MaY/June 2022 Issue
New Playbook
Over the past two years, the pandemic left the entire team sports industry reeling, but now that the virus is finally (hopefully) entering the endemic phase, football is ready to reassert its dominance and many dealers are experiencing a welcome surge in sales.

Going for the Goal
The Team Insight Vendor Roundtable on Goals and Nets looks at challenges and opportunities. Let’s start with the big question: How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted your business?

Pandemic Survival Guide: Team Dealers Talk About How They Survived COVID-19 (So Far)
As we reflect on the past two years in the world of team sports, every team dealer and sporting goods retailer has his or her own story to tell about how they and their employees coped with COVID-19 and its subsequent lockdowns, disrupted seasons, supply chain challenges and...

Best Foot Forward
The selection of team socks for Fall ’22 continues to expand with high-tech fabrics setting the pace.

Seeing the Light
Light Helmets, first established in 2018 as SG Helmets, was the brainchild of former racecar driver Bill Simpson, who also founded Simpson Racing and Impact. After meeting Simpson, current Light Helmets CEO Nick Esayian and a group of partners and investors purchased the assets of SG Helmets and...

SV Sports Ups Its Team Sports Game
There’s a new player in the team sports game that is actually a totally revamped old player familiar to almost everyone in the business. It happened last year when SV Sports, formerly Schuylkill Valley Sporting Goods, was acquired by...

The 1-On-1 Project: Part 7
Let’s talk team sports in general first. You’ve been in this business a long time — how does the current state of the business compare to “the good old days?” In a lot of ways, our business is harder. We are dealing with...