Your summer camp wraps the last week of July. Two hundred and forty kids cycled through over six weeks. The staff was solid. The reviews were good. Parents posted photos....
Your summer camp wraps the last week of July. Two hundred and forty kids cycled through over six weeks. The staff was solid. The reviews were good. Parents posted photos..
Most experienced directors know June matters for what comes next. The conventional framing is that June is when you draft September materials so the fall registration window opens on time...
Most experienced directors know June matters for what comes next. The conventional framing is that June is when you draft September materials so the fall registration window opens on time.
Most programs have a playing-time conversation with families in August or whenever the season starts. It covers the program's philosophy on minutes, on rotation, on the difference between rec and...
Most programs have a playing-time conversation with families in August or whenever the season starts. It covers the program's philosophy on minutes, on rotation, on the difference between rec and.
The phrase shows up everywhere in youth sports. In coaching talks. In parent handbooks. In well-meaning Facebook posts from directors trying to dial down the intensity. Sometimes a kid says...
The phrase shows up everywhere in youth sports. In coaching talks. In parent handbooks. In well-meaning Facebook posts from directors trying to dial down the intensity. Sometimes a kid says.
The conversation usually starts the same way. A parent catches you at the field after practice, or sends an email at 11pm on a Sunday, or asks for a quick...
The conversation usually starts the same way. A parent catches you at the field after practice, or sends an email at 11pm on a Sunday, or asks for a quick.
The email goes out on a Sunday night. Roster placements for the upcoming season. You've been refining this email for years, and the language is careful: every kid found a...
The email goes out on a Sunday night. Roster placements for the upcoming season. You've been refining this email for years, and the language is careful: every kid found a.
Most programs have something resembling feedback in the season calendar somewhere. A year-end report. An end-of-season conversation. Maybe a midseason check-in if the coach is the type to run them....
Most programs have something resembling feedback in the season calendar somewhere. A year-end report. An end-of-season conversation. Maybe a midseason check-in if the coach is the type to run them..
Your program structure makes sense on paper. Rec feeds into select. Select feeds into travel. Travel has clear age-group lanes, a competitive arc, and an off-season plan. You've thought hard...
Your program structure makes sense on paper. Rec feeds into select. Select feeds into travel. Travel has clear age-group lanes, a competitive arc, and an off-season plan. You've thought hard.
Ask ten directors what their flagship summer camp is for, and you'll get ten answers that start strong and trail off. "It's a development camp, but it's also our biggest...
Ask ten directors what their flagship summer camp is for, and you'll get ten answers that start strong and trail off. "It's a development camp, but it's also our biggest.
Every experienced director has a safety protocol. Most have several. The heat illness plan. The hydration policy. The Emergency Action Plan that lives in a binder behind the front desk...
Every experienced director has a safety protocol. Most have several. The heat illness plan. The hydration policy. The Emergency Action Plan that lives in a binder behind the front desk.