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Maintaining and adhering to a cohesive schedule is the fundamental key in running a successful Kickball season. The registration start/end times need to be strategically planned. The season's start and end times need to also be planned with discretion. By following the recommended registration/season start and end guidelines you will be equipped to be able to operate for all seasons. Additionally, it is important to stay on schedule so that you can have your registration open during the peak “buying” times for maximum capitalization on peoples desires to play GO Kickball.

 

It is recommended that the registration period be open for at least 4 weeks. If it is your first season in a new market, registration needs to be open for at least 6 weeks. This is due to the product's infancy and unfamiliarity with your target customer base. More effort is needed to spread the word and educate the potential customer on what a GO Kickball experience is and why do they want to pay the registration fee for a kickball season.

 

 

Example of the effects of not starting seasons on time:

 

 If registration for Spring does not start until late February, it would not end until late March. Games would begin around early April and conclude at the end of May or early June. June is included in this example because one must take into account a season  being delayed due to rain outs or special holidays.

 

It is important to give proper amount of rest time between seasons. This time will allow your customers time to miss Go Kickball. Allowing your customers to miss GO Kickball will keep them from getting burned out.

 

In order to give your customers some sort of break you would not be able to start 1st games for Summer season until mid-August.  The Summer season would not finish until mid/late-September. With this being the scenario your summer season is finishing when Fall season needs to be starting.  Your Fall season wouldn’t start until mid/late October. Starting at this time of the year you would be fighting daylights saving time, and you would miss any opportunity for a Winter season.

 

This logic can be applied to starting any of the seasons late, which will then carry over to affect every other season later in the year.  Spring was chosen in this example to show the full effects of starting a season late in relation to the rest of the calendar year.

 

 

Season start and end guidelines

 

 Spring:

 

• Open registration late January close early March

• 1st games start mid-March off for Easter Sunday

 

Summer:

 

• Open Registration in late April close early June

• 1st games start early to mid-June, off for July 4th

 

Fall:

 

• Open registration mid/late July close in August

• 1st games start after Labor day weekend early to mid-September, (start time needs to be early because of daylight, after daylight savings you lose an hour of daylight)

 

Winter:

 

• Open Registration Mid October, close right before Thanksgiving

• 1st games early December, off the week of Christmas