Pickleball is America’s fastest-growing sport and provides a wonderful opportunity for the community to enjoy a healthy activity with friends and neighbors. To accommodate the growing demand in Highland Park, the Park District offers leagues and lessons and is adding more opportunities to play pickleball indoors and outdoors!

If courts are open and no one is waiting, you can use any available court.

Once courts are full, players are required to use the rack system to determine the order of play as follows:

• Waiting players should put their paddle in the next available tube to hold their place in line; the rotation moves left to right. The “next sign should be moved down the rack as players rotate.
• Players wishing to play as a group may do so by racking together.
• Courts rotate after one game or after 15 minutes if an actual game is not being played.
• When a game is finished, players must leave the court allowing the next racked players to rotate in. If players are waiting, players from the finishing court may complete the foursome.
• Single and doubles play are permitted.
• Games are played to 11 (win by 2).

All Park District programs have priority use of the courts. Only Park District staff are permitted to provide lessons on the courts; each occurrence subject to a FINE: PD Ord. Sec. 6.02; 7.01; 2.33 (d). Pickleball play only on these courts – no rollerblades, skateboards, bicycles or dogs allowed. Play is prohibited when snow or ice are present. Shoveling is strictly prohibited.

Open Play Times have been established at the Danny Cunniff Park pickleball courts to promote the game for individual players on the following days and times:

• Tuesdays: 8am-noon
• Thursdays: 4-8pm
• Saturdays: 10am-2pm
• Sundays: 1-5pm

Beginner/Intermediate: Courts 1-6
Intermediate/Advanced: Courts 7-16

During these times:

• All players must rotate in as individuals using the rack-up system. Waiting players should put their paddle in the next available tube to hold their place in line; the rotation moves left to right. The “next sign” should be moved down the rack as players rotate.
• Games are played to 11 (win by 2).
• Courts rotate after one game.
• When a game is finished, players must leave the court allowing the next racked players to rotate in. If players are waiting, players from the finishing court may complete the foursome.
• Two-three courts may be unavailable due to programming needs Memorial Day-Labor Day.