Posts filed under: All Star

Fundraising: How to do it as a for-profit business (Part 2)

This is Part 2 of a two-part series about how to offer fundraising opportunities in your gym.   Yesterday I told you about how we used to run fundraising in our gym as a for-profit entity. While my gym is... Read More

Fundraising: How to do it as a for-profit business (Part 1)

This is Part 1 of a two-part series about how to offer fundraising opportunities in your gym. Part 2 will be released on March 27.   With a new season about to begin, you may have had to increase your... Read More

What it’s like to own a gym: Expectation v. Reality

Are you wondering what it would be like to open a gym? Before I owned one, I thought I’d spend 80 percent of my time coaching and maybe 20 percent doing business things. Boy was I wrong!   It wasn’t... Read More

How my all star marketing changed (and what happened when it did)

Yesterday I told you how I made some major changes in my gym when it came to how we staff coaches for our all star teams. If you missed that, click HERE to read. Today, I want to chat with... Read More

Why I don’t hire all star coaches

In my early years, I stressed constantly about my all star program growing. I wanted it to grow so athletes could have appropriately leveled teams and be placed with other kids their similar skill level and age, but my biggest... Read More

Why you need to be planning for the all star season now

Maybe you feel like your season has sort of just begun. If you’ve yet to compete or maybe  you’ve only competed once or twice, it’s probably hard to start thinking about next season already. Here are the top 3 reasons... Read More

What my competition week looked like…

If you’re like me, the thought of competing right now is a little bit stressful. Here’s what my week went like last week:    Monday – Notified an athlete with an ACL injury will be out the rest of the... Read More