Overview

The Team Manager is the primary supervising adult and administrator for practices and games. Key tasks include:

• Communicate with families about practices, games and events

• Coordinate team parent volunteers

• Communicate with the coaches and the league on the needs of the team 

• Ensure player safety an emotional well-being at practices and games 

• Work with coaches to manage the dugout during games and ensure playing time is distributed fairly​

 

The Team Manager is supported by the league's Manager Coordinator and receives league-run training in Jan/Feb and on-line ACE Certification training.

 

Safety At All Practices and Games

• MVLAGS requires that at least one adult is present at each team event (practices and games). This can be the manager or adult from the Practice Crew. In the event that a a member of the team staff cannot attend a team event, another parent from the team may sub for them.

• The First Aid Kit and The Manager’s Binder contain critical items/information that your team might need at any practice or game, first aid supplies, emergency contact info, the Safety Manual, and incident forms. 

• Drop off and Pick up –  Stress to parents that they must walk their players to and from practices and games.  It is not safe to drop them at the curb or wait for them in the parking lot. Without this process, children would have been dropped off at the wrong field/wrong time.

• Additional Documents:

  • Safety Manual

  • Incident Reports

  • Player Medical & Emergency Contact Info

  • Keep signed player medical forms in this section. Feel free to print more as needed.

 

TeamSnap for Communication

Team Managers will use TeamSnap (website and app) as the primary communication method with parents. Here are some common Team Manager tasks within TeamSnap re:

• Adding Events, Practices or Games: click on Schedule->New Event or New Game. Choose the correct location from the drop-down list. When entering the info, click on "Show Optional Info" to include notes, arrival time and duration of the activity. Note: Initial team schedules will be automatically uploaded into TeamSnap at the start of the season

• Send Availability Reminders: click on the Availability Tab and click on the small envelope icon just below an upcoming event.  TeamSnap will send a reminder to families who have not yet responded.

• Tip:  Use the Assignments tab for Snacks, Practice Crew, Field Crew, or other game or practice duties.

• Tip:  As manager, you can update any player's Availability.

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General Information

• Communications Overview and Rainy Day Field Status

• Team Manager Job Description

• Parent/Guardian Code of Conduct

• Team Staff Code of Conduct​

• Additional forms, policies, rules and field set-up instructions

 

Rules

• Rules at a Glance

• Division Specific Rules - 6U rules - 8U rules - 10U+ rules

• League and Team Rules - for Players and Parents every family will be emailed a copy as a reminder just before the start of the season

• Team Formation Policy 6U & 8U

• Team Formation Policy 10U+