This player has no tennis experience or is just starting to play tennis OR this player has had limited experience with stroke development and is still working on getting the ball into play.
This player is learning to judge the contact point and appropriate stance and choice of shot. They're able to sustain a baseline rally of slow pace with players of similar ability.
This player is learning to judge the contact point and appropriate stance and choice of shot. Movement to the ball and recovery are still inefficient.
This player has achieved stroke dependability with directional control on moderate shots, but lacks depth, variety and the ability to alter shot distance.
This player has dependable strokes with directional control and the ability to alter depth on shots off both forehand and backhand sides during moderate paced play.