3 Ways to Bring Sports Coaching Culture into the Workplace
It’s no secret that at Upper Hand, we are incredibly passionate about our industry. Our team is made up of a diverse array of former athletes, coaches, and enthusiasts who have a deep-rooted love for sports and fitness. This passion not only enables us to offer valuable resources and insights to the businesses that we serve — it has also been an integral part of shaping our team’s culture.
How Baseball Training Facilities Can Offer a Low-Touch Client Experience
As COVID continues to affect our world, now more than ever sports facilities are responsible for ensuring player and staff safety. As part of initiatives to maintain social distancing and mitigate risk of COVID transmission, these facilities are encouraged to offer low-risk and low-touch workflows for their athletes. This means minimizing time spent at the front desk completing tasks that can be optimized for quick and efficient digital capabilities.
Upper Hand Lends a “Helping Hand” to Project A.N.G.E.L.
This season, Upper Hand partnered with Project A.N.G.E.L. to bring joy to one family this Christmas. Serving our neighboring Hendricks County, Project A.N.G.E.L. provides holiday relief to local families by supplying them with food, clothes, and toys from each child’s wishlist. This is no easy task, and they rely on help from the community throughout the year to help grant these wishes. With the need in our area this holiday season up 40% from last year, Upper Hand saw this as an opportunity to lend a helping hand.
Upper Hand Continues to Grow Indianapolis Team
Upper Hand announces multiple new hires to support the continued growth of the Indianapolis-based sports and fitness software company. This news comes after a round of 7 hires in the previous quarter. Shawn Burcham, Bryce Bradford, Katherine Heidenberger, and Keely McGrath bring industry knowledge and expertise to the accounts, sales, and product teams.
6 Ways to Provide Value to Clients During COVID-19
Gym-goers and fitness enthusiasts have been forced to find continue finding alternative ways to stay healthy and active during the coronavirus pandemic. While most sports and fitness businesses have been forced to shut their doors, there are numerous ways to still add value to clients without seeing them. From live-streamed workout classes to using video analysis tools, we’ve compiled six ways trainers and businesses can continue to engage with clients during this period of uncertainty
3 Reasons Why You Should Incorporate Video Analysis During COVID-19
Now is the time to invest in this technology, as your clients rely on virtual connections to engage with your business. Plus, this new revenue stream will continue to grow with your business as you reopen, setting yourself up for future success. Here are a few key reasons why you should incorporate video analysis technology into your business today.
Top Boutique Fitness Brands for 2021
With 2021 just a few weeks away, we’re taking a look at the top fitness franchises who will be continuing to lead the industry in the new year. From yoga to barre, HIIT to boxing, here are the top fitness brands to watch out for.
Ultimate Guide for Effective Athlete Feedback
Performance evaluations are found in all aspects of life. In school, students are graded on homework and exams. In the workplace, there are continuous performance reviews. But with sports, there aren’t any standards or metrics to be graded on, which has created a grey area on best practices and techniques on how to effectively provide constructive feedback to develop athletic skills. In this guide, we outline how to give athletes your best with great evaluations.
Q+A with Robin Laskowski: The Power of Financial Insights in Decision-Making
Park Ten Capital’s Director Robin Laskowski tells us how the pandemic underscored the importance of incorporating flexibility within business operations, what the next 3-5 years will look like for the future of financial insights, and her excitement for the all-new UP Financial Suite which empowers sports and fitness business owners with stronger insights so they can make better decisions.
Introducing: The Reinvented UP Financial Suite
The UP Financial Suite is a reinvented financial solution that provides more flexibility to sports and fitness businesses and makes managing payments easier. It includes a multitude of new payment features for our customers, gives them deeper insights into their clients and the overall financial health of their business, and allows our team to spin out new features quicker for future innovation.