Have you wondered what the Pickleball craze is all about?  It’s one of the fastest growing sports in the USA!  Pickleball is a paddleball sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton, and table tennis. Two or four players use solid paddles made of wood or composite materials to hit a perforated polymer ball (similar to a Wiffle Ball) over a net. The Recreation Dept. offers pickleball clinics for beginners through advanced (indoor/outdoor in Summer, indoors for Fall and Winter/Spring), drop-in pickleball at the Rec Center where you pay as you go for Fall and Winter/Spring, and an annual pickleball tournament in the Fall.  The Western Springs Park District offers 4 outdoor pickleball courts at Northeast Park, 114 W. 39th Street, Western Springs (near Odgen and Willow Springs Road).  

2020  PICKLEBALL

The Recreation Dept is offering:

1.  Clinics (Beginner or Intermediate-Advanced)

2.  Skills & Drills Challenges (Intermediate-Advanced)

3.  Drop-in Pickleball (October-June)

OUTDOOR OPEN PLAY (Free Play)

Western Springs has 4 pickleball courts at Northeast Park, 114 W 39th St. Western Springs 60558 

BRING YOUR OWN BALLS & PADDLES

Competitive Advanced Open Play 

Monday Wednesday & Friday:  8:30 - 11:00am

Intermediate to Advanced Open Play 

Sundays:  3:00 – 5:00pm

Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays:  1:00 – 3:00pm

Mondays, Tuesdays, & Thursdays:  5:00 – dusk

Beginners to Intermediate Open Play

Sundays:  1:00 – 3:00pm

Mondays:  1:00 – 3:00pm

Tuesday: 8:30 - 10:30am 

Thursdays: 5pm - dusk

ANNUAL PICKLEBALL TOURNMENT

Mark your calendars for 2020’s 3rd Annual "Kind of a Big Dill" Halloween Pickleball Tournament on Sunday, October 25, 2020. 

For more information, download the flyer with details of our classes. Register online or print a registration form and mail, drop off (in the exterior drop box next to front door) or fax (708-246-1309) to the Rec Department.