Best for a Southlake family wanting free resident pickleball courts, organized by skill, not youth classes.

Pickleball CourtsPickleball
Recreational & Competitive
Group & privateFacility accessOutdoorMembershipBy appointmentSession-basedDrop-inSeasonal leagueFree trialYear-round
(817) 748-8321
info@pickleballinsouthlake.com
350 W Southlake Blvd, Southlake, TX 76092
Thu · 5AM – 9PM
Monday5AM – 9PM
Tuesday5AM – 9PM
Wednesday5AM – 9PM
Thursday5AM – 9PM
Friday5AM – 9PM
Saturday5AM – 9PM
Sunday5AM – 9PM
$0 - $40

$0 - $40

Membership, court time, and facility rentals are each priced separately.

  • Southlake resident membership is free; non-resident membership is $40 per month.
  • One membership covers the household: once an account is approved, the primary holder can add any family member claimed on their IRS taxes, including dependents aged 23 or younger.
  • Memberships auto-renew monthly on the activation date and are non-refundable, non-transferable, and not eligible for freeze; cancelling requires a Customer Adjustment Request form at least seven business days before the next payment.
  • Membership includes Open Play grouped by level at no extra charge, facility programming, equipment rentals, and demo paddles.
  • Court reservations are $15 per court for one hour or $30 per court for two hours, paid at booking.
  • Resident members reserve up to 14 days ahead and hold two reservations at a time, plus 12 guest passes; non-resident members book 7 days out and hold one.
  • Either membership type can bring a non-member guest for a $10 daily rate, and the 5:00–6:30 AM free-play window is open to everyone at no charge.
  • Reservations can be rescheduled up to 48 hours before court time, not inside it, and the member who booked must be present for the whole rental.
  • Facility rentals: group rentals (four courts) are $100/hour with a two-hour minimum, and private rentals of the full nine-court facility are $500/hour with a two-hour minimum and a $500 refundable deposit — both need 30 days' lead time.
  • Class and clinic fees are not published.
Open daily; membership is required for on-court play, and everyone checks in at the pro shop on arrival.

Schedule

Open daily; membership is required for on-court play, and everyone checks in at the pro shop on arrival.

  • Hours: a free-play window runs 5:00–6:30 AM, open to members and non-members alike; general play runs 7:00 AM–9:00 PM, extended to 10:00 PM in summer, with seasonal hours varying.
  • Classes run as fixed sessions: Pickleball 101 for beginners and those who have never played, Pickleball 202 for intermediate players who know the rules and basic positioning. Classes cap at a 1:4 instructor-to-student ratio and need a 3-participant minimum to run; a class canceled for weather is made up.
  • Skills Clinics run once a week and require pre-registration.
  • Organized play includes Open Play grouped by level, free to members: Beginner/Intermediate runs Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday 7:00 AM–12:00 PM and Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 5:00–9:00 PM; Intermediate/Advanced runs Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday 7:00 AM–12:00 PM and Monday, Wednesday & Friday 5:00–9:00 PM. Weekday evening Open Play blocks run later, to 10:00 PM, during summer hours, so check the current season before planning an evening session. Also DUPR Night, a seeded winners-move-up ladder requiring a DUPR rating and DUPR Club membership; and in-house and metroplex community leagues.
  • Registration is through the Court Reserve app only — not by phone — and members register themselves; guests may not register.
  • Closed Easter, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
Our take

Southlake built this one itself. The pickleball complex in Bicentennial Park is a city facility — nine courts, one of them a championship court with a stadium viewing area — funded through the city's parks development corporation under a long-range parks plan the Council adopted in 2021. What that ownership means for a family inside the city limits is simple: resident membership costs nothing. That's the whole argument. Pickleball's boom has mostly been private clubs and monthly dues, and here the dues are a line item the city already paid.

It's built for players rather than for kids specifically, but it's built for households. Membership is required to set foot on a court, and one account covers the family — you can add anyone you claim on your taxes, dependents up to 23 included, which is how a kid plays here. Play is organized by skill level, and the sharpest end of it is a ladder night where you're seeded by your DUPR rating and move up or down on results. There's a real on-ramp too: a beginner class written for people who have never held a paddle, and for anyone coming back to athletics after a long break. What there isn't is a youth program — no age-grouped kids' classes, no junior league. Children play the same courts as everyone else, and anyone 15 or under needs a caregiver over 18 with them the whole time.

The courts are outdoor, and that sets the rhythm more than anything else here. Play starts before dawn and runs late into summer evenings, weather cancels classes, and the whole operation runs through an app rather than a front desk. It's new, and the crowd around it is still forming.

Local Tips

The complex sits in Bicentennial Park off W Southlake Blvd — city park land, not a strip center. Every player checks in at the pro shop before going on court, and there's no phone option for signing up: programs run through the Court Reserve app, members register themselves, and guests can't register at all.

Two things worth knowing that the front page doesn't lead with:

  • The 5:00–6:30 AM window is free play, open to anyone, member or not — the one way onto these courts without a membership or a paid day pass.
  • Summer hours run an hour later, to 10:00 PM, which in a Texas July is the difference between playing and not playing.

If you're bringing kids, three things from the member guide are worth knowing up front:

  • Add them to your account rather than paying guest rates — anyone you claim on your taxes, dependents through age 23, goes on the household membership.
  • Anyone 15 or under has to have a caregiver 18 or older with them the entire time, so this isn't a drop-off.
  • If you're spectating a class or a league rather than playing, you can come in, but you don't get the amenities without your own membership.

A few operational things worth knowing up front:

  • The courts are outdoor, so weather cancels classes — they schedule make-ups.
  • The complex closes for Easter, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
  • If you're new to the sport, the on-ramp is Pickleball 101, and it fills: classes cap at a 1:4 ratio, so seats are genuinely limited.
  • One booking quirk: you can reschedule a court up to 48 hours out, but inside that window it's locked — no reschedule, no cancel.
Credentials

The Southlake Pickleball Complex is owned and operated by the City of Southlake. It was built under the Southlake 2035 Parks, Recreation & Open Space Master Plan, adopted by the Southlake City Council in June 2021, and funded through the Southlake Parks Development Corporation's Capital Improvements Program at a stated cost of $4.5 million. Construction began in April 2023.

Eric Clay is the Pickleball Manager and the staff contact for group and private rentals. Instruction is restricted by facility rule: only Pickleball Complex team members and authorized pickleball instructors may provide organized private or group lessons on site, so outside coaching is not permitted on the courts. The site describes professional-level instruction for lessons and group classes but does not name individual instructors or list their certifications.

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