USA PICKLEBALL 2023 NATIONALS: Fall in Love With The Sport (& Dallas)

0:00 I do see a close relationship between 0:03 sports and our national life and I 0:05 sometimes wonder whether those of us who 0:07 love sports have done as much as we 0:09 should in maintaining Sports as a 0:11 constructive part of this country's 0:13 existence Excellence emerges from Mass 0:15 participation I believe that as a nation 0:18 we should set a goal to emphasize this 0:21 most important part of life the 0:23 opportunity to exercise to participate 0:26 in physical activity and generally to 0:28 produce a standard of for our country 0:31 which will give us a nation of vigorous 0:33 men and women to improve on a broad 0:35 level the health and vitality of all of 0:37 our people to help establish more 0:40 programs for participation by American 0:42 boys and girls by Americans young and 0:45 old I do not suggest that we should 0:47 permit cultural and intellectual values 0:50 to be diminished but I do suggest that 0:53 physical health and vitality constitute 0:56 an essential element of a vigorous 0:58 American community About USA Pickleball 1:03 Mike me here USA pickle ball and I'm the 1:05 CEO this is the Pinnacle of pickle ball 1:09 this is the biof freeze USA pickle ball 1:11 Nationals Awesome event 3500 1:14 participants actually competing this 1:16 week probably 20,000 visitors here 1:19 watching the best of pickle ball this is 1:21 the place you want to be we have at 1:23 least eight person from every state in 1:25 the Union except for North Dakota we'll 1:27 work on that for next year but 49 of the 1:29 50 states are represented thousands of 1:31 people here competing usap is the 1:33 governing body of pickleball so our 1:36 mission really is to grow and support 1:37 pickle ball certainly the rules the 1:40 equipment standards and making sure that 1:42 that all gets taken care of we want to 1:44 support this sport the support is 1:46 growing it is exploding as everybody 1:48 knows and hears part of our job is to 1:50 make sure that we can help facilitate 1:52 that growth but also grow with control 1:54 and how do we best process this game 1:57 which is so great and is getting so 1:59 popular hi everybody I'm CC treesa from Gary Turner Interview 2:01 the tundra and today is an amazing day 2:03 because I'm here with Gary Turner from 2:05 the golden Bachelor thank you for being 2:07 here well thank you for having me I 2:09 appreciate it so we want to ask you 2:11 three quick little questions about 2:12 pickle ball is that is that good for you 2:14 that's great y awesome okay first up if 2:17 you could play pickle ball with any 2:18 Marvel character who would it be and why 2:20 I'd want my partner to be the flash okay 2:22 smart and I think I'd want to play 2:24 against Ant-Man oo nice those are good 2:27 ones okay awesome next up uh when you 2:29 are playing pickle ball and you want to 2:31 get in the right head space What PumpUp 2:33 song are you playing what's on your 2:34 Spotify playlist uh William Tell 2:38 Overture I'm going to look that one up 2:40 look that one up and finally who are you 2:44 wearing like who are you wearing on the 2:45 top on your pants and then most 2:47 importantly on your shoes I have no idea 2:49 cuz I just start layering things up so 2:52 spider spider spider yep and then as6 2:56 shoes I love the as6 shoes for pickle 2:58 ball as6 shoes there you have it thank 2:59 thank you so much golden Bachelor is 3:01 amazing it reminds everyone that there's 3:03 so much hope for love so thank you so 3:04 much for being with us Gary thank you 3:06 all right we're good hi my name is Stu Stu Upson Interview 3:09 Upson and I'm one of the co-founders of 3:11 PBX pickleball and currently a strategic 3:13 advisor to the organization PBX is a 3:15 great concept because there are so many 3:18 great retired athletes from other sports 3:20 who are now discovering pickleball so 3:22 the mission of PBX is to give those 3:24 athletes an opportunity to compete and 3:27 also an opportunity for fans of those 3:29 athletes to watch them play perhaps even 3:31 play with them in proam events so it's a 3:34 great situation where the athletes and 3:36 the fans can mingle and they're brought 3:37 together through the sport of fle ball 3:39 the thing that PBX fle ball does 3:41 differently than other fle ball tours or 3:43 entities is it's an opportunity to bring 3:46 sports fans who are not necessarily fans 3:50 of pickleball or even engaged with f 3:52 ball it gives them the opportunity to do 3:54 so so they might be a fan of Tino 3:56 Martinez or of Rick Barry or of Brad 3:59 Penny they might want to come see them 4:01 play and then therefore they will learn 4:04 to understand the game of fle ball and 4:06 want to play themselves it's a really 4:08 interesting Dynamic when the pros are 4:09 out there competing because yeah they're 4:11 they're having a good time they're 4:13 having fun but you know they're really 4:15 is that element of competition still in 4:17 their blood and there's some trash 4:19 talking which is probably the most 4:21 entertaining part of it all of the 4:23 numbers you hear about the growth of 4:25 pickle ball play they're real and it's 4:27 all from the amateur players the pro 4:29 players the super competitive players 4:31 they're great but it's really folks who 4:33 are playing in their local park or even 4:35 in their driveway there's so many new 4:37 indoor and outdoor facilities popping up 4:39 that's where the growth of the sport is 4:41 and that's true and that's going to keep 4:42 going there's nothing to indicate that 4:44 it's going to slow down if you could Marvel Characters 4:46 play pickle ball with any Marvel 4:47 character who would it be and why oh 4:49 would definitely be doctor strange cuz 4:50 I'm sure he could just bend the ball and 4:52 do whatever he wants with it Thor uh cuz 4:54 he's a beast and he's hot true true is 4:58 Deadpool a Marvel car character that 5:00 would be if he is that's that's that's 5:02 on the that's on the list Loki Loki yes 5:05 why oh he's the number one Marvel 5:07 character because he's both Good and 5:08 Evil Captain Marvel for sure she's my 5:11 favorite Wonder Woman why cuz she's 5:13 wonderful Wonder 5:17 Woman Batman because he's hot Spider-Man 5:20 was my uh my favorite one why do you 5:22 think he can jump all over the place you 5:24 got to cover the core you got to jump 5:26 you got to be agile right how about 5:27 Wolverine Aquaman Aquaman I like Aquaman 5:31 I'll go with Aquaman Superman Superman 5:33 can you fly got to take Iron Man Iron 5:36 Man I mean come on right I mean I could 5:38 be going from one place to another so 5:40 that would be great I go Nightcrawler or 5:43 Wolverines get one Catwoman cuz I like 5:45 mix doubles let's go amazing got to be 5:49 Captain America because I go USA I'd 5:51 pick Nadal you're dog no no not my dog 5:55 well I don't know my dog might be Nadal 5:57 you know what ra Nadal is the doll yeah 6:00 yeah yeah the flash cuz he's really fast 6:02 Spiderman because he will stick to the 6:05 chorus Spider-Man because he would just 6:08 be able to like get the ball really 6:09 quick and just throw it back I don't 6:11 know maybe black panther he's fast he he 6:14 has good reflexes uh maybe Black Widow 6:16 Thor cuz he has the strength Superman 6:20 Superman because yeah he's the best 6:22 looking and handsome and we would win 6:24 all right yeah it's amazing you would my BPU Partnerships 6:27 name is mooki MCD I am the BPU iic 6:29 Partnerships for a pickleball club uh 6:31 we're based out in Atlanta Georgia in 6:32 the Roswell area there in North Atlanta 6:35 um we've been around for a couple months 6:36 now but we're selling franchises rapidly 6:38 across the country everywhere from 6:39 Florida out to Arizona California 6:42 Colorado uh the Midwest really it's 6:44 wherever we could find the right real 6:45 estate deals and then in the right 6:46 pickle ball Enthusiast to to bring our 6:48 concept indoor pickleball clubs that 6:49 will have anywhere between 14 and 18 6:51 courts I not only believe that indoor is 6:54 a necessary part of the game I think 6:55 it's it's a absolute requirement for the 6:56 growth of the game specifically because 6:58 of the fact that you can control for the 7:00 conditions most of the country you can 7:01 really only play pickle ball at most 7:03 four or five months out of the year so 7:05 what we're creating is an environment 7:06 where you're having the ability to play 7:07 year round and really practice your 7:09 craft we actually think that pickleball 7:10 is very similar to basketball and 7:12 volleyball and that it's a lot of fun to 7:14 play Outdoors if the conditions are 7:15 perfect but you need to be able to 7:17 practice it indoors in order for the 7:18 sport really to be able to properly grow Music 7:20 before you guys play bigball game if you 7:21 want to win what is the song you use to 7:23 pump you up to get your head in the game 7:25 Happy Birthday to You Steve Jobs audio 7:29 book do cat paint the town red not your 7:31 turn Justin Bieber any Queen song We Are 7:35 the Champions nice nice how about we 7:38 Will Rock You by Queen awesome classic 7:40 Let's Get It 7:42 Started hit me baby one more time it's 7:46 not a PumpUp song but I listen to Banana 7:48 Pancakes by Jack Johnson gets me chill 7:50 and then I go out any type of hip-hop uh 7:52 let's say Drake wuang clan for sure 7:54 anything by wuang it's got to be 7:56 something with Metallica I'm an 80s guy 7:58 I like The Rock ACDC I of the tiger b52s 8:03 Vogue Madonna I'm going to say the rank 8:05 King from County kows you know I'm from 8:07 Latin America so I would be like from 8:08 like I don't know maybe like like be or 8:11 something like that from B bunny or 8:12 something though like a very up Beep 8:14 song right all I do is win win win no 8:17 matter what what what mine's anything 8:19 Kid Rock do you like Kid Rock I don't 8:21 know him that well but I I sorry 8:23 anything Taylor Swift Travis Kelsey I'm 8:26 jealous buddy anything Taylor Swift tayl 8:29 you know Tyler Swift okay tayl whatever 8:32 Tyler Swift whoever she is to Empire 8:36 State of Mind with JC I'm from New York 8:39 so yes love it I just go with whatever 8:41 my wife will allow me to Play ACDC 8:43 thunderstuck anything Drake love Titan I 8:47 do a Lia yes oh that's amazing yeah 8:50 that's awesome okay great you're so 8:53 great I can't believe you said do aipa 8:54 that's so 8:56 funny I'm 8:58 dancing my name is Matias stansen and Senior Pro Tour 9:02 I'm here because it's National so got to 9:04 be here I do live in the US in 9:07 California but I am originally from 9:09 Sweden we played the Senior Pro doubles 9:12 uh yesterday last night and today Senior 9:15 Pro singles currently I'm defending 9:18 natural Champion so I'm hoping that will 9:20 turn out the same way but there's a lot 9:22 of tough guys here today so it would be 9:24 very very tough I'm a co-founder of the 9:26 Senior Pro Tour that is a tournament 9:29 style we have 18 Nationwide stops next 9:32 year and um you know I feel like the 9:35 Senior Pro deserves a home to not 9:39 compete with the regular Pros we don't 9:41 need to compete with their priz money we 9:42 don't need to compete with coure time TV 9:45 time streaming and everything so that is 9:48 why we really started it and we're 9:50 really looking forward to a great 2024 What Are You Wearing 9:53 and final question what are you guys 9:54 wearing so what's the sweatshirt what's 9:55 the pants and what's the shoe Stitch cuz 9:57 you know pickle Ball's all with the 9:58 outfit yeah so I'm I'm rocking all head 10:00 apparel and then I got my Center Court 10:02 another sponsor of mine and so yeah 10:04 that's my fit so we got some Legends 10:06 which is my favorite like athleisure 10:07 brand but I also got cirk Labs right 10:11 right right and then I got some stack 10:13 socks Yola jacket and a gypsy feather 10:16 skirt and A6 shoes yeah Lululemon and 10:20 Athleta I got my Yola outfit nice um and 10:24 shoes I think I got my K Swiss on I'm 10:27 usually a Wilson kind of guy but today 10:29 we got ke Swiss Alo yoga Alo yoga okay 10:32 nice this is ran and then Lululemon and 10:35 then Adam shoes addict pickle ball 10:38 change the game out of Tampa Florida 10:40 swag swag swag swag swag swag Nike and 10:44 Athleta mine viori and kleans this is 10:47 all ice pickleball Club gear I got 10:49 Lululemon jacket athletic tights and 10:52 hocus shoes I have Adidas and Hoka you 10:56 know you ever hear of Hoka I have heard 10:57 of Hoka stand here all day long you love 10:59 these H Sho I like my Brooks my uh 11:01 skirted Capri is sky blue pickle ball my 11:04 shoes matching in the color to go with 11:07 the lavender are from Nike oh my excuse 11:11 me excuse me do I need to say more I 11:14 only wear sky blue pickle ball how about 11:16 just nothing but Speedos okay for sure I 11:19 would I would be head to toe in Fela 11:22 stuff cuz they are the official of the 11:24 PPA I think I'm more about the print 11:27 rather than the brand you know what I 11:28 mean so like maybe some cheetah print 11:30 maybe some like nice red just pop it out 11:33 this is from pickle ball Central super 11:35 cute and then some leggings and she's in 11:37 her same we have our Sketchers on the 11:40 sneakers we have uh Lululemon on the 11:43 pants nice okay and I I'm not sure the 11:45 brand I got on top here well I think 11:47 bofe USA biof freeze USA piol absolutely 11:49 that's what we got 11:50 awesome well thank you so much for 11:52 asking this yeah fun all right thank you 11:56 okay I feel good that was fun the Membership 11:58 membership grow is is outstanding we've 12:00 been clipping at the 25 to 35% clip for 12:03 the last few years we have about 80,000 12:05 members right now and in growing the 12:07 sport is growing the interest is growing 12:09 and our membership is growing there's 12:11 something special about this game it's a 12:13 game that's easy to play easy to pick up 12:15 and then get better at really quickly 12:17 the age doesn't matter sex doesn't 12:18 matter you just you can go out there and 12:20 you can play with it's a welcoming group 12:22 if you anybody that's uh thinking about 12:24 doing go down to that neighborhood Court 12:26 you'll be welcomed and uh come on into 12:28 the fold theer Roosevelt once said the 12:31 credit belongs to the man who is 12:34 actually in the arena whose face is maed 12:37 by dust and sweat and blood who knows 12:40 the great enthusiasms the great 12:42 devotions and spends himself in a worthy 12:45 cause who at best if he wins knows the 12:49 Thrills of high achievement and if he 12:51 fails at least fails while daring 12:54 greatly athletes across this country 12:56 have known Victory and defeat and say 12:59 accepted both I salute 13:02 [Applause] 13:06 you 13:07