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Guides and articles for strength and conditioning coaches, facility owners, and the parents of the athletes they train.
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Youth Strength Training Safety
View guideShould My Child Lift Weights? An Age-by-Age Guide for Sports Parents
See what the AAP and NSCA recommend for youth strength training by age, from bodyweight basics at 6 to structured lifting at 17, cited for hockey parents.
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Does Lifting Weights Stunt Growth? What the Research Actually Shows
The growth-plate fear does not hold up in the research. See what causes growth plate injuries in young athletes, and what studies on youth lifting show.
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Understanding Athlete Testing
View guideWhat Is Off-Ice Testing for Youth Hockey? A Parent's Guide to the Numbers
Vertical jump, broad jump, sprint, agility, grip: what off-ice hockey testing measures, how percentiles work, and why one test day is a snapshot, not a verdict.
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Hockey Tryouts in Ontario: What AAA/AA/A Evaluators Look For and How to Prepare
Ontario tryouts run every April. Here is what AAA, AA, and A tiers mean, what evaluators actually assess, and how to prepare physically without overtraining.
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The Cost of Youth Sports
View guideGym Revenue & Software
View guideThe Revenue Stream Most Gyms Are Missing: Parent-Paid Athlete Subscriptions
Retail and nutrition upsells are not the only gym revenue idea. See how parent-paid athlete subscriptions and home programs add revenue with zero floor hours.
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How to Choose Software for a Youth Training Gym
Pick youth training gym software by the job on your floor, not a feature grid. Free under 25 active athletes. Bill who trained in the last 90 days.
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What Counts as an Active Athlete?
On L4, an athlete is active if they trained in the last 90 days or hold a current program assignment, not because their name is still on the roster.
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Does the Software Bill Drop When the Roster Shrinks?
Yes. On L4, if the active count falls into a lower rung, the next invoice drops automatically, with no phone call and no mid-cycle proration.
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Is Booking Included, or an Add-On?
Booking is an optional $100 CAD per month add-on, not inside the facility subscription, and L4 does not take a percentage of booking payments.
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What Can a Parent See Without Paying?
Parents can see profile, tracking, goals, records, the base player card, workouts, and coach messages without buying Premium or a home program.
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Who Pays for Gym Software?
Gym software money flows three ways: the facility pays the vendor, the athlete pays the vendor, or the parent pays and the facility gets a share.
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Does the Platform Take a Booking Cut?
No. L4 does not take a percentage of booking revenue. Booking payments go to the facility's own payment account.
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Questions to Ask Any Gym Software
Get the answers in writing before you sign: what counts as active, whether the bill drops, who pays, and whether booking takes a cut.
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What Happens to Your Athlete Data When the Gym Wifi Drops?
Training facilities are full of dead spots. Here is what should happen to a set logged with no signal, six tests for whether software really works offline, and a two-minute check you can run on your own tablet.
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Gym Software Prices: What You Really Pay Once You Add It Up
Free under 25 active athletes. Compare gym software prices by who trained in the last 90 days, not roster size, plus fees and add-ons.
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Why You Should Not Pay for Athletes Who Are Not Training
Most facility software bills the whole roster. Active-athlete pricing drops names who have not trained, so a seasonal youth roster stops inflating the bill.
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Running Athlete Testing Days
View guideHow to Run a Youth Athlete Testing Day: A Facility Operator's Playbook
A facility operator's playbook for running a youth athlete testing day: protocols, station setup, staffing, timing, and the mistakes that ruin your data.
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How Much Should You Charge for an Athlete Testing Day?
Per-athlete vs per-team pricing, real combine-vendor benchmarks, and what a testing day actually costs to run, for facility owners setting their price.
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