Youth baseball is declining. Once the backbone of youth sports, baseball is losing kids each and every year to other sports like lacrosse, soccer, and basketball. Tryout numbers for club baseball teams and leagues are shrinking across the country. If you find yourself running a baseball organization in this very predicament, we 've got four tips that can help you get more sign-ups for tryouts.
Market Your Program Properly
Are you marketing your program properly to expand? We’ve seen that most baseball programs are not properly utilizing all the tools at their disposal to maximize their reach.
It’s imperative that sports organizers use marketing techniques to ensure a healthy stream of tryout participants, both new recruits and returning …show more content…
More and more people are using social media every day to communicate, receive news, and check-in at events. There are over 1.5 billion members on Facebook. Use that to your advantage. Our Facebook plug-in automatically spreads the word when members register for your …show more content…
Instead of a 6 or 7 inning game, have several 3 inning games. The idea is to have as many walk-ups as possible be able to play a game of baseball with your organization.
Inform the local media of the event ahead of time and let your social media followers know in advance. Raise awareness for youth baseball and healthy living altogether. Partner with local businesses, especially in the food and drink industry, to be at your event. Maybe even those businesses can turn into sponsors.
Promote youth baseball and your organization at the event. Have some skills stations around the field. Set up a home run derby competition or have a base running contest. And most important, let the kids have fun!
To really spice up recruitment, implement your referral program and offer a free clinic to anyone that attends. Who knows- maybe the next Mike Trout or Andrew McCutchen will walk right up to your event and play baseball in your camp.
Do you have any ideas that have worked in the past to increase tryout membership? We would love to hear them! Tell us about your solution so we can share you
Market Your Program Properly
Are you marketing your program properly to expand? We’ve seen that most baseball programs are not properly utilizing all the tools at their disposal to maximize their reach.
It’s imperative that sports organizers use marketing techniques to ensure a healthy stream of tryout participants, both new recruits and returning …show more content…
More and more people are using social media every day to communicate, receive news, and check-in at events. There are over 1.5 billion members on Facebook. Use that to your advantage. Our Facebook plug-in automatically spreads the word when members register for your …show more content…
Instead of a 6 or 7 inning game, have several 3 inning games. The idea is to have as many walk-ups as possible be able to play a game of baseball with your organization.
Inform the local media of the event ahead of time and let your social media followers know in advance. Raise awareness for youth baseball and healthy living altogether. Partner with local businesses, especially in the food and drink industry, to be at your event. Maybe even those businesses can turn into sponsors.
Promote youth baseball and your organization at the event. Have some skills stations around the field. Set up a home run derby competition or have a base running contest. And most important, let the kids have fun!
To really spice up recruitment, implement your referral program and offer a free clinic to anyone that attends. Who knows- maybe the next Mike Trout or Andrew McCutchen will walk right up to your event and play baseball in your camp.
Do you have any ideas that have worked in the past to increase tryout membership? We would love to hear them! Tell us about your solution so we can share you