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OPTION 2: NON-TRADITIONAL SPACES In the event that sportspecific sites are not possible, both tennis and pickleball can be played by creating courts for each in non-traditional spaces. USTA advised looking for hard surface areas that could possibly be converted, such as a concrete slab, multisport court sites and / or vacant parking lot locations.
A court contractor can be brought in to measure the space, and to mark it with lines, as well as, if possible, color-coat it for sports use. Pop-up nets for tennis, as well as pop-up nets for pickleball, can be obtained affordably online or from brick-and-mortar stores; a search will yield multiple possibilities. [ Note: When con-
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templating any type of sports facility conversion, safety must be at the forefront of all considerations. Further, local ordinances should be reviewed to ensure that accessing the space for play is allowed.]
OPTION 3: SHARED USE OF COURTS In the event that sport-specific sites and non-traditional spaces are not possible— and in the interest of equitable offerings for both tennis and pickleball— destinations can still allow both sports to be played by having blended lines applied.( Blended lines is the USTA’ s term for multiple playing lines on any one surface.) This recommendation is useful for sites
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