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 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 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.