SMPA
More Courts, More Play
About us
What can SMPA do for you?
Seattle Metro Pickleball Association (SMPA) is your voice in speaking up to city and county parks departments to ask for pickleball courts, request pickleball lines, nets, equipment, more court time indoors and out, and to promote the development of dedicated pickleball facilities.
SMPA is why Green Lake pickleball courts exist, a de facto hub serving a community of 50+ players every weekend. SMPA’s voice is how Seattle Metro tennis courts at public parks and schools became lined for pickleball and how semi-permanent pickleball nets began appearing at those courts at Rainier Beach, Alki, Miller, Gilman, Dearborn, Bitter Lake, Solstice and SWAC in West Seattle.
SMPA directors have a tradition of passion to grow the sport, engage with government and communities to develop the sport, promote and sponsor play, and build more pickleball courts. When we speak, the cities listen.
Our Mission
The four pillars of how our team plans to make pickleball more accessible.
Grow
Grow the profile of pickleball in our region and the community of people working together to help it to flourish
Empower Play
Empower play by providing expertise, equipment and other material resources to enable well-run, inclusive organized play opportunities.
Build
Build the dedicated pickleball facilities that our region deserves and that generations to come will enjoy
Engage
Engage with individuals and governmental bodies to improve and expand public pickleball facilities across the region
DO YOU WANT A PICKLEBALL LICENSE PLATE ON YOUR CAR THIS YEAR? sUPPORT sb5333!
Washington State legislators will determine the fate of the pickleball state sport license plate, Senate Bill 5333, by March 7th, 2024.
If you want a pickleball license plate on your car this year, speak up and tell your legislators to support the bill and vote yes.
It will be the first pickleball license plate in the U.S. and celebrates Washington as both the birthplace of pickleball and as the state sport.
The license plate will be a roaming advertisement for pickleball, allowing drivers to spread the word about the state sport and get more of what players really want – dedicated pickleball courts throughout Washington.
No other state can claim to have such a strong connection to pickleball.
Let’s make it official and pass Senate Bill 5333.
READ MORE for quick links to your local legislators.
Come join us
A regionally diverse and active supporter participation increases the bargaining power of the Seattle Metro Pickleball Association when advocating for more and better places to play pickleball, both indoors and outdoors, across the metro area.