Ian Golembeski, TYPTI
Community Growth Development Coordinator, Colorado
October 28, 2026
Ian Golembeski has spent his career putting new sports in people's hands, from Spikeball in 2012 to RampShot, PaddleSmash and pickleball. Now he is building TYPTI in Colorado, teaching club pros for free and hosting the first TYPTI tournament in the state. We talk about what makes a new racquet sport catch on, Stakes Scoring, and how to turn curious players into regulars.
Key Takeaways
- What TYPTI is, explained without calling it a mix of three other sports.
- Why tennis players pick it up fastest, and how a Spikeball player can still compete with college players in doubles.
- Stakes Scoring: three straight points to win a game, and why one game can take 12 minutes.
- The 20 minute timer he is using to keep tournament days from running 10 hours.
- What he runs when a club gives him one court, and the question that tells him a demo worked.
- His advice for turning ten curious people into ten returning players.
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