It's 6:15 on a Tuesday. Practice started at 6:00. Your coach is midway through the technical warm-up when a minivan pulls into the lot and a kid sprints across the...
It's 6:15 on a Tuesday. Practice started at 6:00. Your coach is midway through the technical warm-up when a minivan pulls into the lot and a kid sprints across the.
Take a look at your top competitive roster at any age group. Pull the birth dates. If your program is like most, you'll notice something immediately: the roster skews toward...
Take a look at your top competitive roster at any age group. Pull the birth dates. If your program is like most, you'll notice something immediately: the roster skews toward.
You have 12 coaches on staff. Three of them are the reason the other nine show up the way they do. You might not have identified those three explicitly. But...
You have 12 coaches on staff. Three of them are the reason the other nine show up the way they do. You might not have identified those three explicitly. But.
Pull up your program's website. Open your registration page. Read your "About Us" section. Now count how many times you mention wins, championships, tournament results, or competitive success. Now count...
Pull up your program's website. Open your registration page. Read your "About Us" section. Now count how many times you mention wins, championships, tournament results, or competitive success. Now count.
You offered payment plans because it was the right thing to do. Families needed flexibility. You wanted to remove barriers. So you split the registration into four installments and figured...
You offered payment plans because it was the right thing to do. Families needed flexibility. You wanted to remove barriers. So you split the registration into four installments and figured.
You got three refund requests in April. All from families who registered in September. All for the same basic reason, phrased three different ways. "The time commitment turned out to...
You got three refund requests in April. All from families who registered in September. All for the same basic reason, phrased three different ways. "The time commitment turned out to.
There's a program in your market that keeps families for years. Their rosters are stable. Their sidelines are calm. Their athletes look like they genuinely enjoy being there. And when...
There's a program in your market that keeps families for years. Their rosters are stable. Their sidelines are calm. Their athletes look like they genuinely enjoy being there. And when.
The game ended 20 minutes ago. Your coaches did their jobs. The postgame huddle was constructive. The athletes left the field in a reasonable headspace. Then they got in the...
The game ended 20 minutes ago. Your coaches did their jobs. The postgame huddle was constructive. The athletes left the field in a reasonable headspace. Then they got in the.
It started innocently. A parent asked in the team group chat whether Saturday's game was still on despite the rain forecast. Reasonable question. Within forty minutes, the thread had 67...
It started innocently. A parent asked in the team group chat whether Saturday's game was still on despite the rain forecast. Reasonable question. Within forty minutes, the thread had 67.
You got three emails about Coach Davis last week. One parent said their kid feels invisible. Another said the practices feel disorganized. A third asked to switch teams. Your instinct...
You got three emails about Coach Davis last week. One parent said their kid feels invisible. Another said the practices feel disorganized. A third asked to switch teams. Your instinct.