Built by the players who kept breaking everything else
Premier Spike started in a garage full of broken yellow rims. Our founder brought 14 years of playing and 200-plus tournaments hosted to one stubborn belief: athletes who travel the world for this sport deserve equipment that can keep up.
This is roundnet.
From backyard player to tournament director
Taylor Sanford, founder of Premier Spike, has always been a player at heart. His roundnet journey began in 2012 when he bought a first generation Spikeball™ set, spending years introducing the game to friends at backyard barbecues and camping trips. But casually playing wasn’t enough for him.
Craving a competitive scene, Taylor founded Utah Roundnet in 2018. What started as a small local league quickly exploded into a massive community. By 2021, Taylor had quit his job to run Utah Roundnet full-time, eventually hosting over 200 tournaments and building one of the largest competitive roundnet organizations in the world.
The breaking point
Hosting world-class tournaments revealed a glaring problem: the equipment couldn’t keep up with the athletes. After every tournament, Taylor found himself replacing dozens of broken yellow rims, with a graveyard of dead sets stacking up in his garage waiting on replacement parts.
The plastic was flimsy. Nets warped into oval “Pringle” shapes when tightened. Frames shifted on the ground mid-rally. The sport was evolving rapidly, and the equipment was not.
Engineering the premier standard
Realizing that athletes traveling the globe deserved equipment that matched their dedication, Taylor decided to build it himself. Partnering with his friend and engineer Adam Calder, the duo spent 2022 discreetly designing, 3D-printing, and rigorously testing prototypes.
The result was Premier Spike: a heavily reinforced, interlocking frame with snap-fit legs that creates a perfectly circular, unmoving, and highly durable playing surface. Long gone were the days of broken equipment and frustrated players.
The return of the inventor
As Premier Spike began revolutionizing the tournament scene in 2023, it caught the attention of someone very special: Jeff Knurek, the original inventor of the sport. Jeff created the game back in 1989 as a professional toy inventor, under the name “Spike-ball.” The sport grew into a global one. Neither Jeff nor Premier Spike is affiliated with the Spikeball™ brand as it exists today.
Jeff had been designing his own premium set and training accessories under the brand “Club Spike” when he discovered Premier Spike. Recognizing that Taylor had already built the durable, high-quality net he envisioned, Jeff set his own drawings aside and reached out. Today Jeff is officially part of the Premier Spike team. Together we launched the Premier Spike Inventor Series, standardizing the sport through innovations like the Net Tension Pro for fair play across tournaments, and the Serving Caddy for more efficient training.
Our vision for the future
At Premier Spike, our mission goes far beyond selling equipment. We are here to elevate roundnet into a globally recognized, standardized sport. We believe that to push roundnet to the next level, players need flawless consistency.
We are deeply committed to giving back to the community — supporting content creators and top athletes, and reinvesting our financial success directly into the sport we love.
We aren’t just an equipment manufacturer; we are passionate players dedicated to the future of roundnet. Whether you are a weekend warrior or a World Championship contender, we invite you to experience the new standard. Welcome to Premier Spike.
Experience the new standard
The set that ended the graveyard of broken rims. Built for tournaments, good for the backyard too.
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