What Is Your Pickleball Skill Level?


Here at Pickleball Living, we talk a lot about improving your skill level.

But some of you may be wondering what distinguishes one skill level from another.

Certainly, in order to progress from where you currently are, you need some reference.  That is true in any endeavor in life.

Toward the end of this blog post, we provide a link to an article from the Big Dill Pickleball Company that describes the various skill levels in some detail.

In general, skill levels range from beginner to advanced and are usually assigned a number to each level.  These numbers range from 1.0 to 5.0 in 0.5 unit increments.

Some wonder why skill levels matter.

Skill levels matter because it is a way to match players with opponents at similar skill levels. 

Having such levels prevents players of vastly different skills being matched against each other.

When that happens, it is not challenging to the highly skilled, and it is quite discouraging to the beginners.

Therefore, assigning skill levels to players helps prevent such bad match-ups.

When is the last time you evaluated your current skill level with the written descriptions of the various skill levels?

I encourage you to self evaluate with the following article.

It will provide you a reference for your current skill level.

And, it will provide you some goals to strive for in 2025!

Here is the link: 

https://www.bigdillpickleballcompany.com/blogs/news/pickleball-skill-levels?

Good luck!



Ben Holt
​CEO, Pickleball Living