Advance Your Game with the Newman's 3.5 Clinic

This event is for qualified 3.5 players only.  3.5 players meet the following qualifications. If you are weak on the skills below, please consider the 3.0 clinic instead.

3.5 Skill level should also possess all 3.0 skills, plus:

• Can consistently dink while changing directions from cross court to down the line forehand & backhand 

• Punches volley to the back ½ of opponent court, to keep opponents at the baseline 

• Sustains a controlled volley exchange at the net 

• Performs 3rd shot drop from the baseline 

• Is beginning to dink with a purpose 

• Moving forward as a team to approach NVZ for dinks & volleys 

• Developing directional control while performing an overhead 

• Demonstrates control on forehand groundstrokes (direction, speed, depth, height) 

• Demonstrates control on backhand groundstrokes (direction, depth, height 

• Keeps ball in play during rallies and is aware of minimizing errors 

• Able to communicate effectively with partner & utilize different strategies to expose opponent weaknesses 

• Using deeper and higher returns to approach the net quicker 

• Uses offensive lobs effectively 

• Demonstrates better placement and depth on serves 

• Demonstrates better placement and depth on return of serves 

• Improved control when adjusting to different ball speeds (serves, groundstrokes, volleys)