Dan Knight

Episode 6 of The Ultimate PLAIbook is LIVE! This one is different... 🎧 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2BfTOn… 📺 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/B6oUW9X2jYc?si… Subscribe to The Ultimate PLAIbook Podcast - we're lifting the hood on community sport & helping clubs do better!

The smartest sports clubs understand something a lot of others miss... REAL membership value doesn’t stop with the person paying the fee. #CommunitySport #GrassrootsSport #ClubCulture #SportsClubManagement #SportsLeadership

⏰ LAST CHANCE. £1,000 custom rugby kit. PLAI x O'Neills Sportswear. Closes 27th April - enter now 👇 oneills.activehosted.com/f/28 RT so no club misses out. 🏉

Too many sports clubs are falling into the same trap... Chasing payments, chasing attendance, chasing new members & losing the heart of the club in the process. #CommunitySport #GrassrootsSport #ClubCulture #SportsClubManagement #SportsLeadership

Every sports club has problems... Operational problems. Financial pressure. Governance issues. Volunteer shortages. Communication breakdowns. It's so normal & you're not alone.

The strongest sports clubs are built around far more than the game itself. Yes, the sport is the core. That’s what first brings people through the gate... but the real magic happens when a club becomes part of someone’s social life, not just their fixture list.

The most valuable people in community sport usually have one thing in common... They’ve lived the club experience from more than one angle. #CommunitySport #GrassrootsSport #SportsLeadership #SportsClubManagement #ClubCulture

Sheringham is doing what all of the other supposed legends of the club should be doing and using his voice. Would be good if the others followed suit and called the club out for the shambles it is #thfc

The best clubs don’t simplify admin because it’s “nice to have”... They simplify it because it frees them up to focus on the stuff that actually changes lives!

In Episode 3 of The Ultimate PLAIbook, we sit down with TRC President Toby Rakison to unpack what it actually takes to run a 2,000 member grassroots club without losing the soul that built it in the first place.

Episode 3 of The Ultimate PLAIbook podcast is now LIVE... 🎙️ The Problem with Annual Membership Models (and what might work better) 🎧 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4cHu9W… 📺 Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=CJOm4-…

Founder Vlog | Day 7 in India and the week finally caught up with me... 🇮🇳 This is the part of building people don’t see. Not just architecture and sprints... it's trust, belief, shared skin in the game. #PLAI #India #FoundersJourney #StartupLife #BuildInPublic #ClubManagement

Spurs are in a relegation dogfight. The lack of leadership from dressing-room to board-room has long been an issue, costs them dear and contributes to the club’s drift downwards, almost sleepwalking towards the drop. Spurs are held back by many issues over recruitment, board decisions, chronic injuries and a caretaker who looks out of his depth. Focus on all those issues is totally understandable. But for now, in this current predicament, it’s all about the players finally standing up and taking responsibility. Some are. Archie Gray, Mathys Tel. Others, far more experienced, have to follow the youngsters’ example. Cut out the silly mistakes, the costly challenges. Take responsibility, individually and collectively. We discussed this for an hour and a half on @LastWordOnSpurs last night and could have gone into extra time. Do all the players worry as much about Tottenham’s plight as fans like host @RickySacks and @Billie_T from @ChangeForSpurs? Profession versus passion. Some players will move on if Spurs go down but do they want a relegation on their record? Their reputation damaged? They should care. Spurs have some good players who owe it to supporters to show more pride in a famous shirt they are paid well to wear. It’s down to the players now. If they raise themselves for the Champions League show but not for the Premier League scrap what would that say about their character? #THFC

Day 5 in India 🇮🇳 | PLAI Founder Vlog This is what building the world’s best sports club management app actually looks like… Deep work, product decisions & leadership alignment. Holi chaos - colour everywhere, kindness from strangers & bonding with our team! #BuildInPublic

PLAI in India | Founder Vlog Day 1 🇮🇳✈️ Zipped the suitcase in Singapore this morning… now I’m in Gujarat getting ready to build what we honestly think will be the best sports club management app on the planet. #FounderVlog #GrassrootsSport #SportsClubs #BuildInPublic

An unbelievable turnout! 👌 A huge thank you to all our guests, attendees & exhibitors who joined us at the Lancashire Cricket Expo. What a fantastic day for everyone involved! 🙌

If your club runs on WhatsApp, spreadsheets and hope, burnout is inevitable.

Clubs obsess over new sign ups. Elite clubs obsess over how long members stay.

Sometimes equality isn’t taught. It’s noticed. And sometimes it comes from kids asking the right questions. A bat. A ball. No labels. Just sport.

Kids don’t just play the game. They experience the system around it. Let’s make that experience a good one.