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Enhancing Participation in Informal Sports: Key Factors for Facility Management

The growth of informal sports relies on adequate, well-maintained facilities that prioritize participant experience. Ensuring accessibility, cleanliness, and competent staff are essential for attracting and retaining users. Challenges such as scheduling conflicts, seasonal variations, and cost barriers can hinder participation. Implementing incentives like discounts and recognition, along with efficient administrative support, can boost engagement. Understanding the community's needs and preferences will help in creating a positive and satisfying environment for everyone involved in informal sports activities.

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Enhancing Participation in Informal Sports: Key Factors for Facility Management

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  1. Informal Sports - Concepts • Self directed participation in cooperative/competitive play activity in the game form • Biggest concern – facilities! • Least amount of structure • Involves the largest amount of participants • Growth area – commercial and private sport facilities

  2. Participation Factors • Facilitate participation • Priority – creating a positive, satisfying experience • Why might this be difficult?

  3. Membership services Facility availability Seasonal factors Scheduling Conveniences Cleanliness Personnel Cost Participation Factors - List

  4. Membership Services • Regardless of less structure, there should STILL be a focus on administrative support • Incentives for participation (recognition, discounts, spontaneous structured events, other perks) • Membership policy (Activity Fees, etc.) • Eligibility (students, faculty/staff, public?)

  5. Facility Availability • Adequate number and variety of sport facilities • Importance of trends, tradition, culture • Location of facilities • Scheduling based on client availability • Access for people with disabilities – recent legislation (ADA) • Available Times?

  6. Seasonal Factors • Association of activity with a season or time of the year • Adjustment of fees • Maintenance requirements and supervision may change • What is the best time of the year to make available certain facilities?

  7. Scheduling • Critical! Remember, facilities are everything! • Factors that influence scheduling include: • age, time required, needs of other programs, budget constraints, and popularity of a sport • Communicate available facilities and times they are available

  8. Types of Scheduling • Block scheduling • Short-term reservations

  9. Conveniences • Equipment availability; check-out, rental or pro-shop • Locker room and showers • Adequate parking • Restrooms • Seating • Food and vending services • Others?

  10. Cleanliness • Helps maintain a positive image for the facility • Usually taken for granted • Includes trash pick-up, bulletin boards, restrooms, floors, lights, backboards/rims, nets, water fountains, grass, etc. • Poorly maintained facilities?

  11. Personnel • Vital in attracting and retaining participants • Who? What? How? • Competent in controlling safety hazards, facility misuse

  12. Personnel Continued • Sound knowledge of the operations • Reliability of information provided to participants • Must have good communication skills, conflict resolution skills, tact, maturity

  13. Cost • Cost for informal sport facility use can affect how much it is used • Daily operational costs should be covered by user fees • Types: user fees, charges, taxation, grants, gifts

  14. Cost Continued • Annual/daily user or membership fees • Reservation/rental fees • License and permit fees • Other costs?

  15. Group Exercise P. 91 Application Exercise

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