Free, player-built pickleball directory
Connecting players, courts, and communities.
I just want to play.
2,823 cities · 12,141 facilities · 50 states
What we do
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
Find Courts
Public and private pickleball facilities mapped by state and city, with addresses, court counts, open play schedules, and directions.
Weekly Brief
One email every Thursday. What we added to the directory that week, a weekend open-play pick, and anything new in the guides. No filler.
Know What You Know
Every entry carries a badge: Verified, Pending review, or Community-reported. You see exactly how we got the data before you drive over.
Tools
Built on top of the directory.
The courts list is the foundation. These are what we built next.
- Quiz
What's my DUPR rating?
A 12-question self-rating quiz that estimates where you sit on the DUPR / USAP scale, plus a personalized practice plan based on your three lowest-scoring areas.
Take the quiz → - Quiz
Pickleball paddle finder
Six questions about your style, skill, budget, and arm health. We score 16 paddles in our review database and surface the three closest fits with links to the full reviews.
Find my paddle → - Quiz
What should I work on next?
Six-question diagnostic that maps your level, weakest shot, and biggest blocker to three specific resources from our library: a drill plan, a coach take, and a supporting guide.
Get my practice plan → - Reviews
Honest paddle and gear reviews
16 paddle reviews built on Pickleball Studio measurements + named expert verdicts + unbiased Amazon ratings, plus the 2026 master ranking and our published methodology. We never invent first-person play; every score traces to a named source.
Browse reviews → - Coach takes
What every coach says, on one page.
Premium meta-analyses synthesizing the highest-watched coaching videos by topic. Where coaches agree, where they diverge, and the consensus framework rec players need.
Browse takes → - New
Pickleball dictionary
A picture-first guide to the words you'll hear at the courts. Court zones, shots, rules, gear, all illustrated. Built for new players.
Open the dictionary → - Schedules
Open play near you
1289 courts across 893 cities with day-by-day open-play schedules. Pulled from public listings and community confirmations.
Browse open play → - Right now
Weather-aware play finder
It's 11am on a Saturday. Where can you play, indoors or out, given the weather right now? This finder answers that.
Find a court now → - Tonight
Open play near you tonight
Geolocation finds the open-play sessions running today within 25 miles, sorted by distance. Switch days to plan ahead.
See tonight's sessions → - New
TeamReach codes you can actually find
A growing public directory of TeamReach group codes for US pickleball. Tap to copy, paste into the app, find your local game without stumbling on the code first.
Browse the codes → - Library
Player-written guides
173 guides on technique, gear, rules, health, and the rec scene. Filter by category or search by keyword.
Browse all guides → - Hub
Pickleball strategy
How to actually play better, organized by what decides matches. Shots, kitchen-line firefight, movement, doubles formation, singles, mental game, drilling.
Open the strategy hub → - Hub
Pickleball gear
Vendor-neutral guides to paddles, balls, shoes, bags, eye protection, and care. Spec-first, marketing-second.
Open the gear hub → - Hub
Pickleball injuries
Joint by joint, prevention practices that work, recovery protocols, and when to see a doctor. Sourced from Cleveland Clinic, HSS, Mayo, Houston Methodist.
Open the injuries hub → - Programs
Training programs
Eighteen structured multi-week programs for every layer of your game. Beginner-to-3.0, the shot-specific drill quartet (drop, reset, hands battle, dink rally), bodyweight strength, mobility, footwork, mental game, vision and reaction training, watching pro pickleball productively, tournament peak, plus rehab programs for knee, tennis elbow, shoulder, and back. Pick the one that fits your bottleneck.
Open the programs hub → - Watch
Curated coaching videos
Hand-picked clips organized by skill level, from new-player essentials through pro doubles patterns. Each one credits the channel and links to our written guide on the same topic.
Open the video library → - Sources
Coaches we learn from
The coaches and channels we cite across our guides and takes: Briones, CJ Johnson, PrimeTime, Tyson McGuffin, Pickleball Studio, and more. Who they are, what they teach best, and which player level they fit.
See the coaches →
Browse
Pick your state. We'll take it from there.
50 states live · 2,823 cities · 12,141 facilities. Showing the top 12 by court count.
Near you
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FL
Florida
1,173 facilities
204 cities mapped
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CA
California
1,090 facilities
236 cities mapped
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TX
Texas
884 facilities
139 cities mapped
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IL
Illinois
511 facilities
125 cities mapped
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NC
North Carolina
487 facilities
91 cities mapped
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OH
Ohio
482 facilities
105 cities mapped
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NY
New York
464 facilities
132 cities mapped
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WA
Washington
427 facilities
69 cities mapped
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MI
Michigan
366 facilities
111 cities mapped
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GA
Georgia
363 facilities
85 cities mapped
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AZ
Arizona
355 facilities
49 cities mapped
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PA
Pennsylvania
352 facilities
81 cities mapped
How we label
Every entry, honestly labeled.
Not every court gets a checkmark. You see what we know, how we know it, and how recently we checked, right on the page. Then you decide how confident to be before you drive over.
Spot something wrong? Send a correction. We read every submission.
- ✓ Verified 61 · 0.5%
Cross-checked against the facility's own website or a primary city source.
- Pending review 57 · 0.5%
Added from a trusted public source, not yet hand-verified. Details can drift. Call ahead for pricing or hours.
- Community-reported 12,023 · 99.0%
Pulled from public court databases. Coordinates and basics are accurate; amenities and schedules may be stale.
Coach takes
What every coach says, on one page.
Premium meta-analyses synthesizing the highest-watched coaching videos by topic. Where coaches agree, where they diverge, and the consensus framework rec players need. 19 takes live.
- 4 sources
What every coach says about the reset shot
The shot that separates 3.0 from 3.5+ rec play. Briones, CJ Johnson, PrimeTime, and Pickleball Kitchen on soft hands, paddle out front, the body-shot reset, and the popup-recovery framing that breaks the popup-attack-popup spiral.
Read take → - 4 sources
What every coach says about speed-ups
The kitchen-line attack decision that decides most rec rallies. Briones, CJ Johnson, Tyson McGuffin, and Riley Newman on when to attack, the rec-level frequency question (most rec players speed up too often on balls below the net), and the body-shot target rule.
Read take → - 4 sources
What every coach says about footwork
The under-coached layer that constrains every other shot. Split-step timing, the shuffle-vs-cross-step debate, the drop-step on lobs. Most rec players who plateau at 3.0 have a footwork problem they're misdiagnosing as a swing problem.
Read take →
Learn
Guides written by people who play.
- Getting Started
Your first month of pickleball: the structured 4-week plan
Most new players bounce off pickleball in the first month. The structured 4-week plan: what to learn, what to drill, where to play, and what to ignore.
Read guide → - Playing Well
What 5.0 pickleball players actually do differently
Most rec coaching stops at 4.0. The gap from 4.0 to 5.0 is the part nobody quite teaches. Eight specific differences a 3.5 can see when watching a 5.0 game.
Read guide → - Health
Pickleball cross-training: what to do off the court
Six pickleball-specific exercises, the cardio profile, the schedule template. The cheapest 0.25-DUPR upgrade most rec players never make.
Read guide →
News
Pickleball news, the way rec players want it.
Rule changes that affect rec play, equipment shifts worth knowing, and tour results that tell us something about coaching patterns. Mainstream press and primary documents cited, no syndicated copy.
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CourtsVentana Ranch opens 8 dedicated pickleball courts, not the 20 planned
Albuquerque's west side just got its first dedicated pickleball courts at Ventana Ranch Park in a quiet soft opening. The build came in well under the city's announced plan.
Read the brief → -
RulesA Cape Cod town mandated quiet balls. The courts emptied overnight.
Mashpee, Massachusetts now requires noise-reduced balls at its public courts, with suspension for players who refuse. Day one: eight players where dozens used to be.
Read the brief → -
TourSt. Louis Shock win MLP St. Louis 2026 on home court
Home court delivered at MLP St. Louis 2026, with the host St. Louis Shock taking 1st place at Chaifetz Arena to win their own host event on day 4. Combined with the November 2025 MLP Cup title, the Shock now own two consecutive franchise headlines and the maximum 25 standings points from stop 3.
Read the brief →
