About Our Clinics

We run the highest-level clinics in NJ. Period. Check our which clinic is right for you and what each clinic includes!

Requirements:

    • Brand new to pickleball

    • Played before with no formal instruction

    • Unable to keep score

    • Completed one or more sessions of our beginner clinic or the equivalent

    • Knows how to hit dinks, volleys, drops, drives, serves, and returns

    • Able to properly keep score and understands all rules (including the two-bounce rule)

    • Players who have taken our 2.0-3.0 clinic and were given approval to move up

    • Makes no mistakes with scoring and rules

    • Proficient in basic shot selection and court positioning

    • Can sustain a dink rally of 15+ shots

    • Knows how and when to hit dinks out of the air

    • Can properly execute drops and drives

    • Players with a DUPR must have at least a 3.0 rating

    • Players who have taken our 3.0-3.5 clinic and were given approval to move up

    • Near perfect fundamentals, shot selection, and court positioning

    • Proficient in hitting dinks and drops from all areas of the court

    • Can sustain a dink rally of 30+ shots

    • Understands basic matchplay strategies

    • Players with a DUPR must have at least a 3.25 rating

    • Players who have taken our 3.5-4.0 clinic and were given approval

    • This is a high-level clinic only for players with competitive experience who have mastered all fundamentals and are prepared to learn pro-level concepts in strategy and technique.

    • Players with a DUPR must have at least a 3.75 rating

Areas of Focus:

    • Introduction to all basic shots including dinks, volleys, serves and returns

    • Introduction to the third shot drop and third shot drive

    • Rules and scoring

    • Basic court positioning

    • Introduction to basic pickleball strategy

    • An overview of everything needed to be able to play

    • Dinking with consistency and confidence

    • Speedups, defending speedups, and counter-attacks

    • Shifting, moving with your partner, and covering the kitchen line

    • Third shot decision making (when and how to hit drops/drives)

    • Introduction to lobs, defending lobs, and overheads

    • Serving and returning with consistency, pace, and depth

    • Soft game confidence: putting the ball in the kitchen on demand

    • Hitting with precision and targeting the right spots on all shots

    • Introduction to advanced footwork and court positioning

    • Introduction to resets from the kitchen and transition zone

    • Mastery of proper decision making

    • Switching between offense and defense

    • Aggressive dinking to create offensive opportunities

    • Confidently resetting from all areas of the court

    • Proper anticipation (judging where the ball will go before its hit)

    • Advanced shot selection, court positioning, and matchplay strategy

    • Introduction to stacking (when serving and returning)

    • Mastery of all fundamentals

    • Advanced point construction, patterns, and plays

    • Using topspin on dinks, drops, and drives

    • Flicks and attacking from below the net with discretion

    • Mastery of advanced footwork

    • Advanced speedup placement and other attack strategies

    • Auxiliary shots such as ATPs, Ernes, and lobs