Monday Memo

A Byte of Knowledge

Watch anyone step into an elevator and the phone is out before the door closes.

A 30-second ride in silence is unbearable.

Nobody just drives anymore.

Or does the dishes.

Every quiet moment gets plugged with a podcast, an audiobook, something.

This fear of silence is a mass addiction.

A plague on focus.

But real skill is built in that quiet everyone's running from.

Because that silence is where you forge your skills like a blacksmith hammering a sword.

In silence you write headline after headline until you finally conjure 'the one.'

In silence you're able to hear the exact second when trust evaporates after listening to 200 sales calls.

Mastery lives in the boredom that makes people's skin crawl.

And your competition literally cannot sit still long enough to develop real expertise.

Their brains rebel after 20 minutes.

They need the next notification, the next tool, the next distraction.

Let them chase their noise.

The silence they're fleeing?

That's where you can quietly become unstoppable at your craft.

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Something to Ponder

We Asked – AI Answered

Our Question: 

"Why and how did pickleball suddenly get extraordinary popular in the last 5 years when it's been around since 1965?"

AI's Answer:

⚡ The 7 Forces That Turned Pickleball from Niche to National Craze

1. The Boomer Wave Finally Hit the Shore

• The Baby Boomer generation (born 1946–1964) began hitting their late 50s to mid-70s over the last decade.
• They wanted a low-impact sport that didn’t feel like “exercise” but still kept them social and moving.
• Pickleball is easy on the joints, easy to learn, and more forgiving than tennis or running.
• But most importantly: Boomers move in herds. When they find something they like, they bring scale and attention. Think: golf, RVing, cruise ships.

2. COVID Created a Rare Cultural Vacuum

• Gyms were closed. Group fitness shut down. Team sports were off-limits.
• But pickleball? It was outdoors, required only 2–4 people, and could be played socially distanced.
• Between March 2020 and March 2021, USA Pickleball membership grew 40%.

This wasn’t just a hobby. It became a cultural release valve.

📈 According to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA), pickleball grew 158.6% between 2020 and 2023.

3. Network Effects + Low Barrier to Entry = Viral Loop

• You don’t need to be athletic. You don’t even need to be in shape. But you can still compete and have fun immediately.
• A cheap paddle. A small court. A simple rulebook.
• That makes it insanely sticky—because people who don’t usually play sports are hooked.
• What happens next? They invite their friends. Then they buy a paddle. Then they find courts.

This is classic viral product design. Like Zoom or Slack, the more people who use it, the more valuable it becomes.

4. TikTok & YouTube Accelerated Exposure

• Before 2020, pickleball barely existed in mainstream digital media.
• But suddenly, short-form videos of rallies, trick shots, and older people dominating games started going viral.
• TikTok views on #pickleball topped 500 million in 2023 alone.
• Young people, who’d never heard of the game, now saw it as quirky, fun, and ironically cool.

🧠 Consumer psychology: Young people adopt things that feel fun and offbeat. Pickleball became a meme before it became a sport for Gen Z.

5. Courts Are Tiny… So Real Estate Developers Jumped In

• A tennis court = 2,808 square feet.
• A pickleball court = 880 square feet.
• That means you can fit 4 pickleball courts where 1 tennis court used to be.
• Country clubs, retirement communities, hotels, and parks started ripping out tennis courts and replacing them with pickleball to handle demand.

In 2023, there were over 11,000 pickleball facilities in the U.S. (per USA Pickleball).

Suddenly, supply met demand—and the infrastructure flywheel started spinning.

6. Celebrities & Corporations Validated the Trend

• LeBron James, Tom Brady, Draymond Green, and Kevin Durant all invested in Major League Pickleball.
• Selkirk Sport, a pickleball gear company, saw 500%+ growth in paddle sales post-2020.
• Anheuser-Busch bought a team in 2022.
• By 2023, the sport had professional leagues, sponsorships, and national broadcasts on ESPN.

This gave pickleball what every trend needs to go mainstream: status signaling.

7. It Solves a Pain No One Was Talking About

This is what separates a fad from a movement.

Pickleball quietly solves multiple under-the-radar problems:

• For boomers: A fun way to stay active without risking injury.
• For Gen Z & Millennials: A way to socialize IRL that doesn’t involve drinking or dating apps.
• For families: A rare activity where kids, parents, and grandparents can all play together.
• For urban planners: An affordable way to increase recreation space.

When one product solves multiple deep needs for different segments… it explodes.

Thanks for reading the Monday Memo.

Until next time!

The AI Marketers

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