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<\/figure>\n\nOpen to anyone, moving on tournaments, school and local ties<\/h2>
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Behind a pro volleyball team picking up a paddle: 24.3 million players in the US<\/h2>
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Entries from outside the sports industry have continued in Japan as well. There isthe Mercari case, where a flea-market app operator fielded a team<\/a>, and companies whose main business lies in resorts, IT or BPO holding courts or teams of their own. The Tokyo Great Bears' entry adds a new category to that list: the professional sports club. It is positioned to redirect the assets built in the entertainment business, from drawing crowds to running venues to local ties, straight into growing the paddle game.<\/p> \u65e5\u672c\u306e\u30d7\u30ec\u30fc\u30e4\u30fc\u306e\u8996\u70b9\u3067\u898b\u3066\u52b9\u679c\u7684\u306a\u306e\u306f\u3001\u5927\u4f1a\u3068\u30b9\u30af\u30fc\u30eb\u3092\u540c\u3058\u904b\u55b6\u304c\u6301\u3064\u3053\u3068\u3060\u3002\u7fd2\u3044\u59cb\u3081\u305f\u4eba\u304c\u3057\u3070\u3089\u304f\u3057\u3066\u300c\u8a66\u5408\u306b\u51fa\u305f\u3044\u300d\u3068\u601d\u3063\u305f\u3068\u304d\u3001\u5225\u306e\u56e3\u4f53\u3084\u5225\u306e\u4f1a\u5834\u3092\u81ea\u5206\u3067\u63a2\u3057\u76f4\u3059\u624b\u9593\u304c\u3001\u540c\u3058\u30af\u30e9\u30d6\u5185\u306a\u3089\u5c0f\u3055\u304f\u306a\u308b\u3002\u30ec\u30c3\u30b9\u30f3\u3067\u57fa\u790e\u3092\u899a\u3048\u3001\u305d\u306e\u307e\u307e\u540c\u3058\u770b\u677f\u306e\u5927\u4f1a\u306b\u30a8\u30f3\u30c8\u30ea\u30fc\u3059\u308b\u3001\u3068\u3044\u3046\u4e00\u672c\u9053\u304c\u5f15\u304d\u3084\u3059\u304f\u306a\u308b\u3002<\/p> This design is also the flip side of a weakness in Japanese pickleball. Across the country, the supply of people who can teach has not kept up with the growth in players. Looking athow quickly coaching clinics fill up<\/a>, lesson supply is clearly behind. If an operating company runs a school as a business, it gains an economic reason to keep instructors on hand. Whether that turns into monthly lessons rather than one-off taster sessions will decide how much players actually gain.<\/p> Shibuya Ward, the base, is already dense with paddle activity. There isthe ward's free parent-and-child class, taught by a player who has competed internationally<\/a>as a government-led entry point, and a court has been lit up in a hotel basement for a limited run. With a pro volleyball club joining, the same ward now lines up a free municipal class, paid courts at a commercial facility, and a pro club's school.<\/p> For players, options increase, but the split in price and target level gets harder to see. Tokyo Pickles has not published fees or a membership scheme, though its stated focus on beginners suggests it will start with monthly-fee introductory lessons and level-divided tournaments that beginners can enter. The less experience you have, the more you stand to gain from this setup.<\/p> Here is what players in Japan can take from Tokyo Pickles.<\/p> The first thing to do is follow the official site and X (tokyo_pickles_gb) for the announcement of the first tournament or taster session. Once level divisions and fees appear there, you can judge how it sits against the ward's existing classes and nearby courts. 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<\/figure>\nOverlapping maps in Shibuya, alongside existing classes and pop-up courts<\/h2>
What is known now, and what to check next<\/h2>
Sources<\/h3>