Event-in-a-Box playbook

Competition Preparation Clinic

Coordinate an optional clinic around a defined ruleset, eligible participants, coaching scope, and realistic preparation objectives.

How this connects to Dojo Wizard

Use this guide now. Saving actions, lesson progress, and event drafts is available in early access; publishing, ad spend, and payments remain under staff control.

Lead time

30 days

Best for

Schools with an upcoming competition, qualified coaches, and a clear separation between ordinary membership and optional competition services.

Goal

Help eligible students prepare deliberately while giving families clear expectations about cost, coaching, and participation.

Decisions the owner must make

  • Competition and ruleset
  • Eligibility and prerequisites
  • Clinic scope, coaches, and equipment
  • Price, travel boundary, and ordinary-training alternatives

Assets this guide tells your team to prepare

  • Eligible-member invitation
  • Ruleset and equipment checklist
  • Parent/athlete expectation email
  • Clinic run of show
  • Post-clinic preparation plan

These are planning deliverables, not a promise that each finished asset is generated. Private-pilot activation creates one linked event plus the same ten generic, placeholder-filled drafts and tasks for every playbook.

Event timeline

  1. 1
    T-30

    Define the clinic

    • Verify event rules and dates.
    • Set eligibility and scope.
    • Publish optional price and terms.
  2. 2
    T-21 to T-3

    Prepare athletes

    • Confirm registrations.
    • Send equipment and recovery guidance.
    • Assign coaches and stations.
  3. 3
    Clinic day

    Train to the plan

    • Brief rules and safety.
    • Use appropriate intensity.
    • Record individual next steps.
  4. 4
    T+1 to event

    Follow through

    • Send preparation notes.
    • Confirm competition logistics separately.
    • Review readiness without guarantees.

Measure what actually happened

  • Eligible registrations
  • Attendance
  • Preparation actions completed
  • Athlete and parent feedback

Keep forecasts, registrations, attendance, collected revenue, refunds, and expenses separate. Do not report a projected opportunity as money earned.

Guardrails

  • Do not guarantee competitive results.
  • Keep clinic participation optional unless a written team policy says otherwise.
  • Separate coaching fees, travel, registration, and school charges.

Product boundary

The private-pilot workflow can prepare and track campaign work. It does not manage competition registration, travel, external sends, or competitive outcomes.

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