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Beginner Lessons (2.0) – Monday, Friday 10am – Sport Courts. Open to all SVE members, no club membership required, but you must have a signed waiver on file.

There are two training sessions. The first session starts in October, and the second session starts early January. Watch the Calendar for exact starting dates. Sign-up sheets are placed on the courts a week or two prior to lessons starting.

 

BEGINNER OBJECTIVES

Learn the basic rules, good ready position, work on serve/return skills, basic ground-stroke, intro to third shot drop, dinks, and especially having fun on the court!  Participants are encouraged to join the club, but it’s not a requirement.

Novice/Beginner – 2.0 Skill level

• Learns proper ready position, understands basic rules, scoring

• Working on consistent serves

• Understands return of serve objective

• Knows where to stand as the serve team and the return team

• Demonstrates basic pendulum swing on the forehand & backhand groundstrokes

• Learns dinks forehand & backhand

• Has good mobility and can move forward in a safe and balanced manner


After 6 weeks, participants automatically graduate.  Players are encouraged to join the club and participate in Low-Intermediate lessons. 

Sample Lesson #1
Lesson 1- Ready Position, Grip, Basic Rules, Calling Score
Beginners – Intro to ready position, grip, etc. Have everyone demonstrate the position
Drill- Figure 8 Drill – Develops paddle control
Start by dinking (letting the ball bounce) straight across, next player dinks cross court, next across, fourth dinks cross court. After a while reverse the direction. 
Video – Basic ready position:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=134jpADfQwk

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All community members can take beginner lessons for free, no membership required!

Court Location

2615 S. Farnsworh Dr
Mesa, Az 85209

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