🛒 Where to Buy
About Spikeball
Roundnet (also known as spikeball) is a ball game created in 1989 by Jeff Knurek, inspired primarily by concepts from volleyball. The game is played between two teams, usually with two players each. At the start of a point, players line up around a small trampoline-like net and serve from one team to another. Teams alternate hitting the ball back to the net. Roundnet experienced a revival in 2008 when Spikeball Inc.
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The Story
Spikeball is poised to become the next great American sport. There are already over 250,000 players in the U.S.
The Pitch on Shark Tank
Spikeball appeared on Shark Tank (Season 6, Episode 29) in 2015. Chris Ruder pitched the product to the Sharks. No deal.
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💬 What people are saying
Real Reddit comments about Spikeball — verbatim, kept on-page so you don't have to bounce around to read them.
"Same Price 🤦🏻♂️ 400$CAD (Spikeball Mammoth) or 418$CAD (14 feets trampoline not in plastic)"
— r/spikeball · 38 upvotes · 2023-07-10
"I remember before this decade, I never heard of those sports or seen them in action. Then Covid hit and I saw people playing these sports. And they took off really fast. Even after Covid they remained fairly popular.…"
— r/NoStupidQuestions · 30 upvotes · 2026-02-15
"Just wanting to start out and maybe even play with my kids. Shopping at a kids store (which is otherwise expensove) noticed a spike ball set thay was about 50 aud cheaper than the next cheapest i have found thus far (mostly online) is it likely to be a dud, or should i just grab…"
— r/spikeball · 8 upvotes · 2023-02-16
"I see some very good reviews and it looks fun but i also see reviews claiming that they only had a set for a few days and showed some pictures of before they used it (looked normal) and after where it was all bent and broken.…"
— r/spikeball · 5 upvotes · 2020-08-04
