Although new Pickleball courts are springing up everywhere there are still situations where players would like to set up their own temporary courts. The good news is that setting up your own court is easy, quick and relatively inexpensive.
Courts can be set up on almost any type of indoor or outdoor hard surface. Typical places would include existing tennis, basketball or volleyball courts either at private homes or perhaps you can convince your local HOA to allow them at existing recreational areas.
The first thing you will need is a portable net. The cost of nets range from a low of $70 to a high of about $150. Nets come in a canvas bag and are very portable. With some practice a portable net can be set up in less than 10 minutes and once you get good at it in about 5 minutes. You can purchase portable nets at many sporting goods stores and of course on-line.
Next comes the tape. Orange painter’s tape is the standard because of its high visibility and low cost. You can buy painter’s tape at very affordable prices at most home improvement or hardware stores. Your fellow players never mind chipping in towards the cost of needed supplies.
The next step is to take measurements and mark off all of the corners of the various boxes. Once this is complete you just lay down the straight line of tape from corner to corner. (See the diagram below for of the precise measurements).
If you set up your own court, please send us a picture as we would enjoying seeing all of the creative environments where people play and remember - the first Pickleball court ever was improvised in 1965 in a backyard on Bainbridge Island!