To learn about how families decide which variables are the most important, we recently conducted an anonymous poll of our club users. Read below to see how families don't consider price a real factor when determining which club organization to join. ...
Thanks to advances in technology, increasingly transparency is becoming commonplace in almost every sector of life. So how can a club sports organization increase transparency, and thus accountability, to its families as their expectations continue to rise?
Many variables exist when a family is considering a club team. To learn about how families decide which variables are the most important, we recently conducted an anonymous poll of our club users. Read below on how many families may need video assistance. ...
What can club sports organizations improve upon in order to reduce their churn rate while simultaneously assisting their student-athletes? This paper will dive into three issues many clubs currently struggle with as well as offer solutions to each problem.
This paper will discuss proven methods to create club recruiting value for families as a way to ensure your organization is providing real, tangible assistance for its members.
While it may seem like a headache not worth pursuing, given the importance of highlight reels in the recruiting process, a real opportunity exists to add value for families.
Organization Overview Team Elevate is a Long Island-based girls lacrosse program with a goal of empowering their student-athletes through proper coaching and encouragement. To do this, Elevate provides its families with expertise from coaches with extensive playing and coaching backgrounds. They are determined to provide a complete experience, with academics, family and school equally prioritized.
Organization Overview The New Hampshire Tomahawks is an lacrosse club with teams from third grade through the elite high school level. The main goal for the Tomahawks is the showcase and development of their student-athletes for college lacrosse. For the Tomahawks, this means getting people in the right place, the right fit, for college lacrosse
Recently, SportsRecruits conducted a survey of its users who are on club teams to gauge their opinions on a variety of subjects. The goal of the survey was to gain a better understanding of the decision processes families use when selecting clubs, and what their expectations of organizations. One of the most interesting data points that came from the survey: Only 1.75% of respondents selected “price” as a major factor of joining a club, while over 59% cited coaching and recruiting expertise as their main factor. In the club sports space, one of the major concerns of directors and owners is keeping their prices at a level that will not scare families away. Taking this point further, the main goal is to ensure the perception that costs are or will not rise. However, it seems this may be an overblown concern. ...
When thinking of the daily activities of a club sports organization, the first things that come to mind are likely not in-line with reality. While one would logically assume days are filled with coaching and sport-specific drills, it is often the case that the opposite is true. Club organizations are being relied upon today for much more than coaching. Recruiting guidance has become a main reason why families have selected club teams. In a survey conducted by SportsRecruits, over 65.93% of respondents noted that they chose their club team primarily for the coaching and level of recruiting expertise. As organizations have grown, they have spent an increasing amount of time on administrative tasks – things like excel sheets, email chains and other means that have worked well to this point. Some even have a full-time staffer to handle all things recruiting. However, consider this: A 2014 survey by Microsoft for National Small Business Week, looked at what role technology plays for small businesses – like club sports. 60 percent of small businesses attribute increased revenue to technology and another 60 percent feel technology allows them to compete with similar size and/or larger companies (1). ...