Balboa Pickleball courts

Dedicated pickleball area that is about 100 yards North of the Burbank Blvd parking lot and West of the tennis courts (do not go to the tennis courts, the PB courts are near the hitting wall and basketball courts). Trees provide shade during day and there are lights for night time play. Playground and baseball field are nearby for your kids.

⭐ ⭐ when compared other pickleball courts in general...but compared to any other court at 11PM, it's a ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐. Dim lights from 🏀 area are enough to drill or play a casual game. Only 1 net, that is set up too high. Lots of trash and leaves along the fences and, of course, lots of dirt on the rough blacktop. Lines painted that are not exclusively pickleball. But if you have insomnia in the Valley, and want to hit hollow plastic orbs, this is your best bet.

There are lines for 3 Pickleball courts on concrete. One of the courts has a net but I am rather certain that the height of the net is not the standard height of a Pickleball net. Therefore, if you want to play competitively, you will need to bring your own net.

So their is good and bad with these courts. The good is that they are a fantastic little park that seems pretty quaint. Right next to a nice wall for practice and the net they have installed is regulation height. Also, there are lines drawn with a little landing area on where to hit your 3rd shot drops. The bad, however, is that you are dealing with asphalt and cracks on the court which will eat your balls up. The court is also downhill which makes one side have a huge advantage and the ball tends to go under the fence right behind the court which was a pain. For having fun the courts are fine but for competitive play, I would look elsewhere.

The fact that they even call this chunk of asphalt a pickleball court is laughable. We went to find the pickleball courts after driving by and noticing 16 tennis courts, assuming some of the pickleball courts would be on a tennis court. I followed the maps to their "pickleball court" on.....i genuinely don't even know what to call this area. But in no way was it playable as a pickleball court.