Something happens to parents in June that doesn't happen in February or October. The season is wrapping up or just ended, tournament summer is starting, and every outside signal carries...
Something happens to parents in June that doesn't happen in February or October. The season is wrapping up or just ended, tournament summer is starting, and every outside signal carries.
Most directors send a welcome email a week before the season starts. The email covers the basics. Schedule. Logistics. Coach introductions. A polite line about how the program prefers to...
Most directors send a welcome email a week before the season starts. The email covers the basics. Schedule. Logistics. Coach introductions. A polite line about how the program prefers to.
June hits five operational fronts at once, and most directors respond to whichever one is making the loudest noise on a given day. The camp parent who needs an answer....
June hits five operational fronts at once, and most directors respond to whichever one is making the loudest noise on a given day. The camp parent who needs an answer..
Two parents stand by the parking lot after Saturday's game and talk for twenty minutes. By Sunday afternoon, six other families have heard some version of the conversation. By Monday...
Two parents stand by the parking lot after Saturday's game and talk for twenty minutes. By Sunday afternoon, six other families have heard some version of the conversation. By Monday.
Every program director has watched this happen. The wellness email goes out in May, framed thoughtfully, citing the right research, encouraging families to build genuine recovery into their summer. Parents...
Every program director has watched this happen. The wellness email goes out in May, framed thoughtfully, citing the right research, encouraging families to build genuine recovery into their summer. Parents.
Most directors learn this lesson the hard way at least once. A perfectly normal roster decision gets made, a coaching assignment, a placement, a small policy change. The director assumes...
Most directors learn this lesson the hard way at least once. A perfectly normal roster decision gets made, a coaching assignment, a placement, a small policy change. The director assumes.
Every program has levels. Most programs designed those levels around skill: beginner, intermediate, advanced, elite. The skill ladder is intuitive, matches how coaches think about development, and makes sense as...
Every program has levels. Most programs designed those levels around skill: beginner, intermediate, advanced, elite. The skill ladder is intuitive, matches how coaches think about development, and makes sense as.
Every experienced director can name the moment a peer program got hollowed out by a coach departure. Star coach leaves. Families follow within a season. The program that took fifteen...
Every experienced director can name the moment a peer program got hollowed out by a coach departure. Star coach leaves. Families follow within a season. The program that took fifteen.
Every experienced director has a story about a parent group chat that went sideways. A weather question that turned into a coaching critique. A schedule debate that surfaced six months...
Every experienced director has a story about a parent group chat that went sideways. A weather question that turned into a coaching critique. A schedule debate that surfaced six months.
You're not the program out there subtweeting competitors, inflating ordinary wins into franchise-defining headlines, or posting about a Tuesday clinic on Wednesday like it cured cancer. You're the other kind...
You're not the program out there subtweeting competitors, inflating ordinary wins into franchise-defining headlines, or posting about a Tuesday clinic on Wednesday like it cured cancer. You're the other kind.