Recreation Center: Dealing with Injuries in Combat Sports
Recreation Center Advice for Dealing with Member Injuries For Combat Sports Combat sports like mixed martial arts and boxing are very popular, but they pose a higher risk for injury than other types of sporting activities. If you have a large number of recreation center members that participate in combat sports at your facility, you […]
How to Prepare Your Sports Complex for the Olympic Bounce
Preparing Your Sports Complex for the Olympic Bounce After every Olympic games, there is a phenomenon known as the “Olympic bounce” where a new sport that is featured gets a noticeable bump in participation. After the introduction of rugby as an Olympic sport in Rio De Janeiro in 2016 many Americans were exposed to rugby […]
Multi-Purpose Center: What to Offer That Works Together?
Multi-Purpose Center and What You Can Offer Patrons That Works Together If you are working with Sports Facilities Advisory to plan the construction of a new multi-purpose center, you may be mulling over ideas for service offerings based on the wants and needs of your community. While every community will have its own needs and […]
How Supporting Your Staff is Key to Staff Development
Staff Development: Ensuring Your Staff Is Properly Supported It is essential that your staff receive the support they need in order to properly perform their jobs. Too many managers focus on hiring the right people and ignore staff development once those employees are in place. Support does not merely cover work-related aspects of your employees’ […]
FF&E: Treadmill Tips
FF&E: A Guide to Treadmills When purchasing FF&E for your new recreation center or multi-purpose center, it’s important to consider the right factors. A treadmill is one piece of equipment you’ll want to offer your members, as they are extremely useful and beneficial for both indoor and outdoor runners. There are literally hundreds of different […]
Improve Your Community Center with Demographics
Using Demographics to Improve Your Community Center One of the most difficult aspects of managing a community center is making sure that you are still a relevant resource for your community. As the community changes it is imperative that you continue to research these changes, stay informed, and be flexible enough to match the changing […]
Getting Your Community Involved at Your Recreation Center
Fostering Community Engagement at Your Recreation Center Recreation centers are an incredibly important facet of building a healthy, vibrant community. Oftentimes recreation centers provide an opportunity for people in a community to interact that they otherwise may not have had. However, too often recreation centers do not do enough to actively promote these important interactions […]
FF&E: What It Is and Why It Matters
FF&E: What Is FF&E? Why Is It Important to Me? Throughout the course of any building project, you will come across terminology that may not make a whole lot of sense to you. At Sports Facilities Advisory, we understand that you may not be a finance or project planning expert, but that’s why we are […]
Community Center: How To Make Yours The Best In The Area
How To Make Your Community Center The Best In Your Area A community center, in the right context, can turn into the focal point of a town. It is a place where people of all ages and demographics can come to participate in programs, play sports, and stay active. In lower-income areas, they give kids […]
Budgeting for FF&E At Your Sports Facility
Planning an FF&E Budget For a Sports Facility If you’re considering opening up a sports facility, recreation center, or community center, you will have to do a fair amount of budget planning. Budget planning is always a speculation, regardless of how much research you do ahead of time. Something may happen last-minute that will save […]
Multi-Purpose Complex: Comparing to Sports-Specific Facilities
Multi-Purpose Complex vs. Sports-Specific Facilities For anybody looking to develop a new sports facility, one of the first logistical questions to ask is whether or not the facility will be a multi-purpose complex or a sport-specific facility. And when it comes to facility planning, this distinction is a very important one that will shape the […]
Recreation Center Planning: Keeping Up With Fitness Trends
Setting Up Your Recreation Center to Handle Fitness Trends Planning a new recreation center requires a good bit of research and foresight. You need to know the wants and needs of the community you’ll be serving. In all, though, you can count on some standards. You can’t go wrong by incorporating basketball courts that can […]
