Skill Set

1.0 to 2.0 - New to pickleball and you are just starting to understand the rules of the game.

2.5 - You have limited experience playing pickleball. You can keep a short rally on the pickleball court, and you have a basic understanding of the rules.

3.0 - You can hit forehand drives, serves, and returns at medium pace. However, you lack consistency and control.

3.5 - You can hit drives, serves, and returns with pace. You are developing your backhand shots, dinks, and drop shots. You are starting to vary your shots between hard and soft. Your consistency and control are improving. You understand basic strategies.

4.0 - You hit both forehand and backhand drives, serves, and returns with pace, as well as dinks, drop shots, and volleys of different speeds, and have consistency and control.  You understand strategies like stacking, you hit only a few unforced errors, and you understand how to attack your opponents’ weaknesses.

4.5 - You can hit both forehand and backhand drives, serves, returns, dinks, drop shots, and volleys with pace, spin, depth, direction, consistency, and control.  You understand the strategies, you have a limited number of unforced errors, and you change your game play to attack your opponents’ weaknesses.

5.0 - You mastered both forehand and backhand drives, serves, and returns with pace, as well as dinks, drop shots, and volleys of different speeds, and have consistency and control. You have mastered strategies, you rarely make unforced errors, and you attack your opponents’ weaknesses.

5.5 and higher - You have mastered all shots and strategy; and you are consistently winning at the highest level.