I'm joining Facility Ally as Head of Growth, working alongside Inside the Lines Advisory to bring the same growth discipline to operators across tennis, pickleball, and padel.

The racquet sports boom isn't just about building more courts. Four structural pressures, real estate, systems, staffing, and revenue mix, are reshaping how multi-sport facilities actually operate.

SMASH 2026's full schedule at AB Show just went live. Here's what's new, who's already on the floor, and why this could be the most important event for anyone building in padel before 2027.

The Wall Street Journal just covered padel's U.S. boom. What they didn't report: the country has exactly two people certified to coach the sport at the elite level, and that gap is going to decide who survives the next three years.

A low-budget campaign beat a 90-year competitor by asking one sharper question. Here's what it means for every racquet sports club, brand, and manufacturer trying to win on more than product.

That 365-day chart is the picture worth keeping. Look at it: flat line for nine months, then starting in April — nine spikes in ten weeks, each one an issue, and the peaks getting taller. 720 subscribers, 34,000 impressions, 4,000 article views, all of it built since spring. That is not a viral moment. That is a compounding asset. And here is the pattern inside the spikes worth noticing: Issues 08 and 09 are your two tallest peaks, back to back. The newsletter is not plateaui

Racquet sports compensation data just got its first independent benchmark. Here's what the ARA's 2025 report reveals about director pay, club size, and where the gaps still exist.

The 2026 global racquet sports participation data is out. Here's what it actually means for tennis, padel, and pickleball operators, investors, and brands navigating the U.S. market right now.

The International Padel Cluster just named its first U.S. International Development Partner. Here's why that matters — and what it means for American companies serious about where padel is headed.

The International Padel Cluster has appointed Mike Knowles of Inside the Lines Advisory as U.S. International Development Partner — one of the first two partners appointed globally.

Anthropic interviewed over 80,000 people across 159 countries about what they want from AI — and what they fear. HR leaders are citing it. Educators are citing it. Nobody in racquet sports has touched it. Here's what it means for the decisions you're making right now.

A great Thursday night social is one of the most powerful tools a racquet sports club has. But events alone aren't a racquet sports club marketing strategy. Here's what most clubs get wrong — and what the best ones do differently.

The racquet sports industry is showing up in Fort Lauderdale with momentum. The harder question is whether it's showing up with structure.

While most racquet sports slow down in winter, platform tennis thrives. This Insight explores how the sport’s counter-seasonal design creates revenue resilience for clubs and year-round career stability for professionals.

Racquet sports participation is accelerating — but many operators are scaling activity without strengthening structure. Growth without alignment creates strain. Here’s where pressure is building in 2026.

Rebranding is never just a marketing exercise—especially when the organization has nearly a century of history and a membership base that cares deeply about how things have always been done. That was the situation at the Racquet Sports Professionals Association (RSPA) when we undertook a full enterprise rebrand from the USPTA to the RSPA—one of the most important transitions the organization had faced in decades.