2026 Season
Saturdays 1:00-2:30
All participants must be at a USTA 3.5 level or higher and have instructor consent to attend.
If you would like to be added to the Stroke of the week email list you can click on the SOTW emails link below or hit contact us at the bottom of the page.
Lesson fee is $40 per session, cash or check only, due upon arrival.
Stroke of the Week drills held at Orchid Heights Park in Middleton on Saturdays at 1:00. * Indicates location at Parklawn (Middleton high school) courts
(Spring and late summer/early fall SOTW classes are held at Orchid Heights this year. Summer and late fall clinics are at the Middleton high school location to accommodate High School tennis events, as announced in the weekly SOTW emails ...)
April 4 Passing Shots
April 11 Slice Approach
April 18 Block Volley
April 25 Drop Approach
May 2 Topspin Forehand
May 9 Drive Approach
May 16 Block Return of Serve
May 23 Slice Forehand
May 30 Overhead Smash
June 6 * Slice Backhand
June 13 * Defensive Lob
June 20 * Offensive Lob
June 27 * Drop Shot
July 4 * Serve Fundamentals
July 11 * Angle Backhands
July 18 * Angle Forehands
July 25 * Lob Retrieval Shot
August 1 * Inside Out Forehand
August 8 * Forehand "Squash Shot"
August 15 Spin Serve
August 22 Overhead Smash
August 29 Drop Shot
September 5 Half Volley
September 12 Slice Approach
September 19 Topspin Backhand
September 26 Drop Volley
October 3 Lob Volley
October 10 * Volley Combinations
October 17 * Drive Approach
October 24 * Drive Return of Serve
October 31 * Inside Out Backhand
November 7 * Backhand Smash
November 14 * Inside - In Forehand
November 21 * Passing Shots
