Playbooks from the field.
What venue owners learned — written up. Cashbook tricks, retention tactics, tournament economics. By Joy Patel, Strikee founder.
The Strikee blog is where we share practical playbooks for running a sports venue in India — gaming zones, snooker clubs, pool halls, badminton and pickleball courts, and multi-sport arenas. Expect hands-on writing on pricing tables, managing customer credit and khaata, keeping a clean cashbook, running profitable tournaments, and bringing players back. Everything here comes from real club operations, not theory.
How much does it cost to start a pickleball court in India?
Pickleball's small footprint makes it one of India's most attractive court businesses — if you price peak and off-peak right and fill the quiet hours.
Box cricket arena operations: bookings, billing & daily management
Box cricket is a slots-and-advances business. Where arenas lose money isn't the turf — it's the bookings, advances, and 'pay after the match' around it.
The hidden cost of an Excel cashbook at your sports club
Excel never warns you about a missed tab, a broken formula, or a till that doesn't match. The cost is real — and it's billed daily, not as a subscription.
Starting a gaming zone in India: setup cost, revenue & management
Gaming zones live and die on busy stations and clean books. Here's the setup cost, the revenue levers, and how to run the floor without cash leaking out.
How to manage customer credit tabs at a sports venue in India
Credit tabs (khaata) keep regulars coming back — and quietly drain clubs that track them in a notebook. Here's how to run credit at a venue without losing money.
Best billing software for snooker parlours in India
Most billing software was never built for live sessions, split payments, or a regular's running tab. Here's what actually fits an Indian snooker parlour.
Best sports venue management software in India 2026
"Best" depends on your venue — what to evaluate, the three categories of solutions in the market, and the trade-offs between them.
Pickleball court management: software guide for Indian venues
Pickleball venues hit a software wall fast — slot bookings, walk-ins, memberships, and tournament organisation all on day one. Here's what to evaluate.
Multi-sport venue management: running different sports under one roof
Running a multi-sport venue is harder than running two single-sport venues. The complexity isn't in the courts — it's in the operational seams.
Box cricket arena business plan: costs, revenue & management
Box cricket arenas have unit economics that look great until you model them out properly. Here's the realistic bottom-up — costs, revenue, software, and risks.
How much does it cost to run a pool hall in India?
Most pool halls die from a cost stack the owner never modelled. Here's a realistic monthly bottom-up for an Indian 6–12 table venue.
Pool hall pricing models compared: per-hour vs per-frame vs membership
The fight between per-hour, per-frame, and membership pricing is really a fight about which mistake you'd rather make. Pick well.
How to start a badminton court business in India: complete guide
Badminton courts are a great India business until the spreadsheet collapses around month 9. Here's the complete playbook — location to software.
Tournament management for snooker clubs: brackets, prize pools, scheduling
Tournaments are great marketing and terrible logistics — unless you treat the bracket, the money, and the schedule as one connected system.
POS software for snooker and billiards venues: what to evaluate
A point-of-sale screen isn't enough — billiards venues need software that understands tables, credit tabs, and the daily reconciliation problem.
How to start a snooker club in India: a 10-step practical guide
Opening a snooker club in India is more about ruthless cash discipline than picking the right baize. Here's the 10-step playbook we wish we had.