Opportunities in Pickleball?

[The Sandman]

What pickleball needs is a quiet ball so it stops sounding so bloody obnoxious.

 

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[Runum]

If you haven't noticed, Pickeball has picking up steam and is growing as a sport. It looks like it won't be a trend, and more of an emerging industry that will be here to stay.

Tom Brady and Lebron recently bought into pro teams.

In my state, local cities are rushing to convert tennis courts and/or add pickleball courts to meet increasing demand.
Indoor pickleball arenas are popping up all over the place here in my county, S of SLC.


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What opportunities could present itself in this space?

I would think the overhead on indoor court rentals would be pretty low and not capital intense other than commercial space, like the self-storage industry.

Your thoughts?

I've played pickleball and enjoy it. It's a great workout, and generally better for the joints than tennis.

Looks like 4000 people are coming to my area to play this weekend,

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[biophase]

Just got a new dexa scan. Between May and Nov this year, I drop 4.5lbs of fat and maintained muscle. All from playing doubles pickleball 5X a week, not changing my diet at all.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

 

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[biophase]

Played pickleball at an huge indoor facility. When you have a good rally if you go press a save button next to the court, it automatically saves the last 30 seconds and adds it to your account. So when you come home you can watch all your awesome plays!

Really cool feature to save and watch fun points.

Take a look at this upsell, you can watch more replays by paying for them. Ingenious!

 

[StrikingViper69]

Played pickleball at an huge indoor facility. When you have a good rally if you go press a save button next to the court, it automatically saves the last 30 seconds and adds it to your account. So when you come home you can watch all your awesome plays!

Really cool feature to save and watch fun points.

Take a look at this upsell, you can watch more replays by paying for them. Ingenious!

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That’s a genius idea.

And so simple.

It reminds me of the photographer studio model, paying for extra photos

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Played pickleball at an huge indoor facility. When you have a good rally if you go press a save button next to the court, it automatically saves the last 30 seconds and adds it to your account. So when you come home you can watch all your awesome plays!

Really cool feature to save and watch fun points.

Take a look at this upsell, you can watch more replays by paying for them. Ingenious!

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Where's the video of the great volley!

Is this in the Vegas metro?

 

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[TempusFugit]

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This is wild. I remember being taught how to play pickleball in gym class back in 2015 during my freshman year of HS, and wondering why we were learning this random sport.

About a week ago my wife went on a walk in the park in our small town. The park just recently build a few pickleball courts, and now my wife wants to play. It sounds like a ton of fun so we are looking into getting some equipment to play this summer.

But seeing this chart is crazy. I can't believe how much this simple sport has exploded in popularity. I'm definitely going to put my "problemologist" hat on when we start playing.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

The park just recently build a few pickleball courts, and now my wife wants to play. It sounds like a ton of fun so we are looking into getting some equipment to play this summer.

I consider my wife a longevity expert; she literally has consumed 1000s of hours of expert testimony from people who study long, healthy life. She ventures into all types of echo chambers in search of truth (the proverbial vegan eavesdropping in the carnivore camp and vice versa).

In her study, she said pickleball is one of the best sports for longevity as it promotes breathlessness, quick movements in short bursts (fast-twitch muscle), and is not that rough on the joints. It also usually is played outdoors.