Tennis Organization Of The Month March 2017


National Sports M.A.P.
Denver, Colorado, USA


601 W. 11th Ave., Suite #114
Denver, CO 80204

Web Site

One Stop Shop
for
Sports Medicine Services

MAKING IT EASIER FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO HIRE PRACTITIONERS FOR THEIR EVENTS

Brian Keene is on a mission. The founder of National Sports M.A.P. saw a friend lose his life playing basketball in a church gymnasium 19 years ago. He writes on his web site, "He went up to shoot a 3-pointer, landed on his feet and then fell backwards. There was no automated external defibrillator (AED) on church premise. At their youthful age, Matthew’s friends were not First Aid or CPR certified but they did call 911.Emergency services arrived around 10 minutes, and by then, it was too late." He decided to create a large network of sports medicine service providers and healthcare professionals that otherwise don’t connect anywhere else. "We aim to provide an easy-to-use scheduling tool for youth and adult sports, race events, CrossFit competitions, non-profit walk-a-thons & sports fundraisers alike."

After working as a Student Athletic Trainer at N.C. State he went into pro sports retail management and merchandising and eventually found his passion in customer service and working with his hands. He went to massage school to learn the trade and started National Sports Massage and Athletic Practitioners, LLC in 2009. Their original goal was to make it easier for organizations to hire practitioners for their sport events.

TENNIS - One of the primary sports needing regular sports medicine, sports massage and AED on-site.

Brian Keene explains. "Our largest tennis event was the 2012 ITF Senior World Championships in La Jolla/SD, California. We took on the 7-site 14-day tournament, 1,100 athletes and 78 scheduled practitioners. We took in all of that information - and wanted to be able to schedule that many practitioners in advance and ensure the safety of the youth (and adult) participants, spectators, supporters and volunteers alike."

National Sports M.A.P. now has a new website and an easy to use scheduling form. All sports organizations have to do is enter their event and they'll work on obtaining the practitioner(s). They'll send an invoice and only a minimal deposit is required to confirm the practitioners booking.

Keene adds, "We prefer tennis because of the great blend of practitioners the athletes need, primarily Massage Therapist + Athletic Trainer + Automated External Defibrillator on-site), and the multiple number of sites that could be covered but are currently not."

Photos:
Brian Keene & Don DeBaun work the USTA / SCTA Tennis On Campus event at San Diego's Barnes Tennis Center Feb. 11, 2017.

LONG-TERM STRATEGY: Providing no-cost sports medicine services for contracted events - paid for through long-term sponsorship arrangements.
Brian Keene also created Smart Bodyworks, LLC., providing sports and events management services, social media and video marketing. Smart Bodyworks is tasked with bringing in small and medium sized businesses as sponsors for local events. Keene says, "Once we have secured long-term sponsors we can have sponsorhips fund the cost of practitioners for those events." He calls this value proposition a total sports management package, split between two companies.

NATIONWIDE 200 PRACTITIONERS
AND GROWING



National Sports M.A.P. Staff


Rich Mann
Executive Director
Event Management


Joe Williamson
Executive Director
Recruiting


Matthew McQuinn
Webmaster
Graphic Design


Rachel Stavenger
Associate Director
Risk Management


Alex Roman
Associate Director
Event Mgmt./Social Media

David Berens "Break Point"

Frank Giampaolo "Tennis Parent's Bible" 2nd Ed.

David Sammel "Locker Room Power"

2015/2016
Mike VanZutphen "Tennis Management" 

Becky Gunn Holmes "Totally Tennis For Me"

BOOK REVIEWS
Joe Parent / Bill Scanlon "ZEN Tennis" 

Bill Patton "The Art of Coaching High School Tennis"

Rocky Lang "Learn Your Game"

Congratulations to National Sports M.A.P. for being our
Tennis Organization of the Month of March, 2017!

 

 
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