2024 Wrapped UP: Upper Hand Year in Review
2024 has been a year where innovation took center stage. Across the youth sports training industry, we’ve seen remarkable transformations as businesses embraced new ways to engage and support athletes, streamline their operations, and drive results that matter both on and off the field.
As we reflect on a year filled with progress, we want to celebrate you—the coaches, owners, and leaders who put innovation in motion every single day. Thank you for challenging us to keep evolving, keep creating, and keep pushing the boundaries of what we can achieve together.
How to Budget for Your Sports Business
Why detailed budgets are important for sports businesses, how to create budgets, and a free sports budget template. Have you ever wanted a simple excel template to budget for your sports business? A budget projection that provides the basics like revenue and expense estimates so you can arrive at projected profitability? Our free budget template was put together with the help of a national facility franchise and contains additional input from our customer’s feedback.
7 Tips to Improve your Youth Sports Camp Payment Collection
Camps are a big revenue driver for many sports facilities and training academies. And for good reason. But, they’re only successful monetarily if you’re able to collect that revenue. So, how can you improve your youth sports camp payment collection process to make it easy for parents to register their athletes and for you to stay on top of your business and finances. Here are 7 tips to improve youth sports camp payment collection.
5 Roster Management Tips for Busy Coaches and Administrators
There are many challenges when coaching and managing youth sports. Not only do you coach the future generation of athletes, you spend hours facing challenges such as planning programs, communicating with parents, scheduling practices and games, collecting payments, and the list goes on. However, there are tools and practices that make these challenges well, less challenging.
Top 5 Challenges of Youth Sports Team Management (and How to Overcome Them)
There are many challenges when coaching and managing youth sports. Not only do you coach the future generation of athletes, you spend hours facing challenges such as planning programs, communicating with parents, scheduling practices and games, collecting payments, and the list goes on. However, there are tools and practices that make these challenges well, less challenging.
How should I charge customers? Top 5 Sports Business Pricing Models
When it comes to operating a sports facility or training academy, one of the most important things to consider is finding the right pricing model. The right pricing strategy can impact client acquisition and retention. As the youth sports industry continues to evolve, so do sports pricing models.
5 Must-Ask Questions When Evaluating Sports Coaching Apps
There’s more than one option for just about everything these days. Sports coaching apps are no exception. With so many options on the market, how do you know you’re making the best decision for your business?
Reading the Signs: How Data Identifies and Prevents Customer Churn
Securing a new client is a great win, but the real challenge lies in retention. While attracting new clients is crucial, ensuring the loyalty of existing ones is the key to long-term business success. So, how do data-driven strategies play a crucial role in minimizing churn and enhancing client loyalty?
How to Differentiate Your Sports Business from Competitors
Your business is centered around a competitive mindset. You teach your athletes and clients to compete like champions, and you scout talent and competition on other teams–but when is the last time you’ve taken time to scout your business competition? And after analyzing your competitors, how can you use those insights to differentiate your business offerings? We’ll define 3 key ways you can give your business the upper hand here.
9 Reasons Upper Hand is Worth the Investment
Every sports business has a different story and is in a different place on their journey. Each one has its own set of values and goals. Upper Hand helps sports businesses reach goals, but don’t take our word for it. Take it from a few of our customers- sports business owners just like you!