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There are numerous companies that provide leisure services to consumers. One leisure service provider in the Bryan/College Station Area is Powersports. This company was founded in 1998 and started out as a small company renting out space in the back of the Grandstation bowling alley here in College Station, Tx. (D. Alvarado, personal communication, November 10, 2018). Once the company gained support, they got their own 30,000 square foot facility in College Station (Powersport, n.d). Some leisure programs that Powersports provide are gymnastics, cheerleading, dance, mixed martial arts, ninja warrior, jump to learning preschool, after-school care, and special event parties (D. Alvarado, personal communication, November 10, 2018). All these programs are geared towards engaging kids and providing them leisure opportunities. The limitation to these programs, however, is that parents must be willing and able to pay for their children to enjoy these leisure programs. Powersports operates under the private sector because they do business for profit. All their programs require a registration fee and monthly fee for kids to attend (Powersport, n.d).

These fees vary based on the number of times kids attend the program a week, the number of kids per family, and the program the kids are partaking in. The biggest program that Powersports has is their gymnastics program. There are numerous classes that teach different things and work with various age groups. There are some classes that work with toddlers and range all the ways up to high school. One career path within the company is set within the gymnastics program. The lowest level in the gymnastics plan is a gymnastics instructor (D. Alvarado, personal communication, November 10, 2018). While this is an entry-level position, applicants must still have extensive knowledge of gymnastics and how to teach it to others. Other requirements needed for the position is CPR certification, first aid certification, and annual USAG Training (D.Alvarado, personal communication, November 10, 2018). If someone were to advance within the gymnastics program, one could become a team coach, which is people that coach competitive teams, or gymnastics directors, which are people that create the curriculum for all the gymnastics classes (D. Alvarado, personal communication, November 10, 2018). I choose to interview a gymnastics instructor from Powersports because I am interested in working with kids as a leisure service provider. I would not want to personally work at Powersports, because I do not have the knowledge or training to teach any of the programs offered.

In the future, however, my kids might attend a program like those at Powersports. It is reassuring to know that these instructors have background knowledge of the classes they are teaching, and there is curriculum structure to the classes. The instructor I interviewed loves working with kids and seeing their skills grow over time (D. Alvarado, personal communication, November 10, 2018). She also likes empowering girls to pursue their dreams and teach them that they can do anything they put their minds to (D. Alvarado, personal communication, November 10, 2018). This is something that would motivate me to work with kids in this capacity because I like empowering people at a young age. The most interesting thing about the company is that they have such as wide variety of programs to choose from. This is smart on their part, however, because they have a little bit of something for everyone. Each program has different age groups starting at a very young age and has classes for both boys and girls to enjoy. Overall, I found this interview to be very eye-opening about working with kids and how leisure services are provided to them. After this interview I am less inclined to work specifically for Powersports, however, I am more inclined to work with kids in the leisure industry. It would be rewarding to empower kids to learn new things yet challenging because everyone engages in leisure differently. Therefore, it is important to provide kids with different opportunities to express themselves and help them engage in leisure services. References Powersports. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://powersportskids.com/ Interview information: Dominque Alvarado Gymnastics Instructor at Powersports doalv@sbcglobal.net 972-765-6655 November 10, 2018 @ 12:30 Original Questions - What is the most rewarding part of your job? - Why did you choose to work for this company? - Why did you choose to work in the recreation and leisure industry? - What is the hardest part of your job?

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