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How To Get Your Players To Mark Their Availability

How To Get Your Players To Mark Their Availability

This is part of our blog series on getting those resistant users on your team to log-in to TeamSnap. You have played nice, explained to your team why you are using TeamSnap, posted photos and statistics with gusto, and you still have a few users who just won’t log in? We didn’t want to have to do…

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The 10th Bold Idea For Youth Sports

The 10th Bold Idea For Youth Sports

A few weeks ago we posted a blog, “10 Bold Ideas to Improve Youth Sports.” Coach Bruce wrote about nine different ways that clubs and leagues could improve by making their top priority to teach the sport. He suggests sharing, collaboration, ongoing assessment, and an overarching mentality to mentor others in the organization including coaches…

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Let’s Hear It For Dad

In honor of Father’s Day, we decided to republish a post celebrating dads and their dedication to kids and sports. What did you do to celebrate Father’s Day? Enjoy the video! Today we would like to honor all of the dads who coach, organize, and spectate hours of practice and competition in support of their…

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How Many Teaspoons of Sugar Are in a 20 Ounce Gatorade?

The American Academy of Pediatrics recently issued a report titled Sports Drinks and Energy Drinks for Children and Adolescents: Are They Appropriate? So in our last newsletter, we polled our customers with this question: How many teaspoons of sugar do you think are in a 20 oz. Gatorade? The answer is a whopping 9 teaspoons….

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TeamSnap Top 5: Bizarre Sports That You Have Never Heard Of… And Should

Here at TeamSnap, we support over 100 different kinds of sports and non-sports groups. We’re talking everything from Soccer and Softball to Curling and Ki-O-Rahi. This may sound like a lot, but people all over the world create new sports every day so we decided to do some research to see just what we could…

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How Can You Help Athletes to Feel More Confident and Perform Better in Sports?

Interacting with our customers on a daily basis, I have the pleasure of talking to coaches, team moms and dads, league administrators, managers, and sports parents. Everyone has their own approach to youth sports, but there is an overarching theme of seeking to create a positive sports experience for kids, promoting growth and personal development….

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Team Parent Playbook: How To Be A Great Team Manager

Team moms and dads, listen up!  Managing a team is no small feat and whether you are a first timer or a tenured sports parent, we want to be helpful resource for your next season.  This is part of a series of blog posts about best practices and new ideas for the team manager.  This…

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Get Organized For The New Year: Sync Your TeamSnap Schedule With Your Personal Calendar

Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to be more organized? Hopefully, we are already helping you in that department. But you may not be aware that TeamSnap offers several ways for you to export your schedule data and sync it with your personal calendar. If you use Apple iCal, Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook 2007…

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Fun Ideas for Sports Kids During Tournament Down Time

Last week we shared tips for parents on staying involved and productive at the rink or gym during tournament time. This post is focused on the players and offers ideas for keeping them engaged and safe during their down time at tournaments. Special thanks to the Hockey Mom in Canada community who shared many great ideas for…

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Tips for Parents on Getting Involved and Staying Productive During Tournament Time

It is tournament time again, and if you have kids playing sports, it is likely that you will be spending at least a few upcoming weekends at a rink or gymnasium. That means a whole lot of action packed competition… and a whole lot of down time. We partnered with Theresa of the”Hockey Mom in…

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