Read more to learn the best practices that should be put in place regarding lessons and rentals. These expert tips range from ways to increase revenue to ways to protect from no-shows.
This was the activity in my cages one Saturday morning this past winter: A few classes, rentals, and lessons – not bad – but even on a busy day, the cages are rarely booked solid. Most sports academies end up with some last-minute openings that could be filled by rentals, even when they’ve done plenty of marketing. Use […]
Private lessons are a huge moneymaker for most of our sports facilities.
But that means bad habits in lesson scheduling can drain significant money from your business – losses that you may have never even noticed.
Here are the most common bad habits I’ve noticed when it comes to hosting private lessons at sports facilities.
Most sports facilities offer private, one-on-one training, whether it’s in the form of sports-specific lessons for kids, speed training for serious athletes, or personal training for adults trying to get in shape. However, the way these lessons are regulated and paid for varies a lot from facility to facility. Your own practices probably depend on your business size […]
Any sports facility with an open field, turf or court area can monetize its space in several ways. Running group instruction in the area or splitting up the space for private or semi-private instruction are typically the most profitable options. However, those options alone won’t fill the space for all of its optimal hours. Rentals […]
Private lessons can bring in a lot of money at your sports facility, particularly if you have well-known instructors on staff. Most sports facilities that offer private lessons have policies in place that pay the instructor a commission on each lesson, either by a flat rate or a percentage, based on the value of the lesson. […]
Ever since my company created a web-based scheduling software, I’ve been talking to sports facility owners and managers across the country to get their feedback. In fact, I still personally train many of our clients on how to use the software. I come across one complaint fairly often. Managers don’t like the fact that the […]