On The Pitch

Thoughts on Youth Soccer from a Soccer Dad, Fan, Coach and Administrator

Entries Tagged ‘volunteers’

How Much Privacy Would You Give Up To Coach?

Hopefully your soccer league does background checks on all coaches, manages, and officers. If they do and you coach/manage, you’re likely familiar with the questionnaire you have to fill out and know that a background check is run on you to ensure you haven’t been convicted of a variety of assaults, sexual crimes, repeated DUI’s, [...]

What Is This Off-Season You Speak Of?

As the season winds down, the volunteers who spend much of their time administering soccer leagues can get a little snarky because it can be so hard to recruit other volunteers to help with things like concessions, field upkeep, goal repair, and more. So you have to forgive them if they get a little bit, [...]

Having Trouble Getting Concessions Volunteers?

I know some leagues don’t do concessions, but for those of you that do… If you’re having trouble getting volunteers, buy a space heater for the concession stand. Once the weather turns cold, they’ll flock to it in droves. Last night we had FIVE people behind the counter drinking coffee and huddling around the [...]