Category: Sports Planning Guide Features

Project Play Looks to Save Youth Sports

According to data recently published by the Sports & Fitness Industry Association and the Aspen Institute, sports participation by children ages 6 through 12 is down almost 8 percent over the last decade.

This sobering fact coincides with statistics showing major participation drops in the big four American youth sports of baseball, football, basketball and soccer.

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What’s the Future of Third-Party Housing?

With the U.S. youth sports market earning an estimated $15 billion in annual revenue, it’s clear the industry is more than just fun and games.

Just ask those tasked with organizing sports tournaments. An abundance of duties, tight budgets and strained workforces are but a few of the stressors plaguing tournament planners, causing them to seek easier and cheaper ways to do business. One aspect planners have been turning to in recent years is third-party tournament housing.

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Digital Evolution

The world of esports might be the biggest competitive phenomenon you’ve never heard about. At its simplest level, esports is a multiplayer video game tournament staged in a variety of venues, some of which would be more easily associated with the NBA or A-Level concert tours. Gamers – as teams or individually – battle it out playing Call of Duty,

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10 Essential Tools for Effective Tournament Management

At Sports Planning Guide, we have provided a number of articles that emphasize the organization and conduct of grassroots events and provide the tools to assist novice organizations in doing so. Internal communications is one of these tools.

What we have here are 10 administrative items that will help an Event Manager become an awesome communicator and an efficient leader.

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US Sports Congress Returns to Florida in 2018

Set against the backdrop of the Atlantic Ocean, this latest Hard Rock opens in December 2017. The property boasts panoramic ocean views, legendary amenities and modern luxury—that guests have come to expect from the Hard Rock brand. And with a location in the front row of one of America’s most famous beaches, guests can bask in the Florida sun at the oceanfront pool, grab a bite at the legendary restaurant or take in a treatment at the Rock Spa when they’re not busy with congress activities.

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