APP Next, the Association of Pickleball Players' development tour for players ages 16 to 23, comes to the Kansas City area October 23 through 25, 2026. The stop runs at Chicken N Pickle's Overland Park location, 5901 W. 135th St., Overland Park, Kansas, just across the state line from Kansas City, Missouri. Source: theapp.global, checked October 14, 2026.
What APP Next Kansas City includes
Entry is $450 and covers three days of open-bracket play, meaning players compete together without separation by skill level or age inside the 16-23 range. Registration also includes on-court training sessions and seminars led by Ken Herrmann and an APP National Team Coach, plus a $30 Chicken N Pickle gift card to use during the event. APP's own event page states players are accepted first come, first served, with no published cutoff date, and encourages registering early through either the APP website or Pickleball Den.
APP Next tournaments use open brackets on purpose. A 16 year old and a 23 year old can land on the same side of the net, and the three days mix bracket matches with coaching instead of being pure elimination rounds. That format is specific to this age-development tour; it is not how the main APP or PPA pro stops run.
Other places to play pickleball in the Kansas City area
If the APP Next bracket is not for you, or you want court time before or after the event, here is what we track in the Kansas City metro, pulled from our own listings:
- KC Pickle Club, 9119 E 39th St, Kansas City, MO: 8 indoor courts, lit, free to play.
- Chicken N Pickle - Kansas City, 1761 Burlington St, North Kansas City, MO: 8 courts total, 4 outdoor and 4 indoor, court fee applies, reserve online.
- The Sandbox, 509 NW Barry Rd, Kansas City, MO: 5 outdoor courts, lit, court fee required. The venue also runs a fall mini league series with matches Sunday through Tuesday evenings.
- William Minor Park, 1601 E Red Bridge Rd, Kansas City, MO: 6 outdoor courts, lit, free, open sunrise to sunset.
Between the free city courts and the paid indoor clubs, Kansas City players have options for open play most days of the week, on top of whatever the APP Next bracket draws to Overland Park this October.
For the full list of courts we track in the area, see the Kansas City, MO court directory.