Little Leagues Go High-Tech as Busy Parents Turn to Apps
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As the holidays end and parents get back into the routine of shuttling kids from school to winter-sports practice, they’re getting help from mobile applications that are ushering local sports leagues into the digital age.
Consider the Colorado Premier Basketball Club in Littleton, Colorado, which is run by former National Basketball Association player Keith Van Horn. To gain an edge over competing clubs, it adopted an app called TeamSnap, which users can check into on their smartphones to mark player availability, look up game locations and who’s bringing snacks.