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For years, TeamSnap has worked with brands to distribute product samples through local youth sports leagues and tournaments. Now, we’re expanding that offering...

Women's soccer is growing ahead of the World Cup, but the bigger goal is keeping more girls playing long after the tournament ends.

Youth soccer is having a breakout moment in America. Participation is climbing, fields are bustling with kids of all backgrounds, and the sport’s cultural footprint is expanding fast. With the 2026 World Cup coming to North America, this is more than a trend – it’s a once-in-a-generation opportunity for brand marketers. Youth soccer in 2025…

Marketing leaders in 2025 face a confluence of challenges. Economic uncertainty has put CFOs and CEOs on high alert, squeezing marketing budgets and demanding proof of ROI on every dollar. According to Gartner, only 24% of CMOs say they had sufficient budget to execute their 2024 strategy, as marketing budgets have declined 15% year-on-year, from…

Flag football is one of the fastest growing sports in the nation, particularly with women and girls. 474,000 girls between six and seventeen years old play flag football , a 63% growth in participation since 2019. 25% of all participants in NFL Flag are female.

If you’re a brand that hasn’t bought into the ‘Olympic Partner Programme’, also known as the highest level of sponsorship that grants global marketing rights to the Olympic games, there’s…

Youth sports parents are great fans to have on your sidelines–yes, they cheer loudly for their athletes but they also make noise for their favorite brands.

Digital marketing continues to change, but one audience targeting strategy that has continuously proved its effectiveness in capturing attention is contextual advertising. Contextual advertising goes a step further than traditional demographic-based targeting, and uses real-time behavior to engage with audiences on a personal level.

Rather than concern with scoreboard wins and losses, PCA hopes that you, as a sports parent, keep your eye on the Big Picture – the life lessons in teamwork, resilience, overcoming adversity, communication skills, etc., that sports can uniquely teach.

Take a walk through your local park, and you will probably find 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds playing organized sports. There’s a coach, cones, and they’re running drills. Parents sign their kids up because their neighbor, classmate, or best friend is doing it. And so it begins, the rush to play organized sports, mainly because we…

Youth athletes’ emotions can often be compared to a roller coaster ride: The highs are high and the lows… the lowest. Denying this is futile–and teaching a child how to handle their negative emotions can help them both in sports and in life.

Imagine if every time you took the garbage out or loaded the dishwasher someone offered *helpful* tips on how to do it more efficiently. Now imagine if, after every meal, someone in your family gave a critique of the food and made suggestions for the next meal.

Youth sports can be all-consuming for parents. But Kirsten Jones — co-host of the #raisingathletes podcast , youth volleyball coach and former Division I volleyball player — says that for kids 13 and under, you can’t go wrong if you focus on what she calls the “Four Fs” of raising a youth athlete: fun, friends,…

I love to watch my kids play sports. But to be honest, I don’t care if they win. And I don’t particularly care if they play that well.

Today’s young athletes face more pressure than ever to perform—whether in interscholastic games, camps, or showcases that can give them a leg up for scholarships or elite competition. For these and many more reasons, coaches and parents must recognize and support the mental health of young athletes.

Stanford graduate Tyrell Terry retired from professional basketball after just two seasons. He shared the news in an Instagram post that he has since taken down. Sports writer Julie Kliegman detailed the once-promising athlete’s near-crippling anxiety in a Sports Illustrated article.

TeamSnap for Business leader Nick Rundell pens a love letter to his favorite sport, the beautiful game of soccer .

Our how-to guide shows hockey organizers the best way to pick a youth hockey management software for their club. Finding the right tools for operating a youth sports program is essential, especially in a competitive landscape like youth hockey. That’s why hockey organizers are taking advantage of youth sports league management software solutions.

TeamSnap for Business shares 3 ways to design the best youth hockey club website for your organization. Is your youth hockey organization looking to update an outdated website or build one from scratch? How exactly do we build the best and improve youth hockey websites ? In order to help you build a website that…

Three reasons to consider adding waitlists to your soccer registration process, using the new waitlists feature on TeamSnap for Business.

List of the 5 best winter sports for kids and youth to try during cold months on the calendar. The winter season is in full swing and there’s still plenty of time for discovering new winter sports for our kids. A quick look at the professional sports calendar is evidence of this: only the Super…

TeamSnap for Business shares 3 ways that the Master Calendar feature makes sports scheduling easier. Scheduling is a constant task in the lives of youth sports administrators. It’s also one of the most important ones. A well-designed schedule will set your seasons up for success and help everyone involved with your program enjoy their time.…

TeamSnap for Business shares 3 easy ways to diversify youth sports programs and offerings. The world of youth sports is more competitive and complex than ever before. Youth sports businesses can cut through the noise by offering a diverse set of programming. In this blog, we’ll discuss three easy ways that youth sports administrators can…

Soccer administrators should avoid these 5 common registration traps. We know sports registration can be a busy time of year, and let’s face it, a little stressful. Nothing slows your soccer preseason down like accidental mistakes during registration. To help, we put together this quick list of the most common pitfalls of soccer registration so…