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basketball, soccer, field hockey, lacrosse–
and we just added the Special Needs Sports
Manager. We're adding a dance studio for
special needs children."
At the beginning of the year, the partners
meet with the Sports Managers, and the
Sports Managers decide how many hours
they need. Thanks to management software
by USIndoor member EZfacility, information
on games, camps, clinics and other events
from previous years is readily available for
comparison. Once the Sports Managers create
their schedules for the year, the facility is open
to the public.
The facility operates this way because the four
partners knew their strengths and limitations.
They knew for example, that they could design
a great business plan for their baseball
program, but that Mitch Williams, formerly
of the Philadelphia Phillies, would be more
qualified to run the program and coach the
kids. "What am I going to teach a child that
someone like Mitch Williams couldn't teach
better? What we didn't want to do is put out
an inferior product."
The Sports Managers have their own
companies, and they rent time from Total
Turf. "We have six Sports Managers–baseball,
