7 Methods for Getting Customer Feedback at Your Youth Activity Business
Investing in our future generations through youth activities is one of the most special callings. Aside from financial rewards, the personal gains from watching the next generation grow and learn and having a part in shaping them cannot be understated. But, how can you be sure the impact you’re trying to create is, in fact, working? What areas of your business can you improve? What issues could you resolve? The answer lies in gauging how [...]
How to Make Your Swim Classes Inclusive for All Ability Levels
Swim instructors have unique jobs and are tasked with teaching both life-saving skills and a hobby that many people enjoy throughout childhood into adulthood. With varying ages, backgrounds, and abilities, inclusion in the pool is an important part of teaching swimming. By providing an inclusive experience, you are more likely [...]
3 Reasons You Need Employee Agreements at Your Gymnastics Gym
As a general rule, anytime you are exchanging money in your gym business, you want to have something in writing. This might seem obvious when we are talking about clients paying you for gym memberships. They are giving you money, you are providing a service, and you are likely [...]
Top Metrics Your Swim School Should Be Measuring
The unknowns and the ‘what-ifs’ can be a scary thing for a business owner. When owning your own swim school and trying to plan for the ups and downs of business, sometimes the unknowns can be the most challenging part of management. Should I get rid of this class [...]
How Academy 831 Uses Jackrabbit Integrations to Supercharge Business
Krista Casey founded Academy 831 in Brea, California in 2015 after taking eight years off from owning her first dance studio. With her children being older, she and her husband knew it was the right time and the right opportunity to own a studio once again. Between owning the [...]
Tuition Fees Increased Over 24%: Findings From the Youth Activities Industry Report
2023 marks the third year of Jackrabbit’s Youth Activities Industry Benchmark Report. Each year when analyzing aggregate client data and thinking about gymnastics, swim, dance, cheer, and music programs from a business and technology perspective, we always notice how unique each year is and the new successes and challenges that [...]
Introducing: The 2023 Youth Activities Industry Benchmark Report
Business owners in the swim, gymnastics, cheer, and music industries often wonder how they’re doing compared to the competition. Sometimes it’s hard to collect quantitative data that allows you to benchmark your business and instead you may just make guesses. The team at Jackrabbit Class has spent the last few [...]
How to Keep Young Gymnasts Engaged During Summer Camp
With the summer months fast approaching, you are probably deep in thought about summer camp season at your gymnastics gym. These camps are revenue boosters in the months when school is out and are a great opportunity to get the word out in your community about your gym. Making [...]
The Top 7 Benefits of Music Classes for Preschoolers
Some say that music is the first language we understand. From an early age, children usually have a strong response to any music you play for them, but the benefits of involving your little ones in music classes can extend far beyond watching them light up and move to the [...]
How To Manage Time Off At Your Youth Activity Center
With Spring time comes Spring Break, the Summer months bring family vacations, and Fall and Winter holidays follow. During this time, you prepare for an influx of PTO requests from your staff members. Staff at your youth activity center have an expectation that they’ll be able to take some [...]
4 Ways to Welcome New Students Into Classes
Does your youth activity center offer year-round student registration, where students can enroll in swim, gymnastics or dance classes anytime throughout the year? If you do, you know it’s a great way to ensure you’re not limiting your revenue potential. You also know that means your instructors need to be [...]