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Tag: communication


  • Best Practices for Communication in Chaos

    Dec 12 2022

    Best Practices for Communication in Chaos

    By: TeamSnap

    It’s hard to predict when emergency situations will arise, but one thing your sports organization can do is to have a solid plan in place communication wise when a chaotic…

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  • How Coaches Can Successfully Talk To Parents About Playing Time

    Mar 24 2022

    How Coaches Can Successfully Talk To Parents About Playing Time

    By: Sarah Kostin

    Many youth athletic coaches dread the “playing time” conversation at any level of play. In fact, some coaches create a hard fast rule that they don’t have conversations about playing…

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  • How To Create A Culture of Open And Honest Communication In Your Youth Sports Club Or League

    Mar 21 2022

    How To Create A Culture of Open And Honest Communication In Your Youth Sports Club Or League

    By: Sarah Kostin

    Building relationships with your team is the most important thing you can do as a coach. Relationships and trust are built through consistent communication with the team. The team includes…

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  • Permission To Fail And Learning How Important Failure is

    Mar 14 2022

    Permission To Fail And Learning How Important Failure is

    By: Celia Balf

    Fear of failure looks and feels differently for every athlete. For some athletes, worrying about messing up can translate into playing timid and holding back from their ultimate potential. For…

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  • Why Preseason Meetings Are the Perfect Opportunity for Setting Parent’s Expectations for the Season

    Mar 01 2022

    Why Preseason Meetings Are the Perfect Opportunity for Setting Parent’s Expectations for the Season

    By: Marika Dasbach

    One of the toughest parts of being a coach for a youth sports team isn’t always wrangling kids, sometimes it’s actually wrangling the parents. Between game time, practice schedules, carpools,…

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  • 5 Signs It Might Be Time To Switch to TeamSnap for Clubs and Leagues

    Oct 27 2021

    5 Signs It Might Be Time To Switch to TeamSnap for Clubs and Leagues

    By: Marika Dasbach

    Growing your sports organization can be a busy and complex undertaking. For early-stage or smaller clubs, leagues or associations, there’s a lot to accomplish; you need to appoint a board,…

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  • Why Coaches Should Give Athletes Feedback All Season Long

    Sep 23 2021

    Why Coaches Should Give Athletes Feedback All Season Long

    By: Marika Dasbach

    A coach’s job is never done—from skill development to administrative tasks like scheduling, and off-season training, there’s a lot that goes into being a good coach. And while player development…

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  • How TeamSnap Helps SFU Football Boosters Communicate with 450 Members

    Sep 15 2021

    How TeamSnap Helps SFU Football Boosters Communicate with 450 Members

    By: TeamSnap

    If you’re familiar with TeamSnap, you already know how useful we are for sports. But did you know TeamSnap supports any type of group or activity?  Just ask the football…

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  • Reasons We’re Loving the Postgame Report

    Aug 27 2021

    Reasons We’re Loving the Postgame Report

    By: TeamSnap

    At TeamSnap, we love using new features almost as much as we love releasing new features. One of our favorite new features we rolled out this year is the Postgame…

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  • 5 Tips to Keep Your Coaches Fulfilled Year After Year

    Aug 24 2021

    5 Tips to Keep Your Coaches Fulfilled Year After Year

    By: Marika Dasbach

    Skilled coaches are the backbone of many youth sports clubs. Without coaches, who would help players hone their skills, win games while also organize team rosters, schedules and communicate with…

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  • 7 Ways To Measure Success in Your Youth Sports Organization

    Jul 30 2021

    7 Ways To Measure Success in Your Youth Sports Organization

    By: Marika Dasbach

    Often we think about success in sports as the number of wins your team has or your club’s ranking in your league. And while that’s a primary and perhaps most…

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  • Team Building Activities Your Whole Team Will Love

    Jul 22 2021

    Team Building Activities Your Whole Team Will Love

    By: Marika Dasbach

      As adults, we often assume that getting the kids onto the fields and into youth sports is all that needs to happen to build a cohesive, tight-knit team. But…

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  • Everything You Need To Know About COVID-19 Waivers and Registration Insurance

    May 11 2021

    Everything You Need To Know About COVID-19 Waivers and Registration Insurance

    By: Kody Pedersen

    As summer approaches, we naturally start to think of our favorite sports events and leagues. But as the COVID-19 pandemic continues into 2021, that anticipation is mixed with uncertainty for…

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  • One Year With COVID-19: 5 Sports-Themed Silver Linings

    Mar 04 2021

    One Year With COVID-19: 5 Sports-Themed Silver Linings

    By: Monica Stockbridge

    To say it’s been a challenging year is an understatement. The closed sporting venues, the unexpectedly long offseason and overall uncertainty about the future of amateur team sports has weighed…

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  • Recapping Our Top Articles for Sports Admins, Coaches, Parents and Players From 2020

    Jan 18 2021

    Recapping Our Top Articles for Sports Admins, Coaches, Parents and Players From 2020

    By: Marika Dasbach

    We did it! We made it to 2021! And while we think it’s safe to say most won’t look fondly back at 2020, watching the sports community come together in…

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  • Communication in Chaos: Quick wins

    Apr 07 2020

    Communication in Chaos: Quick wins

    By: Marika Dasbach

      In part one, we covered four vital best practices when communicating in uncertainty or crisis. In this post, we’ll follow up with three quick communication wins for your organization….

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  • How to Communicate with Your Child’s Coach

    May 24 2019

    How to Communicate with Your Child’s Coach

    By: Janis B. Meredith

    Good communication is key to building strong relationships—especially when it comes to youth sports. Sometimes, though, too much communication can be, well, too much, and especially when it’s unhealthy. Parents…

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  • How TeamSnap Helped Save a Robot

    May 03 2019

    How TeamSnap Helped Save a Robot

    By: Lisa Hope

    Underwater robots? No, we’re not talking about the next Marvel movie. Christian Brothers Robotic team dove into underwater robotics in 2018. With an all freshmen skeleton crew, they entered their…

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  • 6 TeamSnap Features You Need to Know

    Apr 29 2019

    6 TeamSnap Features You Need to Know

    By: Lisa Hope

    TeamSnap is the Swiss Army knife of team management. You may think you know all of its time-saving features, but do you really? Whether you’re brand new to TeamSnap or…

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  • 3 Ways to Improve Team Communication

    Sep 21 2016

    3 Ways to Improve Team Communication

    By: TeamSnap

    No matter what sport you coach or at what level of competition, good communication is essential. While most coaches recognize this fact, it can still be a challenge to get…

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  • Jun 29 2016

    3 Ways Open Communication Improves the Youth Sports Experience

    By: Quinn McDowell

    The dynamics between players, coaches and parents have become notoriously difficult to manage—and understandably so. The complexity that results from the intermingling of these relationships is due to the very…

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  • May 23 2016

    Staying in Touch: A TeamSnap Customer Story

    By: TeamSnap

    About a month ago, we were thrilled to announce that TeamSnap reached 10 million customers worldwide. Thanks again for making it possible! To celebrate, we asked you to share your…

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  • 5 Ways Parents Can Build Mental Toughness

    May 18 2016

    5 Ways Parents Can Build Mental Toughness

    By: Rob Bell

    Like it or not, sports come with pressure. There will come a time when your young athlete gets the ball with the clock winding down or steps up with the…

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  • 5 Ways to Get Team Parents on Your Side

    May 16 2016

    5 Ways to Get Team Parents on Your Side

    By: Jim Taylor

    For coaches, challenges and stressors are plentiful. It’s a tough job, and there are people on the sidelines who can sometimes make it even tougher, whether or not they realize…

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  • Three Perfect Moments to Use the TeamSnap Mobile App

    Feb 04 2016

    Three Perfect Moments to Use the TeamSnap Mobile App

    By: TeamSnap

    Whether you’re new to TeamSnap and don’t know about our glorious (and highly rated, we might add) app, or you’ve been using TeamSnap for years but aren’t convinced you need…

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