USIndoor's Official Magazine is a quarterly publication, dedicated to owners, managers, program administrators and other professionals, startups and providers involved with indoor recreational sports facilities.
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Mail Bag group once we get opened! Jeff, Bakersfield, CAfacility. Dear Jeff, PLAYERS AND FANS Players may not play without a card Dear USIndoor: I am Good questions. Unfortunately, the financial a program director at an indoor sports complex in the northeast. We have questions survey remains inconclusive at this time. For an Dear GOAL Indoor, I love soccer and indoor soccer. Not many people of what you might reasonably expect for your regarding sanctioning that we would love to ha idea have heard of indoor. I'm glad that someone out there we suggest your completing USIndoor's answered. Presently, are sanctioned with both project, loves this sport like me. years. I have played indoor for five online request for information and checkingUSIndoor and our state. We pay a very large the Thank you for the web site and magazine. for consulting assistance. box The averagesanctioning fee each year to our state, and we gross revenue of an indoor soccer facility, basednot quite sure we need to. If we are sanctione on SoccerQueen, Arcadia, CA national figures is between $500,000 and with USIndoor, why do we need to be sanctioned with $600,000. Good luck with your project. We look NHSA? Ray, NH Hi, I was wondering whether there was any TV coverage forward to serving you as a USIndoor member. Dear Ray: of indoor soccer. If not, are there any plans? Shane, The answer to your general question will likel Dear GOAL Indoor, Columbus, OH turn on what benefits you receive from your st What are the dimensions of an indoor soccer organization, whether they are worth the price field and also of the goals? How long are the Dear Shane, and if not, could you get similar or better be Besides the locally televised games broadcast by Stephanie, Smirna, GA halves? some professional teams of the Major Indoor Soccer elsewhere for less, like USIndoor. We would be League, the League just announced a series of weekly Dear Stephanie, glad to speak with you on this topic. games that began January 21 that air Fridays on Fox standard sized field for youth and amateur The Sports World at 8pm. For more information, click on is 180 x 75 feet. For the pros it is 200 x 85 Hi, play the team nearest to you from USIndoor's "Links" page. We play feet. The goals are 12 x 6 1/2 feet amateur; 14 x on an indoor astroturf field, and we a looking for something to line our field with. 8 pro. Halves are about 25 minutes in amateur, you and the pros play 15-minute quarters. For more have anything like a tape or velcro strip Dear Goal Indoor, I am coach of an under 18 boys state team in MT. I we via information, you may order the Official Rules can buy and use to line our field? am interested in getting my kids into an indoor soccer USIndoor's online "Publications" page. know of any products? Do you Todd, Pittsburgh, PA tournament within the next few months to get them in Dear Todd, shape and to help them train upcoming tournaments. USIndoor, Dear I was wondering whether your organization knows I would like to know what is the height Thanks to one of USIndoor s corporate members, whom I should contact to get my team involved.requirement for indoor artificial grass. We David, are willing to travel. Chad, Detroit, MI we have an answer: For temporary lines try an inexpensive acrylic spray paint. Baltimore, MD Not enamel. remove the lines, use a wire brush. Never use mineral spirits to remove the paint. Dear David, Dear Chad, Other than the National Indoor Championship, we USIndoor is presently considering standards for are aware of two other tournaments, which willartificial grass, in coordination with its Corporate be taking place at the Lethbridge Socer Center inMembers which manufacture it. REFEREES For the timeAttention USIndoor: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (call Bruce Pitmanbeing, you may contact any of them directly for am the referee director/coordinator for m at 403I 320-5547). For other possibilities, we suggesttheir you that recommendations (many of whom advertise indoor soccer facility in Illinois. I would l contact indoor facilities directly to see if they this magazine.) in have any about USIndoor s referee certification for my You may also consider utilizing tournaments planned, and keeping an eye out for well USIndoor's online Members page to contact other as the officials that work for me. notices in GOAL Indoor. Please let me be frank. The rulesGoal described facility operators. a Indoor re not in any way incorporated into the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 27) FACILITY OPERATIONS FACILITY STARTUP Hi All, Hello USIndoor: GOAL INDOOR AND USINDOOR I am with a group that will soon open an What is the best way to ID players during drop in. indoor WELCOME LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AND PUBLISH EXCERPTS FROM Do you know a source for inexpensive disposable complex. We are trying to get some good info on AS MANY AS POSSIBLE. average yearly revenue, both gross and net. colored wrist bands? Or is there a better way? Clif, Also, Fort we would be very interested in failure rates for Wayne, IN such complexes. We are on the West Coast, so that Dear Clif, info would be more helpful, but anything you might offer would be a plus. Also, I recall Some facilities use and charge for player cards. reading GOAL Indoor magazine. about a financial survey in Some facilities require players to forfeit their cards prior to Any results yet? We will definitely be joining your each game. 4 • March 2 003 • Goal Indoor Provided there is no incident PLEASE WRITE TO P.O. BOX 6569, ARLINGTON, (e.g., suspension, other disciplinary measure), VIRGINIA 22206 OR SEND EMAIL TO the player receives the card back when he leaves the PR@USINDOOR.COM. THANK YOU.