Pickleball 101: How To Play

About this event

FREE ALL-AGES Skills Improvement Clinic Series

(Min age is 8 years. 8-12 years old must be supervised by parent or designated guardian and waiver signed)

In these free 1-hr Skills-Improvement sessions held over four or five Fridays & Saturdays a month, you will learn basic mechanics of each skill, basic rules and be able to demonstrate each skill at the 2.5 beginner level.

The following list of player skills are outcomes and are strategically planned throughout the series:

• Knows the basic rules including two bounce rule, scoring and player position relative to scoring

• Demonstrates basic pendulum swing on the forehand & backhand side

• Working on consistency while dinking down the line forehand & backhand

• Working on consistency while dinking cross court forehand & backhand

• Demonstrates proper side step movement while staying balanced at NVZ line

• Demonstrates a punch volley

• Is developing 3rd shot drop by long dinking from the transition area

• Attempting to hit 3rd shot drop during match play on the short court

• Moving forward to approach NVZ for dinks & volleys

• Demonstrates an overhead with the proper sideways turn, arm positioning and backward movement

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

• Has good eye-hand coordination

• Beginning to demonstrate control on forehand groundstrokes (direction, depth, height)

• Uses a backhand ground stroke

• Keeps ball in play during short rallies

The following Skill-Improvement areas are broken in sequence by…

Event details

Pickleball 101: How To Play is a pickleball program hosted by Indoor Pickleball Now in Fort Worth, Texas. The venue is at 13005 Harmon Rd, Fort Worth, Texas 76177. The next session starts on Friday, November 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM and ends at 5:00 PM, local time at the club. Sessions continue until December 25, 2026. Registration is free. 10 of 12 spots are open. Players can register online as guests, without a Indoor Pickleball Now account. Indoor Pickleball Now has 5 courts for pickleball.

Location

Indoor Pickleball Now