Your preseason parent meeting isn't changing behavior because mandatory meetings, codes of conduct, and sideline lectures were never going to work in the first place.
Your preseason parent meeting isn't changing behavior because mandatory meetings, codes of conduct, and sideline lectures were never going to work in the first place.
Your concussion protocol is probably solid. The problem is that most families don't know it exists, don't understand it, and don't trust that you'll follow it when the game is...
Your concussion protocol is probably solid. The problem is that most families don't know it exists, don't understand it, and don't trust that you'll follow it when the game is.
The athletes most likely to leave your program aren't the ones causing problems at practice. They're the ones who stopped caring and nobody noticed.
The athletes most likely to leave your program aren't the ones causing problems at practice. They're the ones who stopped caring and nobody noticed.
The coach with the biggest resume might generate a registration bump in September and a retention crisis by March, and most directors don't realize it until the damage is done....
The coach with the biggest resume might generate a registration bump in September and a retention crisis by March, and most directors don't realize it until the damage is done..
Your coaches aren't playing favorites, but if you audit what they praise out loud, you might find that most of it requires a parent's credit card.
Your coaches aren't playing favorites, but if you audit what they praise out loud, you might find that most of it requires a parent's credit card.
A prospective parent is going to spend about 90 seconds on your website before deciding whether to keep looking or close the tab, and most program sites waste every second...
A prospective parent is going to spend about 90 seconds on your website before deciding whether to keep looking or close the tab, and most program sites waste every second.
Most youth sports programs price by copying competitors and adding gut feel, and it's costing them families who can't see why the fee makes sense.
Most youth sports programs price by copying competitors and adding gut feel, and it's costing them families who can't see why the fee makes sense.
Your sponsors don't care about banner impressions, and your "Gold, Silver, Bronze" packages are putting you in a race to the bottom with every other organization in town.
Your sponsors don't care about banner impressions, and your "Gold, Silver, Bronze" packages are putting you in a race to the bottom with every other organization in town.
Most directors are pretty good at finding coaches. They know what technical competence looks like. They can evaluate whether someone understands the game, connects with athletes, and shows up on...
Most directors are pretty good at finding coaches. They know what technical competence looks like. They can evaluate whether someone understands the game, connects with athletes, and shows up on.
You've seen it happen. The head coach assumes the assistant is tracking attendance. The assistant assumes the coordinator handles that. The coordinator thought they were just managing game-day logistics. Three...
You've seen it happen. The head coach assumes the assistant is tracking attendance. The assistant assumes the coordinator handles that. The coordinator thought they were just managing game-day logistics. Three.