The 12 courts here are NOT FREE, but they are among the best-maintained in LA County. This facility has lessons, leagues, tournaments, and events. It’s well worth checking out as an orientation to tennis in the San Gabriel Valley.
1201 Potrero Ave., S. El Monte, CA 91733
From my journal
May 26, 2023
I hustled at this event. I was having good results keeping my racquet head facing the ground. Topspinning forehands; ball landing deep. I felt satisfied with my game and also got the satisfying breathing-hard and sweating-it-up feeling of a good workout.
My partner and I got way better in the 45 minutes we were playing together, going from never winning any points to usually winning two. Also, we had fun and encouraged each other, which is what I saw everybody else doing.
[…] This is just one unshaded court with overlapping pickleball lines. I would skip these courts and instead check out Garvey Park in Rosemead. Also, if you’re okay with paying a nominal fee, which I know is not free but I’ll make an exception here because this is a really terrific facility — try Whittier-Narrows Tennis Center. […]