BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, June 07, 2022 — Connexa Sports activities Applied sciences Inc. (www.connexasports.com) is happy to announce that its flagship client model, Slinger (www.slingerbag.com), has efficiently accomplished the beta take a look at of its new Ball Launcher for pickleball. Slinger has constructed a robust client model in racquet sports activities over the previous two years with its modern Ball Launcher for tennis, which debuted in 2020 and is on observe to eclipse $20m in gross sales this fiscal 12 months with year-to-date income development of 66 p.c.
This fall, the corporate will start promoting its Ball Launcher in pickleball commercially, which shall be additional enhanced by the Connexa Sports activities platform and ecosystem of main video and AI applied sciences and software program companies, from AI evaluation to stay streaming and video content material. “We’re thrilled with the suggestions we now have acquired from the Pickleball Ball Launcher testers and sit up for quickly launching formally into this thrilling, excessive development sport,” stated Mike Ballardie, CEO of Connexa Sports activities.
“As we convey our Connexa Sports activities Watch, Play, Be taught technique to pickleball, we stay centered on what has led to our early success in tennis: a robust understanding of the patron and an unwavering deal with delivering to them what they want and need.”
Dubbed “the quickest rising sport in America,” pickleball has been rising at a fee of 39 p.c yearly since 2019,1 and has almost 5 million gamers within the US alone. Slinger rigorously examined its new pickleball Ball Launcher with fans, coaches, and execs of the game to validate product-market match for the game over the previous few months, simply because it did with its tennis product pre-commercial launch.
“Pickleball is among the most enjoyable sports activities from a industrial perspective in the meanwhile, and our aim is to as soon as once more place Slinger and this Ball Launcher as vital product for fans,” continued Ballardie. “What’s totally different this time round is the unimaginable expertise we now have acquired to construct complimentary companies and choices alongside the bag itself.”
