Discusses management techniques that have proven successful in existing sports facilities.
As you know, there’s a trend in youth sports toward more intensity, more games, more competitiveness, and more elite training. So I wasn’t exactly surprised that the results of a survey of NCAA athletes found that an increasing number of athletes had specialized in their sports by a young age, influenced by parents with high […]
I was helping one of our newest clients set up his sports facility scheduling software and noticed his batting cage rental prices seemed low. I asked how he came up with his pricing, and his answer baffled me. He was undercutting what he considered to be his nearest competitor, a batting cage facility a 20-minute […]
The year isn’t quite over. However, I’ve already checked to see which SportsFacilityExpert.com posts got the most attention in 2015. The series I wrote on business plans for sports facilities late in 2013 still contains some of the the most popular material on the site, along with other posts specifically for baseball facility owners about […]
Opening a sports academy franchise location can offer powerful benefits that you can’t get when you start from scratch or even purchase an existing business, and franchise opportunities have grown quite a bit in recent years. However, not all franchisers are created equal, and owning a franchise never guarantees success – or even guarantees that […]
If you’ve read my series on business plans for sports facilities, you know that every sports facility owner should have an exit strategy for their business. Like most of you owners, my own exit strategy for DNA Sports Center had always been to sell it when the time was right. Originally I didn’t think that would […]
Maybe you thought you would get a break from hearing me talk about dangerous liability risks for your business. Sorry! Not today – there’s a big one coming up that you need to know about. After Oct. 1, you could be responsible for the cost of fraudulent credit card charges made in your sports academy if you’re using an outdated […]