Skyhawks

Since 1979, over 1,000,000 children have participated in a Skyhawks program! Skyhawks is the nation’s leader in sports programs for children. Skyhawks is a brand with national exposure and appeal – and offers you a dependable and rewarding business to own. With the Skyhawks system, you will teach children and young adults meaningful life lessons through athletics. You will provide coaching services. You will operate athletic camps and programs in a variety of sports for local schools, park and recreation departments, and other community-based organizations – wherever children are found. Ultimately, you will make a difference in your world.

Skyhawks offers you a unique opportunity to build a successful business while contributing to the health, vibrancy, and interconnectedness of your community. Skyhawks has developed a system to sell its services, market its programs, and hire and train employees to implement those programs. The Skyhawks Program is founded upon a coaching philosophy and methodology that have evolved and been fine-tuned for over 25 years.

Your Role as a Franchisee

As a Skyhawks franchisee, you will focus on promoting Skyhawks programs and selling Skyhawks services. Your task is to use your sales and marketing skills, your enthusiasm for athletics, and your vision of healthy youth to develop one of the most popular sports programs in the country. You will concentrate on selling your services to community-based organizations that serve children. Once organizations have selected you and your program, you will create a marketing plan to promote Skyhawks programs. Next you will recruit, hire, and train staff to implement the programs. Skyhawks franchisees will build strong relationships with school and community decisions makers, becoming highly valued partners in youth athletics.

Although a majority of Skyhawks programs are offered in the summer, the franchisee will have the ability to program athletic events throughout the year. After-school, weekend, and holiday programs are available to the ambitious franchisee. No matter what the season, the core purpose of the franchisee is to teach life skills through athletics.

Training and Support

We offer ongoing training and support, including:

Sales training and support so you can maximize your program offerings.
Technical support for our proprietary event management web-based software system.
Call center support capable of handling incoming and outgoing calls with customers and coordinators.
Human resource and risk management department to provide you with the tools to recruit, train, and employ part-time coaches. Franchisees are responsible for hiring and supervising their employees.
An accounting department to assist you with invoicing for your services.
A marketing department to assist you in creating and implementing your marketing strategy.
A dedicated Account Manager to handle day-to-day questions.
A website capable of processing online registrations for all of your programs…

And more!