How to Build Team Unity
If you want your team to have success, you need to build unity. It’s not always easy to do when coaching youth sports, but if you use some of the following strategies, the team should run like a well-oiled machine. If team chemistry made a noise, it would sound like a “click.” When teams click [...]
Is Your Player Getting The Most From Your Investment?
Involvement in youth sports is a huge investment for families. Not only are their monetary expenses involved, there are also time commitments to be considered. When considering the sacrifices made by parents, players and coaches, it is important to examine just what everyone is receiving for the commitment they have made to the team. Concerns [...]
Knowing and Accepting Team Roles – Part 3 of 3
Understanding and accepting roles is one of the biggest areas for developing a successful team. This is Part 3 of the article “Knowing and Accepting Team Roles.” In this article we discuss getting your players to appreciate their role on the team. Role Appreciation Perhaps the biggest key leading to your players’ accepting their roles [...]
Knowing and Accepting Team Roles – Part 2
Understanding and accepting roles is one of the biggest areas for developing a successful team. This is Part 2 of the article “Knowing and Accepting Team Roles.” In this article we discuss two ways to define and clarify player roles on a team. 1. Individual Meetings with Each Player There are a few ways that [...]
Knowing and Accepting Team Roles – Part 1
Understanding and accepting roles is one of the biggest areas for developing a successful team. The obvious problem with getting individuals to play roles is that certain roles have more outside appeal than others. Who gets the most praise and pats on the back after the games? Too often it is the player who scored [...]
Build Better Team Chemistry: Provide Teammate Time
The better the experience kids have with all things related to sports, the more they want to keep playing. For many kids, the time before and after games or practices is a big part of the experience and parents can take away from their child’s enjoyment by arriving late or rushing out afterward. The time [...]
6 Communication Strategies for Team Managers
Hockey season is long so effective communication is key to a smooth season. Managers can make the season flow smoothly and put parents at ease by using the communication strategies listed below: 1. Make a spreadsheet with each player’s name, number, parents’ names, telephone numbers, and e-mail address. Send this information to all parents in a season-opener e-mail. [...]
Team Management – Lower Your Registration Fees
It is becoming increasingly popular to accept registrations online. When signing up for a registration service, be sure to check the fees you are being charged. If you are being charged more than 3% – 4% per transaction, then shop around. Also be sure to double-check the per-registration charge (commonly called the per-transaction charge) – [...]
Kick-Start the Season with a Perfect Parent Meeting
Maybe it’s asking a lot to run the perfect parent meeting to start the season. But you can come pretty close with these steps on the agenda: Your first item to discuss at the meeting should be introductions. As the team manager or coach you should introduce yourself and other coaches. Ask the parents to [...]
Discover How Parents Can Boost Team Chemistry
It’s a fact proven season after season: The teams that are the most fun for kids are most often the ones where the parents interact well. They form their own team to support their children’s team. Sometimes the parents already know each other from another activity, such as school. But more likely it’s because one parent puts in the extra [...]