This Week’s Playbook. November is when the questions start coming, from families and from your own staff, and you can answer them now or answer them in a hurry later. When does spring start? Why does one of my kids love this when the other doesn't? What would my benefits look like if I took the district job? Each one lands on your desk eventually, and the programs that answer before anyone asks spend the winter planning instead of replying. This week covers three of them: why your best full-time coach is comparing your offer to a school district's benefits, the dates families need before they commit to spring, and what to tell parents when two siblings are having very different seasons.
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THE GAME PLAN
Why Your Best Full-Time Coach Is Comparing Your Offer to a School District’s Benefits
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Your best full-time coach just asked if you have a few minutes next week.
The district down the road is offering them a salary plus family health insurance, a retirement plan, dental, and vision.
A raise answers the salary, and the rest of the offer is where most programs fall behind.
Here’s how to see the side-by-side the way your coach does, and how to check in about a minute whether your program qualifies to close it.
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THE HUMAN FACTOR
The 4 Dates Families Need Before They Can Commit to Your Spring Season
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Spring registration opens soon, and some of your families will open the form, look at it, and close it.
They're fitting spring around school, a second sport, and a sibling's schedule, and they can't answer until they see your dates.
More reminders add pressure without adding anything they can plan around.
Here are the 4 dates to publish before registration opens, and when to send them.
— Maddie Soviero, Executive Director of Signature Sports Camps
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THE TOOLKIT
What to Tell Parents When One Sibling Is Thriving and the Other Isn't
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The older sister made the top team and had the season of her life.
Her younger brother played less than he hoped and is asking whether he has to go back in spring.
His parents are worried about one comparison, the one happening at their dinner table every night.
Here's what to tell them, and the 3 changes that give each kid a season of their own.
— Ricky Reyes, CEO of Carolina Lacrosse Association
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