The Hockey Tournament in West Valley City was, well… a learning experience, for sure.
With only three games to be played the first night, we discovered that players wanted to do two things: 1) get stoked for their game (ixnay the massage) and 2) go home right after they were done playing (ixnay the massage again).
The second day was a little better. Since we were more familiar with our set up from the first night, we revamped the signs showing where we were located and we had our trusty “manager” (our 10 year old daughter) pass around fliers. We got a few clients and the 4 hours we were there went by very quickly.
First the not-so-good news:
We’re guessing that community league sports players may not care to know about the importance of (even though we were OH SO cheap) sports massage.
The good news:
We helped our daughter learn to work and she did a great job. She had no qualms about walking up to strangers, handing them a flier and saying, “Come see us upstairs for a massage.”
The clients we did get were awesome. SO happy they get it! One of our clients even called Alan afterward to tell him he had “hands of gold” because they won their game after his massage. Those are the moments we aim for. Way to go Toques!!
And next time, we know what to do and how to do it better. Yes, there will be a next time for another sporting event.