%) 

20. Volley Requirement – 8 out of 10 (80%) 

21. Server Return Requirement – 8 out of 10 (80%) 

4.0 - 4.25 Skill Level Requirements

1.  Consistently hits forehand with depth and control

2. Consistently hits backhand with depth and control

3. Consistently gets serve in with varying depth and speed

4.  Consistently gets return of serve in with varying depth and speed

5. Consistent and dependable overheads (directional control, depth and placement) 

6.  Accurate in placing lobs 

7. Able to sustain dink rally with control, height and depth of shot

8.  Understands which balls are attackable and those that are not in a dink rally 

9.  Sustains a dink exchange with patience at the net to elicit a “put away” shot 

10.   Consistently executes 3rd shot drop from the baseline to approach the net 

11. Able to change soft shots to power shots to create an advantage

12. Able to volley a variety of shots at varying speeds

13. Able to block and return fast, hard volleys

14. Able to control NVZ (non-volley zone) keeping their opponents back

15. Aware of partners position on the court and moves as a team

16. Solid understanding of stacking and when and how it can be used effectively 

17. Demonstrates ability to change position in an offensive manner (switching) 

18. Demonstrates a broad knowledge of the rules of the game

19. Has a moderate number of unforced errors per game

20. Can identify opponents’ weaknesses and formulate plan to attack weaknesses 

21. Plays competitively in tournaments

22. Has good mobility / quickness / hand-eye coordination

23. Server Requirement – 9 out of 10 (90%) 

24. Volley Requirement – 9 out of 10 (90%) 

25. Server Return Requirement – 9 out of 10 (90%)