Tennis Needs an Infusion ft Steve Bellamy

About this episode

Lisa Stone interviews Steve Bellamy about the new racquet sport TYPTI and its potential impact on tennis and other racquet sports.

Welcome to Season 15 Episode 11 of the ParentingAces Podcast! This week, Lisa is joined by Chairman and CEO of TYPTI Inc., founder of the Tennis Channel, former President of Kodak, and fellow Tennis Parent, Steve Bellamy. **This episode does contain some 4-letter swear words so please use caution before showing to young children** TYPTI is a new racquet sport played on a standard pickleball court with a 22-inch strung racquet, a 3.5-inch diameter channeled foam ball, and a new scoring system. TYPTI begins with a national circuit, major partnerships, and committed top players to grow the sport rapidly. A mixture of badminton and tennis, the sport is nearly noiseless and easy on the body, with low shock at impact and no overhead serve. It’s incredibly easy for beginners and chess-like for the pros. Most of all, it’s incredibly fun to play for all levels. With the explosion of pickleball courts across the country, TYPTI launches with tens of billions of dollars of infrastructure already in place for players to adopt and embrace the sport. Anyone who has a pickleball court now has a TYPTI court. Says Bellamy: “I’ve spent my career helping racquet sports grow because they’re a…

People in this episode

Host: Lisa Stone

Guest: Steve Bellamy

Topics covered

• TYPTI
• racquet sports
• pickleball
• tennis
• sports innovation

Keywords

• TYPTI
• tennis
• pickleball
• racquet sports
• Steve Bellamy
• sports innovation
• badminton

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TYPTI Inc., Tennis Channel, Kodak

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