Skills & Drills
Advanced Beginner
Have you taken Beginner Lessons but you want more instruction and practice? Try Skills & Drills Pickleball!
Serve strategy & footwork
Dink consistency
Improve groundstrokes
Balls and training aids are provided. If you do not have a paddle, one can be provided for you. These lessons meets for three classes.
Google Review
"I attended a skills and drills class and found it very helpful to improve my game! Jenn is a great instructor! Would highly recommend!"
- Lauren F.
✅ Logistics
📍 Where: UW Health Sports Factory, 305 S. Madison St., Rockford, IL 61104
💲 Cost: $125 per person
⏲️ 6 total hours of instruction | 3x 2-hour lessons
👥 Class Size: 8:1 Student to instructor ratio
📚 Prerequisite: Players must have completed all of the lessons of the Beginner Pickleball Lessons, or have been participating in recreational play 2-3 times a week for three consecutive months.
💵 Payment: Secure credit card payment via Stripe™ during registration
💻 Register: Use the Sign Up button to reserve your spot in the next class! Name, email address, and mobile number are required. Registration closes 24-hours before the event.
✔️ Confirmation: You will receive an email confirmation that includes the date, time and address of your booking. Please check your spam folder if you don't receive it in your inbox.
🔀 Change Policy: If you need to change your booking, a link is provided in the confirmation email.
🗓️ Dates
Session #1 2025
🕘 6:30-8:30 p.m.
🌙 Evening lessons
⏲️ 3-classes, 2-hours each
📅 Jan. 6th, 13th, 20th
📍 UW Health Sports Factory
📍 305 S. Madison St., Rockford, IL 61104 — The Sports Factory sits on the east bank of the Rock River.
🚗 Parking: There are two paved lots with free parking (lower lot and upper lot) .
⬅️ When you enter the building, the pickleball courts are to the left (south side of the building).
💧 There are water bottle filling stations next to the restrooms.
Rockford's premiere multi-use riverfront indoor sports venue opened on June 1, 2016. The facility is a renovated factory with a rich history that dates back to the W.F. & John Barnes Company in 1884. The modern facility contains 105,000 sq. ft. of space for a variety of indoor amateur sports. The facility has 12 hardwood pickleball courts.
Other features of the UW Health Sports Factory include:
Courtside Grill on the second floor
Seating for up to 3,700 people with portable bleachers
5 meeting rooms
Riverfront boardwalk
Access to downtown Rockford within a short walk
