Soccer has become a popular youth sport in America. As with any team sport, it is important to find efficient ways to communicate with team members, their parents, and fans. One way to do this is group texting. Mass text message services are not just for businesses or professional sports; community leagues and youth soccer teams can benefit from many of the same lucrative features as professional teams or businesses. If you are unsure whether or not to implement this cost-effective communication and marketing channel, the following reasons may help you to make up your mind.

Connect with Everyone

Texting helps you to connect with all families and players in your league

For your youth soccer league to run smoothly and efficiently, it is important that everyone receives the relevant information about their teams and/or the league. Therefore, you need to find an avenue of communication that reaches the widest audience possible: text messaging. In America, 90 percent of adults own a cell phone, of which, the vast majority is enabled for SMS messages, and roughly 81 percent text at least once per month. This is a much higher number than those who have a social media account or immediate access to the Internet, which is why it is the perfect medium for ensuring that everyone in your league receives necessary information.

Easily Keep Teams Organized

Another reason to incorporate group texting for your youth soccer league is that it helps you and your coaches keep the teams organized. It is possible to create groups out of your subscribers and send each group a targeted message. You can categorize your subscribers by the team, and then you and/or the coaches can send out team schedules, practice and game reminders, and other updates. This helps your league remained organized so that everything runs smoothly and the kids can focus on enjoying playing soccer.

Instantly Update Information

Most people carry their cell phones with them at all times and hardly ever keep them further than an arm's length away. Additionally, most text messages are open and read within three minutes of receipt. You can take advantage of this with group texting for your youth soccer league. You can send out last minute game or practice changes or cancellations or other updates. If there is any sort of weather emergency or some other unforeseen event, you can send out information instantly to the parents, players, coaches, referees, fans and anyone else on your texting subscriber list.

Get More Fan Involvement

A youth soccer league has the potential to get the entire community involved, not just the parents and players. One way to help with this is to implement a group texting program that includes your fans. You send out updates about games, as well as stats of certain players. Your community can remain updated on the activities of your league to make it easy for them to come out and support the players. When they receive a text message about a game, it will remind them to go cheer for their teams, increasing the number of non-family spectators in the crowd.

Improve Your Fundraising Programs

Texting can help you to increase the number of donations you receive

Some youth soccer programs heavily rely on fundraising to help fund the sport. Group texting assists you in raising money. You can text your subscribers information about how to donate money, including texting a direct link to your fundraising page. When you run a fundraising event, send out a text to your subscribers to remind them to come by and chip in. Also, use your texting program to recruit and organize volunteers to help run your fundraising campaigns or other events.

Integrating group texting to your communication for your youth soccer league can help to improve your communication and create a more efficient league. With the permission of your subscribers, you can send out updates and relevant information to keep everyone up to date on what is happening.

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