OTA's Newest Franchise - OTA Southwest VA

Southwest VA - We are excited to introduce Justin O'Dell as our newest franchise owner and welcome him to the OTA family.

Justin grew up in Leesburg, VA and graduated from Heritage High School. Upon graduation, he began coaching a 7th grade boys basketball team for Central Loudoun Basketball League and immediately fell in love with coaching. Justin has a passion for the sport and for impacting the lives of young men. He has gone on to coach at the high school, AAU and collegiate levels. Justin was an assistant coach at the University of Lynchburg when the Hornets matched their best regular season record in program history, as well as ranked #14 in the national top 25. In addition to coaching, Justin has managed his own AAU Basketball program (Team Attack 434) and served as the Director of Coaching for Loudoun Basketball Academy.

Justin graduated from Liberty University in 2019 with a degree in Coaching. He now serves as the Boys' Varsity Assistant Basketball Coach at Dominion High School and will be moving back to the Lynchburg area this upcoming spring. Justin is the proud father of 6-month-old Alyvia Macyn O'Dell and plans to launch OTA Southwest VA in Fall 2021.

Overtime Athletics Franchising Ranked in Entrepreneur's Franchise 500® for 2nd Year in a Row

Reston, VA – Overtime Athletics Franchising (OTA) was recently ranked in Entrepreneur magazine’s Top New Franchises list. This list recognizes the top 100 companies that have been franchising for five years or less, based on data submitted for Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500® ranking. Overtime Athletics which began franchising in 2017, was ranked #64

“Nearly a quarter of the companies that applied for this year’s Franchise 500 ranking are relative newcomers—they've been franchising for five years or less,” says Jason Feifer, editor in chief of Entrepreneur. “That's an exciting thing to see in this industry. For people attracted to franchising's built-in systems and support, but who still want the thrill of growing something from the bottom up, there are many options to choose from.”

Entrepreneur’s 2020 Top New Franchises ranking was determined using the company’s Franchise 500 formula, which is a comprehensive evaluation of more than 150 data points in the areas of costs and fees, size and growth, franchisee support, brand strength, and financial strength and stability. Overtime Athletics position on the ranking shows that it is off to a strong start on its franchising journey.

For the past 17 years this business model has proven to be a hit in more than 500 elementary schools nationwide and with an annual 25,000 kids. And the popularity among parents is extraordinary because the OTA way not only provides children with a positive sports experience and knowledge about team work, it also teaches early healthy habits that can have lifetime benefits. The kids just think the activities are fun – they don’t realize these carefully crafted programs have other merits…but their parents sure do!

How it works is simple. OTA franchisees build relationships with schools, PTAs and related educational facilities, so there is an automatic built-in customer base. It is our experience that schools hosting OTA after school programs or summer camps realize the value of an optional activity that parents can sign up for their kids to participate in.

The OTA after school programs and summer camps are designed for kids age 5 to 13, but some OTA franchises also offer a preschool program for 4-year-olds. We can help an OTA franchisee figure out the best programs, camps and clinics for their particular territory.

To view Overtime Athletics Franchising in the full ranking, visit www.entrepreneur.com/franchises/topnew Results can also be seen in the April/May issue of Entrepreneur.

OTA sells #21 Franchise (Houston TX)

We are very excited to introduce our #21 Franchisee, Suavita

Elam-Okoro. Suavita is a Chicago native, but has called Houston her home for almost 20 years. She grew up on the west side of Chicago and graduated from Morton College in Cicero, Il. Suavita is also a US Army veteran. Striving for excellence, she aimed to defend those who could not defend themselves. She is a surgical technologist by trade so she understands very well about helping and serving others in need.

She has two adult sons and was very active on a countless number of team mom activities and booster clubs for sports organizations, were both of her sons received high accolades for their achievements.

Suavita is a charismatic, humble and virtuous woman of principal. She steps up to new challenges fearlessly achieving growth. Those who know her best say that love and empathy outreaches from her physical being. Her leadership is contagious and her positive influence on others is ageless.

Suavita is a woman with ambition and a vision. She never lets anyone deviate her from achieving less than success. She is highly recommended for anything that she pursues.