DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 23, 2013	Apr. 10, 2013
Entity Registrant Name	ESCALADE INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000033488
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-29
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Trading Symbol	esca
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		13,454,347
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Mar. 23, 2013
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013