How to be the Best Player and Not Make a Team
There are so many different things that coaches look for in building a team. Player skill is just one thing and sometimes not even the most important. Coaches evaluate players on a variety of other criteria including: Read more
How to Recognize and Prevent Heat-Related Illness
As a child once observed, the sun rises in the summer just like the winter, it just rises more so. Too much sun can bring a bad end to a good time. In order to protect kids, parents need to be aware of the symptoms of the three stages heat related problems.
Trying Out for a Select Team – The Parent Quiz
If Your Kid Can Make the Team, Can You? Given the importance of team chemistry, many select and travel teams are starting to evaluate parents as well as the players when making their decisions for limited team spots. Parents who have demonstrated inappropriate behavior or who have caused problems for coaches or staff often put their kids at a disadvantage. Parents who don’t have the right perceptions of select sports can also cause problems for teams. Here is a quick questionnaire that teams can use to evaluate the parents of select or travel players.
Need Fundraising Fireworks? Try Web, Email Sponsorships
Be sure to read the brief post on how to sell banner sponsorships. It explains how your team can raise more than $3,000 through a simple team banner sponsorship program.
Parent Alert: 12 Secrets to Recruiting Success
The recruiting process requires the involvement of the whole family. Your support, guidance, advice, love and patience will make a world of difference in your son or daughter achieving success in the recruiting game.
Raise $10,000 to $20,000 with a Golf Tournament Fundraiser
You can tee off on team budget needs with a well-organized golf tournament fundraiser. In this Interview with Mike Stefani of Allen (TX) Eagles Hockey, discover how one youth association raised more than $10,000 in one event:
10 Must-Dos on Your Recruiting Checklist
Here’s a checklist you won’t want to misplace or ignore. Marking off each item will move a prospective a long way toward success:
Myth Busted: Yes, You Can Train Your Players Too Much
(By Brian Grasso) I have long supported the notion that the zeal many trainers and coaches show with respect to conducting high intensity training sessions for young athletes is akin to the unsure actor who feels a need to ‘over-do’ his or her role in a given appearance for fear that the audience may disapprove of his acting ability.
The Performance Edge of a One-Piece Stick
One-piece sticks are the biggest technological advancement in sticks. There are two types of sticks. One type is fused, which means the blade and shaft come from two different molds and are permanently fused together.
Fitting a Player in the Right Shoulder Pads
When looking at which shoulder pads to buy you will want to ask yourself a couple questions.
