If you are looking for your chance to get
into the fastest growing sport in America,
the city's first Pickleball Entertainment
concept is now open along River.
Good Bounce Pickleball Yard is giving the
community a chance to play, drink, eat and
have so much fun right here in the city.
Joining me now with more on
this growing craze in this great
complex is John Fluttered.
Show me how it's done.
Congratulations on the opening of this.
Well, thank you. Right.
Like, I feel like everybody is talking
about doing pickleball and you s
have this great big facility whe
you can do that and so much mor.
Yeah, pickleball is the fastest
current sport in the the countr.
And what's unique about our
place is we have almost 5
acres down on the riverfront,
so it's down by botanical gardes
on the river where the Marina i.
We have food, entertainment,
pickleball and a lot more.
Yeah. How many pickleball courts do you have?
We currently have 66 quarts.
Yeah, right. We're taking a look inside
with the pictures right now, ri.
We saw it kind of going up on River Rd.
I think it's just crazy to
think like how large it is.
It's a great big space. It
is. And there's about 10,000
people a day that drive past.
I have no idea what's there?
No idea. But what about like the food?
What kind of food do you have there? Yeah,
So Happy Belly Bistros there.
So they have a full time
food truck and the full menu
and the beautiful look at that
view out there, it's. Gorgeous.
Like, do a lot of people just ce
after work and meet for drinks d
they're definitely starting to discover it.
And you have great views of downtown,
the Ohio River. It's a it's a
great place to hang outside.
It's a wonderful location.
Tell me about, like corporate gs
that go there and like, how do ,
how do you get a group or how do you get?
Asking, just asking for a frien,
like how do you get your busines
to get something there or your
place of work or the station.
We're open everybody. You can sw
up and play or just grab a
drink in the game yard play.
We have 3 bocce courts.
We also have*.
You can go online,
you can book and then there's a,
we do have some upper level
memberships if you play a
lot where you get discounts
for free time and then also.
A lot of events are starting
to be booked there as well.
That's a great idea too, right.
And I think think the proximity
so close to like Nulu in downto,
you get off work, it's a great place.
It's easy just to kind of get t.
It is. And what we love about pickle balls,
it's inclusive. You can be 5,
you can be 85 and have a great
time then same with the space.
So you we. Not only tolerate ki,
we encourage kids to come out
and be kids and adults to be
kids and just have fun. So
do you, do you have to have
all the equipment or can you
just run everything there?
No. Exactly. So we try to take e
bears of entry away and pick a .
So we'll rent the paddles the b.
We'll teach you how to play.
And we make getting in the courts super easy.
OK, Teach me how to play a little bit.
A couple of the basics,
because I feel like everybody
that I know does it except me.
And so. It it has to,
I mean some people are doing it.
It has to be kind of easy, righ?
It is. It's kind of like playing
ping pong, but you're on the cot
like ping pong. Like how far typically
would we be apart this closed or no, you're
typically about 20 feet apart.
So we're we're pretty close at the net.
You typically serve underhand,
so it needs to stay below your
waist with the upward swing.
It can hit the ground once or you can
ballet it in the air as well. Let's try.
Hold on. Hold on to another one.
You know what? Y'all.
I warmed up so good. So hold on.
Can I do the serve? Do I bouncet
first or do I just on your head?
You can bounce if you want.
Can I do that?
Sorry, I'm getting aggressive.
All right, there you go. Got it.
And then how do you score?
So if it bounces
more than once or you hit it out out of
bounds, like what I have scored there,
you would have. I'm winning.
Am I winning? Right now we're T.
OK. All right. I don't know. Ye,
you would have did that, did that score.
I think I would have scored on that 10.
Gosh. All right.
And then how long typically do you play
a game takes probably 10 to 15 minutes.
Really. Yeah. But this is so addictive.
It is. So a lot of people keep doing this.
They'll play three games at a t.
We rent the courts by the half
hour or by the hour. Do we?
Do we go through everything?
Sorry.
Sorry. It's so fun, John.
I'm sorry. I got it.
Great. Is wonderful.
Now please tell me that people
don't drink on the Pick Pickle .
Yes, that would be dangerous. L,
there's a designated area for that, right?
We'd like to make it really soc.
So we'll sell buckets of beverages as well.
We have a full bar
and we also have a lot of non
alcoholic Peppers as well.
It's a good idea. Yeah. All rig.
So I want to make sure because I feel
like so many moms, like, do thi.
Obviously it's a stress relief.
Her mom's. I get it now.
And so Mother's Day weekend,
you guys are open.
Be a fun thing for the entire family,
right? Mom needs this. We
are. So we're open 7:00 AM to 10
PM every night. We have lights.
And then, yeah, we're doing
nice too. Merchandise. Yeah.
Gift cards for Mother's Day as .
So, yeah, definitely come on out and play.
It's a great family event.
Wonderful event.
And Mom needs a gift card.
She needs some stuff.
Do we have time for one more?
OK, wait. Let's do one more.
OK. My gosh. Sorry. Sorry.
One more. One more there.
How long have you been playing?
Probably about five years.
Five years?
Did you play tennis first?
I did not.
But I miss competition right.
So definitely competitive in high school
and college and then missed tha.
And pickleball was a fun way
to get back into the sport.
John, it has been a pleasure.
Let me serve you out here.
Not the teleprompter 1.
Hold on. All right one more.
One more guys get down to to good ball.
It's a good ball.
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And this is just a wonderful th.
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