Welcome to the 2009/10 Cricket season at Coomera Hope Island Cricket Club.
As the Manager of your Junior cricket team, you will play an important role in this year’s season, by supporting your coach, assisting your team, gaining as much support from your parent group, and providing the link between your team and the club.
The following information outlines your role, and is provided merely as a guideline to assist you in organizing your team. Our aim, is that you merely oversee many of these functions, and enlist as much help as you can from the other parents in your group. As a club we cannot function without volunteers, and would like to see as many parents as possible become involved in the season, so that our year runs smoothly without everything being the responsibility of just one or two people. We thank you for taking on this important role, and hope that the following information is helpful. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.
Managers Manual: Role of the Team Manager
There are three main areas in the role of Team Manager;
- Support the coach at training and on game day
- Liaise with parents and encourage their support
- Co-ordinate the distribution of information between your team and the club
COACH SUPPORT
- Make sure the team knows when training is on, and where you will be playing that week. Encourage parents to text with any problems or delays in their arrival.
- Notify parents by text or phone of any cancellations. A confirmation text early on Saturday morning reminds everyone of the correct ground, and allows you to plan numbers.
- Co-ordinate drinks break at game
- At training, assist the coach with drills, but most importantly make sure the session runs smoothly and is productive. Each training session should have a purpose and should involve every team member. Separate, or ‘sit-out’ any child who disrupts the training session.
- Prevent unruly behavior at games, by encouraging players to focus on the game – the team should watch, and support their batters while off the field, and sit together as a group.
- Enter team scores on ‘MY CRICKET’ website B4 Sunday each week. These must be done in detail – training will be provided and a qualified team parent can be nominated to do this
- Enter a summary of how the team went onto our website
PARENT LIAISON
- Distribute ‘WELCOME’ letter from the coaches manual to team at first training session, adding coach and manager contact details.
- Prepare and distribute team list, including team members name, parent contact/s, email address and home and mobile numbers – copy to Graham Budinger.
- Encourage parents to attend the Coaches/Umpire training session on September 8th at 4.30pm, and Scorers training (date to be advised)
- Encourage parents to attend training sessions, to watch and take advantage of canteen facilities.
- On game days, the team should sit with the manager and coach, while parents be encouraged to sit as a group and assist in scoring and umpiring.
- Encourage parents and team to return to the club after the game, to support the Grade Cricket game, and take part in the weekly raffle
CLUB LIAISON
- Notify Tracey Godfrey each week at the conclusion of the game as to who has won ‘player of the week’ and ‘special mention player’, so that their details can be written on the club noticeboard.
- Promptly distribute all information provided by the club, to your team group.
- Promote all the activities the club has on offer; weekly raffle, information sessions, holiday cricket camps, Super 8’s day etc.
CONTACT
Please feel free to contact the club with any queries, and thank you again for volunteering for this role
Tracey Godfrey Graham Budinger
Event Organiser Junior Vice President
0439 672966 0405509447
55467328
Tgo66972@bigpond.net.au graham@budinger.co.uk
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