Study shows Louisville’s love for pickleball

Report finds city has an 85% increase in growth

Pickleball has been growing around Louisville with new courts and businesses opening seemingly all the time.

But how much does Louisville love pickleball?

A recent report by Solitaire Bliss found Louisville is the No. 10 city for pickleball interest, based on a Google search interest over the past year.

The report also found that the city has an 85% increase in growth from last year.

“The Association of Pickleball Professionals reported more than 36.5 million players in 2022, and this number is continuing to grow. It’s almost as popular as solitaire!” the website says.

Still, the report by Solitaire Bliss said Kentucky is one of the least obsessed states with pickleball.

Solitaire Bliss is a webpage for people to play solitaire, but it also has a blog with several studies, including the most obsessed states with pickleball. The research was done by collecting “search interest data for 12 keywords related to pickleball,” according to the website.

“We shortened the list to basic terms to find the states most eager to learn more about the sport, and we then collected the total search volume for the terms. To determine overall scores, we totaled the search volume across all keywords. We then scaled the scores from 0 to 100, with 100 being the highest possible score.”

Where to play pickleball in Louisville

• Goodbounce Pickleball Court, 1515 River Shore Drive

• Tyler Park

• One court in Sun Valley Park, 6616 Ashby Lane

• One court in PeeWee Park, 2913 Klondike Lane

• One court in Riverside Gardens Park, 3899 Lees Lane

• Three courts in Des Pres Park, 4709 Lowe Road

• Six courts in Wyandote Park, 1104 Beecher St.

• Two courts in Charlie Vettiner Park, 5550 Charlie Vettiner Park Rd.

• Two courts in Hounz Lane Park, 2300 Hounz Lane

• Baird Urban Sports Park, 615 W. Main St.

• 16 outdoor courts at E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park, 3000 Freys Hill Road

MATT STONE/LOUISVILLE COURIER JOURNAL There are six pickleball courts available at Goodbounce Pickleball Yard on River Shore Drive off River Road in Louisville. Pickleball is played like tennis but the court is the size of a doubles badminton court. Pickleball was invented in 1965 as a children's game in Washington state but since then has become one of the fastest-growing sports.