There is no denying that participation and sales for most team sports, male and female, experienced setbacks during the key pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 — but 2022 thankfully marked a bit of turnaround.
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As the team sports business transitions on the sports calendar away from winter to the spring season, the outlook for fast-pitch softball couldn’t be better, especially at the high school level.
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Wash the kids’ uniforms — Check. Get all their equipment in the car — Check. Fill water bottles, pack snacks — Check. Amy’s practice starts at 9. Olivia has a game at 11.
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Bashor’s Team Athletics, located in Portland, OR, and established in 1944, has been in Julia Sherman’s family since 1960, when her grandpa purchased it from the original owner’s widow.
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The hottest, trend-right and technically advanced new products for girls’ and women’s sports as chosen by the editors of Team Insight. There is no shortage of new products being designed specifically for the female athlete as team sports return to a sense of normalcy.
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Baby boomers are getting more active. But too many Americans are still inactive. Yet overall, the outlook for sports participation and activity is good, with the silver linings darkened by a few storm clouds.
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There are more girls playing sports in Texas and California than boys and girls total in 48 other states ... and other trivia.
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In an industry where there are hundreds of options on where people can spend their money, FSGA has focused on value and quality.
Read More...Team sports participation trends in the U.S. are solid, but not spectacular, but at least they are improving. That’s perhaps the best way to summarize the most current figures in the Sports & Fitness Industry Association’s (SFIA) 2022 U.S. Trends in Team Sports Report.
Read MoreThere’s a natural ebb and flow to the game of football that is familiar to everyone. After all of the pre-game pageantry, pep talks and refreshments, there are four quarters of action punctuated by some timeouts, two-minute warnings and injuries.
Read MoreSoccer has long been touted as America’s sport of the future and has been one of the fastest-growing team sports in the country for a generation now. As the nation’s demographics continue to evolve, the data is finally catching up to those claims.
Read MoreGoals/nets vendors address the major issues facing the team business in 2023. Big surprise: Pickleball is hot!
Read MoreIn its first high school sports participation survey in three years, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) reported a total of 7,618,054 participants in high school sports for 2021/22, down four percent from its 2018/19 figure of 7,937,491.
Read MoreIn a milestone rarely reached by any companies, team sports equipment supplier Gared has been celebrating its 100th anniversary throughout 2022. To mark the occasion, Team Insight sat down with Laura St. George, VP at Gared and Executive VP and Managing Member of Gared Holdings...
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In a significant move in a state with the largest number of high school athletes, California recently approved a plan to make flag football a girls’ high school sport.
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In a continued effort to make youth sports and other recreational activities more affordable, this week the Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act was re-introduced in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
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The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) recently asked its members and others in the industry to indicate how the association should respond to the recent proposed ban of non-compete agreements by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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James M. Chick, a powerful and well-respected retailer in sporting goods before he sold his southern California chain to Dick’s Sporting Goods in 2007, passed away March 7 at age 76.
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OrderMyGear (OMG) has named Mykayla Goodwin as VP–strategy, where she will play a pivotal role in identifying growth opportunities for OMG and guiding company strategy through market research and strategic planning.
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True to its entrepreneurial spirit, NexTex Innovations, an Atlanta-based textile technology developer that builds strategic partnerships with brands, entrepreneurs and manufacturers to bring textile innovations to market, has teamed up with Lzrd Tech...
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In one of the more successful and long-running partnerships in professional sports, Major League Soccer and Adidas recently signed a multi-year extension that continues Adidas’ role as the official supplier for the league, its clubs and youth academies.
With a commitment from all parties towards developing a fruitful partnership, the wildly popular Savannah Bananas began their world tour last month sporting a bunch of new equipment thanks to a partnership with Wilson Sporting Goods.
Augie Nieto, a 2008 inductee of the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame and one of the most successful innovators in the fitness industry who turned his efforts toward finding a cure for ALS after he was diagnosed with the disease 18 years ago, passed away February 22 ...
In this issue’s pickleball news, Selkirk Sport has entered a partnership with US Sports Camps, the official provider of Nike Sports Camps.
In one of the more important meetings on the team sports calendar, the SFIA, NFHS and NCAA will be hosting the annual Team Sports Conference April 17–18 in Indianapolis, IN.
The recent NBA All-Star Game was the setting for the unveiling of a truly unique new product — the Wilson 3D Airless Prototype Basketball. It was used during the first round of the AT&T Slam Dunk Contest by the Houston Rockets’ KJ Martin.
Jumping feet first into the Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) game, Augusta Sportswear and its Russell Athletic brand have entered into an NIL player partnership with All-American NCAA champion softball player Tiare Jennings.
A number of important rule changes that will impact team dealers were recently passed by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).
ASICS and BSN Sports recently launched a nationwide Sound Mind, Sound Body Contest targeting youth programs. Four awards of $12,000 each will be distributed with a focus on teams who support the sports of cross-country, track and field, volleyball and wrestling.
This news certainly got our attention — and should pique the interest of team dealers as well. Recent news out of Denmark – yes, Denmark – announced that TinyMobileRobots...
In a continued effort to make youth sports and other recreational activities more affordable, this week the Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act was re-introduced in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
Read MoreThe National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) recently asked its members and others in the industry to indicate how the association should respond to the recent proposed ban of non-compete agreements by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Read MoreJames M. Chick, a powerful and well-respected retailer in sporting goods before he sold his southern California chain to Dick’s Sporting Goods in 2007, passed away March 7 at age 76.
Read MoreOrderMyGear (OMG) has named Mykayla Goodwin as VP–strategy, where she will play a pivotal role in identifying growth opportunities for OMG and guiding company strategy through market research and strategic planning.
Read MoreTrue to its entrepreneurial spirit, NexTex Innovations, an Atlanta-based textile technology developer that builds strategic partnerships with brands, entrepreneurs and manufacturers to bring textile innovations to market, has teamed up with Lzrd Tech...
Read MoreIn one of the more successful and long-running partnerships in professional sports, Major League Soccer and Adidas recently signed a multi-year extension that continues Adidas’ role as the official supplier for the league, its clubs and youth academies.
Read MoreA number of important rule changes that will impact team dealers were recently passed by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).
ASICS and BSN Sports recently launched a nationwide Sound Mind, Sound Body Contest targeting youth programs. Four awards of $12,000 each will be distributed with a focus on teams who support the sports of cross-country, track and field, volleyball and wrestling.
This news certainly got our attention — and should pique the interest of team dealers as well. Recent news out of Denmark – yes, Denmark – announced that TinyMobileRobots...
Supporting girls’ and women’s youth sports, Play It Again Sports and Winmark are partnering with Blake Bolden, a trailblazer in women’s hockey who competed in the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) and is a pro scout for the Los Angeles Kings...
Michelle Thomas has joined Outdoor Cap as the new head of customer experience. Thomas began her career at J.B Hunt Transport and for 20 years she grew her background in customer care and experience managing accounts to become a senior business analyst.
Perhaps one of the 23 high school coaches from across the country that have been selected as 2021-22 National Coaches of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Coaches Association is one of your customers....
Taking a step up in its leadership team, Score Sports, the maker of youth team sports uniforms and equipment, has added FIFA World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Abby Wambach to its Board of Directors.
We are sorry to report that a good friend of Team insight and to many others in the sporting goods industry, Gary Niland from Schutt Sports, passed away last week.
We couldn’t go an entire TeamInsightExtra newsletter without our regular insight into the growing sport of pickleball. This issue we delve into the annual growth report provided by USA Pickleball, the national governing body for the sport.
The deadline is quickly approaching – March 31, 2023 to be exact – for nominations for the Class of 2024 Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame.
In a continued effort to make youth sports and other recreational activities more affordable, this week the Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act was re-introduced in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
Read MoreThe National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) recently asked its members and others in the industry to indicate how the association should respond to the recent proposed ban of non-compete agreements by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Read MoreJames M. Chick, a powerful and well-respected retailer in sporting goods before he sold his southern California chain to Dick’s Sporting Goods in 2007, passed away March 7 at age 76.
Read MoreOrderMyGear (OMG) has named Mykayla Goodwin as VP–strategy, where she will play a pivotal role in identifying growth opportunities for OMG and guiding company strategy through market research and strategic planning.
Read MoreTrue to its entrepreneurial spirit, NexTex Innovations, an Atlanta-based textile technology developer that builds strategic partnerships with brands, entrepreneurs and manufacturers to bring textile innovations to market, has teamed up with Lzrd Tech...
Read MoreIn one of the more successful and long-running partnerships in professional sports, Major League Soccer and Adidas recently signed a multi-year extension that continues Adidas’ role as the official supplier for the league, its clubs and youth academies.
Read MoreIn one of the more successful and long-running partnerships in professional sports, Major League Soccer and Adidas recently signed a multi-year extension that continues Adidas’ role as the official supplier for the league, its clubs and youth academies.
Read MoreWith a commitment from all parties towards developing a fruitful partnership, the wildly popular Savannah Bananas began their world tour last month sporting a bunch of new equipment thanks to a partnership with Wilson Sporting Goods.
Read MoreAugie Nieto, a 2008 inductee of the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame and one of the most successful innovators in the fitness industry who turned his efforts toward finding a cure for ALS after he was diagnosed with the disease 18 years ago, passed away February 22 ...
Read MoreIn this issue’s pickleball news, Selkirk Sport has entered a partnership with US Sports Camps, the official provider of Nike Sports Camps.
Read MoreIn one of the more important meetings on the team sports calendar, the SFIA, NFHS and NCAA will be hosting the annual Team Sports Conference April 17–18 in Indianapolis, IN.
Read MoreThe recent NBA All-Star Game was the setting for the unveiling of a truly unique new product — the Wilson 3D Airless Prototype Basketball. It was used during the first round of the AT&T Slam Dunk Contest by the Houston Rockets’ KJ Martin.
Read MoreJumping feet first into the Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) game, Augusta Sportswear and its Russell Athletic brand have entered into an NIL player partnership with All-American NCAA champion softball player Tiare Jennings.
Read MoreA number of important rule changes that will impact team dealers were recently passed by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).
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