you guys want to know what the fastest growing sport is in the united states
well it's not this it's this guys this is called pickleball for you guys that don't know this
because i got an audience from all over the world this sport is called pickleball
and it's currently not only the fastest growing sport uh let me stop that it sound it annoys me
i don't know about you guys but this is kind of an annoying sound so i'm gonna stop but it's not only
the fastest growing sport it is growing at a rate that's unprecedented in u.s sports history hold on
i just read an article this morning in the boston globe and i've wrote a couple of things down that
are very interesting and don't worry this is not a video about pickleball i already made a video
about pickleball how to play pickleball called pickleball mania this i said that is going to be
the only pickleball video that i've ever made so this video is definitely a tennis video just gotta
hang in there okay so let me read you some stats about pickleball currently there's 4.2 million
players playing pickleball that's an incredible number 21% up from 2019 and it's expected to keep
growing at this rate or even more so you could easily see over 10 million pickleball players in
a few years now this is crazy listen to this in the united states the places to play pickleball
are growing two per day and guys i knew pickleball could potentially be a threat to tennis when these
courts were made see these used to be two tennis courts so you can fit let's count one two three
four five six courts of pickleball for two tennis courts but guys that's not why i knew this was
going to be a problem see i'm trying to bounce this pickleball on the surface so you can hear
it but you know what this is this is plexi pave how do i know because i saw canisters that said
the official surface of the australian open they made these pickle ball courts with plexi pave
one of the most expensive surfaces while there's tennis courts in this park and they are definitely
not made out of plexi pave so guys take a look this is plexi pave see how beautiful these colors
are and i would take a look here at the tennis courts and this is definitely not plexi pave
and guys listen to this sound that sounds a lot better doesn't it but honestly i'm glad that these
courts are still around because tennis courts are disappearing at a super fast rate all over
the country a while back a guy on instagram dm me and wanted me to sign this petition for these
courts called vellano tennis courts in chino hills california and they were being torn up and turned
into pickleball courts and of course i signed this petition because i hate seeing tennis courts
disappearing and the same thing is happening here in southeast florida take a look so these used to
be tennis courts that are now pickleball and this used to be a tennis court that is now pickleball
so guys if pickleball continues to grow at this rate the tennis courts all over the country are
going to be under threat of being destroyed and turned into pickleball courts i'm not faulting
anyone this is simply demand people are in love with pickleball they are demanding these courts
and unfortunately there is not much love left for tennis and i'm not hating on pickleball at
all i played it one time and i had a lot of fun especially coming to the net take a look at my
wingspan good luck passing me in pickleball when i approach the net in tennis i'm not that athletic
that's why i don't come to the net so it's hard for me uh to attack to the net all the time but
here since the court is so small i feel like i can get any ball at the net and it's really fun
so as i explained in my original pickleball mania video it is understandable that players
are choosing this sport over tennis because especially the elderly players who might have some
physical limitations in tennis they find it a lot easier to play pickleball especially doubles
because they don't have to move and it is a great thing that they're doing that they have my full
support i'd rather have people do an activity like pickleball than not do any activity at all
so it is absolutely great that elderly players are picking up pickleball but one stat that is going
to surprise you is the amount of young players that are picking up pickleball see it's not only
the elderly people who are picking up pickleball but it's also young players let
me show you one stat from the boston globe article so it is 30 percent of the new pickleball players
are under the age of 35 so there's an absolute myth that this is something that old people do
everybody is in love with pickleball and here's the reason why we have this ball here that doesn't
fly anywhere it has holes in it it's made out of plastic it's a wiffle ball you can hit it as hard
as you want but that happens the technique doesn't have to be clean you can just kind of whack the
ball it's very forgiving also because the court is so small you don't have to move much especially if
you're playing playing pickleball doubles so it is a lot easier sport to pick up compared to tennis
so like i told you i only played one time but i think i can hit a pretty decent underhand serve
there it is that's not too bad but i miss my real serve because it's only a limited amount of mphs
you can get on a pickleball court compared to a tennis court and i think that is the main reason
why people love pickleball because it's so slow it doesn't require such good reflexes it doesn't
require that great of an athleticism in order to pick up the sport in addition to that it's also a
very social sport the only reason why these courts are empty right now because it's one o'clock in
the afternoon but these courts right here are absolutely packed and there's actually people
waiting on the sidelines to jump in and play you do not see that on the tennis
courts anywhere in the united states you tell me when was the last time you saw somebody standing
in line to jump on a tennis court so what are we going to do about this guys i hate seeing
beautiful tennis courts destroyed and turned into pickleball because tennis is my life while i have
nothing against pickleball i do have something against tennis courts being taken away from people
and i really don't have a solution for you because what i'm selling is not very sexy see i don't sell
secret formulas to tennis success i don't sell instant improvements what i sell is hard work
and it is possible that maybe people don't want to work hard anymore because while tennis might
be simple it is not easy by any means it's hard work in order to get better to move up in the ntrp
levels you have to put in years of practice tons of repetitions and i think that's why people say
you know forget this this is too hard let me start playing pickleball instead if you've been
following me for a while you know that i'm a no bs guy i'm going to show you how to play i'm going to
show you the technique the right fundamentals i'm going to tell you what to do but then you got to
do it and do it a million times and that is by no means a guarantee that it's gonna work if it
doesn't work after a million reps i'm gonna tell you to do another million reps and the reason why
tennis is so much more difficult than pickleball for example because we have a much bigger court
the ball is flying much faster it is a far more demanding sport athletically and technically and
here's what happens to a lot of people when they start playing tennis they get out and try to rally
and it might only have a handful of balls with them and they don't have proper technique and now
they've tried to rally but the ball is going all over the court and now they have to go pick up the
ball and this is of course not a lot of fun it's a lot more fun playing with a wiffle ball where
you can on the first try start getting it back and forth I do you think it's a big problem that
tennis courts are disappearing and the only way we're gonna stop tennis courts from disappearing
is if we start filling them again and the only way we're gonna fill tennis courts is
if we learn how to play properly so guys if you learn the fundamentals of tennis and if you get
the reps in while the road might be hard the rewards are going to be great and people
that truly love tennis they're so passionate about it they play tennis their entire lives