Program Director's Playbook

Why the Next 24 Hours After a Form Submission Decide Everything

Why the Next 24 Hours After a Form Submission D...

A family fills out the contact form on your website. They're considering your program for their kid. They've spent a few hours researching, asked friends for recommendations, and finally hit...

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Why the Next 24 Hours After a Form Submission Decide Everything

A family fills out the contact form on your website. They're considering your program for their kid. They've spent a few hours researching, asked friends for recommendations, and finally hit.

Why Parents Say "Development" but Watch the Sco...

A parent fills out a registration form and answers the question "what matters most to you for your child this season?" The answer is consistent across thousands of programs and...

Why Parents Say "Development" but Watch the Scoreboard

A parent fills out a registration form and answers the question "what matters most to you for your child this season?" The answer is consistent across thousands of programs and.

What Emotionally Safe Teams Look Like (and Unsafe Ones)

What Emotionally Safe Teams Look Like (and Unsa...

May arrives with a few overlapping moments for youth sports programs. Spring seasons wrap up. Summer planning kicks into gear. End-of-season reflections happen. And culturally, May is Mental Health Awareness...

What Emotionally Safe Teams Look Like (and Unsafe Ones)

May arrives with a few overlapping moments for youth sports programs. Spring seasons wrap up. Summer planning kicks into gear. End-of-season reflections happen. And culturally, May is Mental Health Awareness.

What Your Silence Is Telling Your Parents This Week

What Your Silence Is Telling Your Parents This ...

A coach pulls a kid late in the second half of a tight game. The kid doesn't go back in. Game ends, the team loses, the family drives home. The...

What Your Silence Is Telling Your Parents This Week

A coach pulls a kid late in the second half of a tight game. The kid doesn't go back in. Game ends, the team loses, the family drives home. The.

The 5 Expectations That Climb With Every Price Tier

The 5 Expectations That Climb With Every Price ...

The 5 Expectations That Climb With Every Price Tier Rec parents write a $400 check, drop their kid off, and ask very few questions over the course of the season....

The 5 Expectations That Climb With Every Price Tier

The 5 Expectations That Climb With Every Price Tier Rec parents write a $400 check, drop their kid off, and ask very few questions over the course of the season..

The 5 Forms of Progress Most Programs Never Recognize

The 5 Forms of Progress Most Programs Never Rec...

A program's pathway is more than a logistical system for moving athletes between teams. It's a daily curriculum about what the program values. Every visible step, every recognized milestone, every...

The 5 Forms of Progress Most Programs Never Recognize

A program's pathway is more than a logistical system for moving athletes between teams. It's a daily curriculum about what the program values. Every visible step, every recognized milestone, every.

Why Most Programs Unintentionally Underserve the Bulk of Their Athletes

Why Most Programs Unintentionally Underserve th...

Walk into the design meeting for next season at most youth sports programs. The conversation focuses heavily on two ends of the roster. The beginner programming, with thoughtful intro structures...

Why Most Programs Unintentionally Underserve the Bulk of Their Athletes

Walk into the design meeting for next season at most youth sports programs. The conversation focuses heavily on two ends of the roster. The beginner programming, with thoughtful intro structures.

5 Questions Your Coaches Should Be Asking This Season

5 Questions Your Coaches Should Be Asking This ...

Most coaches want a way to know how their athletes are actually doing. The temptation, when programs start thinking about whole-athlete development, is to reach for something that sounds therapeutic....

5 Questions Your Coaches Should Be Asking This Season

Most coaches want a way to know how their athletes are actually doing. The temptation, when programs start thinking about whole-athlete development, is to reach for something that sounds therapeutic..

The 5-Question Program Health Check Every Director Should Run

The 5-Question Program Health Check Every Direc...

Most directors run a youth sports program partly by feel. A sense of how the season is going. A read on whether the staff is in good shape. A general...

The 5-Question Program Health Check Every Director Should Run

Most directors run a youth sports program partly by feel. A sense of how the season is going. A read on whether the staff is in good shape. A general.

The Real Reason Kids Re-Sign (It's Not Your Curriculum)

The Real Reason Kids Re-Sign (It's Not Your Cur...

Ask a 12-year-old why they want to keep playing next season and listen carefully to the answer. They almost never say "the curriculum is excellent" or "I appreciate the development...

The Real Reason Kids Re-Sign (It's Not Your Curriculum)

Ask a 12-year-old why they want to keep playing next season and listen carefully to the answer. They almost never say "the curriculum is excellent" or "I appreciate the development.