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the scale or the size of the recreation centers they
work with," he says. "It opened my eyes that there's a
much bigger world out there."
Working with USIndoor also gave him perspective for
his family's facility. "I got to see a lot of companies
that were in the same position and a lot of companies
that have already made it. I got to look at the member
facilities and see what they're doing that works and
try to apply it here."
When the facility started out, it had just one basketball
court. "The only business we had was a lot of local
schools that just wanted to practice." Within a year,
TJ says, people were coming in looking to run and play