TOURNAMENT BRACTETS &
SKILL LEVEL REQUIREMENTS
Rain Date In Effect: Tournament is now Saturday, May 17th:
TOURNAMENT BRACTETS &
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%)
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%)
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%)
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%)