Course Content and Outcomes Guides (CCOG)

CCOG for PE 140M Fall 2025


Course Number:
PE 140M
Course Title:
Pickleball III
Credit Hours:
1
Lecture Hours:
0
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
30

Course Description

Covers advanced strategies of singles and double play for a level 4, or higher, player. Topics include: serving with a variety of spins, forehand and backhand smashes, drop shots, angle play and doubles formations. Examines strategies for successful scoring, fitness, flexibility, and nutrition. Audit available.

Addendum to Course Description

Student may bring their own Pickleball paddle
Gym/Court shoes recommended

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon successful completion of the course, student should be able to:

  1. Serve using a variety of techniques as expected of a level 4 player.
  2. Recognize offensive and defensive strategy as expected of a level 4 player.
  3. Utilize proper footwork and grips.
  4. Demonstrate advanced forehand and backhand strokes.
  5. Demonstrate frequently used terminology, including: dink, kitchen, banger, Bert, body shot, cookie, erne, falafel, and flapjack.
  6. Improve coordination.
  7. Analyze court awareness with shot selection and placement.
  8. Explain why fitness, flexibility, and nutrition are vital to playing pickleball at a high level.
  9. Explain how constructing points leads to winning.

Aspirational Goals

To play Pickleball, both doubles and singles, at a Pickleball rating of 4 or higher.

To enjoy Pickleball as a lifelong recreational activity.

Course Activities and Design

  • Forehand
  • Backhand
  • Serving long and short
  • Smashes
  • Drop shots/Dinks
  • Angle play
  • Double rotation
  • Point construction
  • Using flexibility as an advantage
  • Analyze court awareness in game play

Outcome Assessment Strategies

Methods of Evaluation may include but are not limited to the following:

  • Individual and team participation
  • Sportsmanship
  • Critical thinking in competitive game play
  • Demonstration of rules and etiquette of pickleball
  • Participation and game play
  • Video analysis
  • Fitness analysis
  • Written Tests
  • Tournament Play

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

Terminology, equipment and rules of pickleball

  1. Racquets and types of balls
  2. Dimensions—type of play
  3. Etiquette and general play

·  Advanced skills

  1. Grips—forehand and backhand
  2. Arm and wrist positioning
  3. Forehand and backhand strokes, spins
  4. Footwork
  5. Ball placement skills

·  Strategy

  1. Singles
  2. Doubles
  3. Offensive
  4. Defensive
  5. Conditioning drills
  6. Point construction
  7. Hydration and nutrition