Racquetball & Pickleball At The Aspen Hill Club
Racquetball is a mental and physical sport where the general objective is to win a point by either hitting a serve or return a shot where one’s opposing player(s) cannot return it before a double bounce. Racquetball is a fun sport, and there are many ways to improve racquetball skills, including mental strategies and drills.
Two Ways to Win a Rally
- Two Bounces. When an opponent is unable to return a ball before it bounces twice.
- A Skip Ball occurs, meaning an opponent’s return hits the floor before it touches the front wall.
Markings on the Court –
- The Short Line– The halfway line in between the back and front walls. One’s serve must first hit the front wall and reach beyond the short line before hitting the ground.
- The Service Line– A line five feet closer to the front wall from the short line.
- The Receiving Line– A line located in between the Short Line and the Back Wall. It is 5 feet behind the Short Line and is dashed.
- Service Area – The 5 x 20 square foot area contained within the receiving line and the short line. Both the server and the returner are unable to enter this area until the ball has either hit the floor or crossed the receiving line.
Racquetball Private Lessons
Racquetball Semi Private Lessons
Pickleball Clinics, Socials and Open Play
Levels: 3.0+, 3.5+, 4.0+
Come for the pickleball and stay for the fun! Two hours of doubles “mix n’ match” partners and opponents. After the pickleball, stay and hang out with drinks and snacks!
Spaces are limited, pre-registration is required.
6:30—8:30pm:
Up to 6 Courts of Doubles Frenzy Pickleball Levels: 3.0, 3.5, 4.0+
8:30—9:00pm:
Drinks, Snacks, Socialize!
Did you know Pickleball is the fastest growing racket sport? Pickleball is a fun sport that combines many elements of tennis, badminton, and ping-pong. Played both indoors and outdoors on a badminton-sized court and a slightly modified tennis net, a paddle, and a plastic ball with holes. Pickleball is great for all levels and abilities, you can play singles or doubles.
- Thursday: 2:00 – 4:00 pm
- Sunday: 2:30 – 4:30 pm
New players are always welcome and loaner paddles are available!
To register, or for more information, contact info below
Pickleball:
Sol Lopez
301-598-5200
ahcpickleball@gmail.com
Racquetball:
Bev Supanick
301-445-2021
mastersteacher59@yahoo.com
UTR at the Aspen Hill Club
We are very excited to be a UTR partner Club! UTR is fabulous because it will determine a rating for all players. As you already know, Aspen Hill Club is continuously looking for new and innovative ways to improve our tennis programming and create unique play opportunities for our players. As such, AHC will be incorporating UTR (Universal Tennis Rating) into our programming and creating new and exciting tournaments, events, and match play opportunities for all of our players.
The beauty of the UTR rating is that it is the same scale for everyone. A UTR rating is on a scale of 1 through 16.5. This differs from a USTA NTRP rating score which goes up to 7.0 with different scales for male and female players. Using a UTR rating, Roger Federer has a rating of 15.68, Serena Williams is a 12.88, and one of the Club’s top male members is a 7.99. Everyone is on the same scale! This number is entirely different from a USTA NTRP rating. The UTR number allows us understand levels in a better way and a way to compare a male rated 3.5 USTA to a female player who is rated 4.0. This will help us all have more competitive matches and events. Having the most competitive matches possible is our goal with our UTR programming.
UTR ratings are determined by two things, your opponent’s RATING and the SCORE against them. If I had a close match against someone rated much higher than me, my rating will go UP. If I only won a few games against someone below me, my rating would drop a little bit. UTR’s algorithm has other factors such as length of the match and how long ago the match was. With these bits of info, UTR gives us a rating!
We ask that you set up a FREE UTR profile by visiting the UTR website at www.myutr.com/join. Once you create your FREE profile, please search for Aspen Hill Club and request to be a part of our UTR Club! The entire process will only take a few minutes.
Currently our Men’s Singles Match Play, Winter Adult Tennis Ladder matches and Kings and Queens of the Court program results are being entered into UTR and our members are seeing their UTR numbers climb! You can also enter your own scores from spot time into UTR as long as both you and your opponent(s) have a FREE UTR account! We look forward to offering more UTR playing opportunities in the coming months!
Cancellation Policy
Members must cancel lessons, clinics, and drills at least 24 hours before your scheduled activity. If a lesson is cancelled within the 24-hour time frame, you will be charged the spot time rate of the court. In the event of a “No Show”, you will be responsible for payment of the lesson in full. In the event the Tennis Pro is a “No Show”, you will be provided with a lesson by that Tennis Pro at no charge to you. Thank you for your understanding!
