Category: Nationwide

Planning and Growing New Sports Programs at Traditional Facilities

Today’s youth and amateur sports and recreation landscape is more diverse and dynamic than ever before. While this can be a benefit for people who are afforded options and opportunities to choose their activities, many “traditional” athletic facilities are struggling to maintain steady utilization, leaving operators in a reactive mode that makes programming, scheduling, budgeting and hitting the budget nearly impossible.

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Dragon Boat Festivals are Captivating the Country

For more than 2,500 years, the sport of dragon boat racing has delighted spectators throughout southern China.

The sport’s North American lineage doesn’t stretch quite as far back (it has maintained a presence in Canada and the United States for the past 35 years), but, much like China, it has seen its popularity surge as competitors and fans alike have embraced the unique competition.

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Nancy Hobbs: A Trail Running Trailblazer

Nancy Hobbs may stand a compact 4-foot-11 and weigh a slight 100 pounds, but in the world of trail running, she is a giant.

Trail running, a sport or activity which, appropriately, consists of running or hiking over trails, is one of the fastest growing outdoor sports in the country, with roughly 1,900 races taking place annually in the United States.

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