Get every kid in Europe playing by turning empty courts, school halls and community spaces into busy youth-sport hubs.
Start with one warehouse hub that trains coaches and keeps its court busy from 06:00 to 22:00. Then run our programmes in the schools and community centres around it on a profit share. Then repeat it city by city across Europe.
Blueprint: the lean warehouse
Drawn to scale. Change any room size in the Hub calculator (Edit detailed assumptions → Space & rent); the store room grows with the items on its checklist.
The plan: five phases
From one warehouse to EuropeThe flywheel
each turn makes the next one easierWhy this works
A court of our own to train coaches on, a showcase for schools and councils, a home for elite squads, and a timetable that earns money all day.
Empty school halls and community centres already exist next to the kids. A new site costs ~€4k of kit, not a building.
One court, one coach, 20–40 kids. Off-peak, the same floor hosts badminton, pickleball, yoga and dance. See why
Basketball is growing, indoor space is scarce, and Erasmus+ Sport funds youth projects up to €400k. Funding
🧠 Expert review: what to validate before investing 6 checks
Run 8–12 weeks of paid sessions in hired school halls. Measure sign-ups, attendance and churn, which turns occupancy guesses into data.
Rent per m² and a clear height of 7 m+ decide whether the hub works. Put 3 real warehouse quotes into the calculator.
Coaches are the product. Check local rules (France: state diploma + card; Ireland: Garda vetting).
A signed letter of intent from one school or council proves the partner model to investors and grant bodies.
Most grants need a non-profit club. Register it now so you can apply in the 2027 Erasmus+ round.
Year-1 occupancy, rent, coach turnover, venues cancelling, safeguarding. Mitigate with a pilot, profit-share deals, a coach academy and vetting.
Partner venues
We turn underused schools, community centres, colleges, courts, pools and halls into youth-sport venues. We bring the coaches, programmes, software and kit, and the venue brings the space. We share the profit.
Where every €100 of revenue goes
Hub vs partner network
they work togetherSpaces we activate
We bring
The venue brings
Deal structures
✏️ Edit network cost assumptions kit per venue, software, managers
Why basketball?
Five sports, same floor space, drawn to scale. Basketball runs 20–40 kids with one coach, and coaches are the cost that never stops.
Head-to-head
brightest bar = best✏️ Edit sport assumptions kids per coach, fit-out per court
📋 Full comparison table 14 metrics × 5 sports
✨ Six more reasons basketball fits a kids' academy retention, schools, cost
Kids come back for their friends and their team.
It's in PE across Europe, which makes recruiting easier.
Trainers and a ball. No racket, no court booking.
Camps, 3×3, badminton, pickleball, yoga, dance.
Olympic 3×3, European NBA stars, a planned NBA Europe league.
Plenty of grants for girls' participation.
Hub calculator
Lean start: a small warehouse with a court, office, small changing room, lockers and a big store room. The fitness zone comes later. Switch to Full build to compare. Move a lever and everything updates. Academy slots come from the Timetable.
First 24 months: cash flow
Warehouse layout (to scale)
🪶 Lean fit-out: what we buy reuse the shell, buy smart
Lay sports tiles on the existing concrete instead of a €60k+ sprung wooden floor. Use adjustable or wall-mounted hoops, prefab rooms and second-hand kit where possible. Negotiate a rent-free fit-out period with the landlord.
📦 What the store room holds why it needs ~40 m²
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Profit vs occupancy
per hub / monthRevenue mix
Cost mix
Space & investment
💶 Revenue by stream
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🧾 Running costs
| Cost | Per hub / month | All hubs | Share |
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🏗️ Investment breakdown
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🏋️ Fitness zone kit CrossFit-style circuit training
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⚙️ Detailed assumptions rent, staff, setup, prices
One court, used all day
Portable nets give you 3 badminton or 3 pickleball courts, mats make a yoga studio, and dance schools rent the sprung floor. The academy keeps the after-school prime time. Pick an activity, then tap a slot to change the timetable.
Revenue per court hour
by activityHow the hours are used
per week✏️ Edit activity prices, attendance & costs changes flow into the calculator
📋 Activity breakdown hours, visits, revenue, cost
Activities marked In calculator already have their own line in the Hub calculator. Everything else is added there as “Extra programmes & multi-use”, so nothing is counted twice.
🧰 Conversion kit
Full handball (40 × 20 m) and futsal pitches are bigger than a basketball court (28 × 15 m), so those slots are for training and small-sided games only.
Revenue streams
Every way the hub and the network earn money. In calculator = already counted in the Hub calculator.
The hub's revenue mix today
from the calculatorBest cities in the EU
Tier 2 & 3 cities first, where rent and wages are lower. Tier 1 capitals are listed last as too expensive for now. Click a city for details, and click any score in the heatmap to edit it.
Ranking
score / 100Heatmap: every city × every factor
darker = stronger · click a score to edit⚖️ Change the weights 8 sliders
📍 Choosing the exact neighbourhood 6-point site checklist
3+ schools within 1 km. They become your partner venues too.
Dense family housing; check census data for households with kids.
Transit within 5 min, safe cycling routes, a drop-off zone.
7 m+ clear height, ~1,000 m². Light-industrial units are cheapest.
Map clubs within 3 km. Waiting lists = demand clubs can't meet.
Mid-level incomes, plus grant-funded free places.
Where is it easiest to start?
10 countries scored on registration speed and cost, tax, labour cost, the rules for paid youth sport, and working in English. Click a country for the setup facts, support programmes and challenges.
Where to launch first
ease × demand in the best tier 2/3 cityEase ranking
score / 100Heatmap: every country × every factor
darker = easier · click a score or €/hour to edit⚖️ Change the weights 6 sliders
EU funding
Grants and finance a youth basketball academy can use. Click a row for the conditions and sources.
Built from the live numbers on every tab. Use the arrow keys to move between slides.
Every parameter so far
Everything that's been asked for, with duplicates merged, and where each one is on the site.