Four indoor pickleball clubs. Four states. All listed at exactly $1.5 million. Then the financials went public.

I played Andre Agassi at twelve years old and watched him answer with six-love, six-love. Now he is building a pickleball and padel platform that could reshape racquet sports facilities and coaching. Here is what operators need to know.

The Wall Street Journal just covered padel's U.S. boom. What they didn't report: the country has exactly two people certified to coach the sport at the elite level, and that gap is going to decide who survives the next three years.

Racquet sports compensation data just got its first independent benchmark. Here's what the ARA's 2025 report reveals about director pay, club size, and where the gaps still exist.

The 2026 global racquet sports participation data is out. Here's what it actually means for tennis, padel, and pickleball operators, investors, and brands navigating the U.S. market right now.

The International Padel Cluster has appointed Mike Knowles of Inside the Lines Advisory as U.S. International Development Partner — one of the first two partners appointed globally.

Racquet sports participation is accelerating — but many operators are scaling activity without strengthening structure. Growth without alignment creates strain. Here’s where pressure is building in 2026.