Pickleball Reservations

• AVAC members can reserve pickleball courts 3 days in advance (starting at 7:30 am), one court per day for 1.5 hours.
• Courts can be reserved Monday - Friday from 6 am - 10 pm, Saturday & Sunday from 6 am - 8 pm.
• Please note: you may only reserve one pickleball court per day.
• If you make a reservation & know you are not going to be able to use your court, PLEASE cancel your reservation ASAP! It is important to release your court so other members can have access and enjoy playing. 

You can make court reservations through our online portal, mobile app, or in person.

To see how to get started with our online portal, click here.


Reserve a Pickleball court using the AVAC Member Portal.

  1. Log into the AVAC Member Portal
  2. Click on "Reserve A Court" on the left side of the screen & a court view showing all tennis courts will appear for the current day. If looking to book a court in the future, you can use the date/calendar selector in the upper right of the screen and select the day you want to make the booking. *Courts can only be booked 3 days in advance.
  3. Use the drop-down menu and select "Pickleball" to reserve a pickleball court. Please note: the drop down will be defaulted to "Tennis Courts"
  4. Click the "Reserve a Court" button at the top of the screen & enter the additional players names that are playing with you. *You must enter additional player's names. If playing Singles, add the second player. if playing doubles, add all three player's names.
  5. Highlight the court & time you wish to play. You can highlight up to 1.5 hours of time for play.
  6. Click on the "Save Reservation" button in the upper right corner of the screen.
  7. A reservation summary screen will appear, hit "Confirm" to book & save a reservation.

Reserving The Pickleball Ball Machine On Online Portal:

  1. Follow steps 1-3 above
  2. Toggle the "No Ball Machine" button at the top of the screen (NOTE: when reserving the ball machine you do not need to enter a second player name)
  3. Follow Steps 4 - 6 above to complete the booking
  4. Ball machine can only be reserved on court 5
  5. Ball machine can't be reserved during open play times

Reserve a Pickleball court using the AVAC Mobile App

  1. Click "Reservations" tab at the bottom of your screen.
  2. Select the day you would like to reserve the court. *Courts can only be booked 3 days in advance.
  3. Select the duration of play you would like (30, 60, or 90 minutes)
  4. Enter additional players. *You must enter additional player's names. If playing Singles, add the second player. if playing doubles, add all three player's names.
  5. Advanced Options – Select "Pickleball"
  6. Select "Ball Machine (additionally, you can narrow the search results by using the "Start Time" bar).
  7. After making your advanced options selections click on "Apply" in the upper right corner of the screen.
  8. Click on the "Search" button to see the available court time results based on your search criteria.
  9. Select the time you wish to play from the search results. A summary showing the details of the reservation will be displayed.
  10. Click on the "RESERVE" button at the bottom of the screen to complete the court booking reservation.

Reserving The Ball Machine On The Mobile App:

  1. Follow the steps 1-3.
  2. After step 3, click "advanced options"
  3. Highlight "tennis courts" and "ball machine" and click "apply"
  4. Click "search" and book your court.
  5. Ball machine can't be reserved during open play times

Register for Pickleball Classes & Drop-In events using the AVAC Member Portal

  1. Log into the AVAC Member Portal
  2. Click "Group Activities" menu button on the left side of the screen.
  3. Click on "Group Activities" to bring up the ability to search for specific classes.
  4. Use the drop-down menu "All Events" & select the "Tennis" activity, then click on "Search". This will return a list of classes & drop in events.
  5. Select the class you wish to attend. For example, "Saturday Morning Drop-In"
  6.  If a class is available (typically classes are only available for sign up 3 days in advance) click on the "Sign Up" button.
  7. Select your name or individual from your account you are wanting to register for the class or drop in event & then click the "Register" button at the bottom of the screen.

Register for Pickleball Classes & Drop-In events using the AVAC Mobile App 

  1. Click on the "Classes" tab and you will then see results of and all AVAC classes for that day.
  2. Go to "Categories" and select from the drop-down menu "Tennis". Then click on the "Show Classes" button.
  3. You then will see results Pickleball classes & drop-in events for the day you have selected. If no results show, then there are no classes for that day. You can then toggle & select the dates you wish to attend classes.
  4. From the results select the class you wish to attend.
  5. If a class is available (typically classes are only available for sign up 3 days in advance) click on the "Sign Up" button at the bottom of the screen.
  6. Select your name or individual from your account you are wanting to register for the class or drop in event & then click the "Next" button at the top right corner of the screen.
  7. Click on the "Confirm" button at the bottom of the screen.

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5400 Camden Ave [at Kooser Road] | San Jose, CA 95124
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