I asked my wife, 'if you had to tell folks what they need to do in January to prepare for the fall season, what would you tell them?' Her answer? Relax. There's a lot of wisdom in that! The fall season is a ton of work, so yeah, this is a good time of year to chill. But, alas, there are things to do.
The board chair needs to do some basic thinking and planning. Every year, a decision about the coach is needed. The temptation is to think that the coach who did last year will do it this year or even be a good fit for this year. On small home school or private school teams, this can change from year to year. So the board chair needs to think: what happens if the coach can't come back, what are our options?
The board chair also needs to do a quick review of who will be on the board this year - is there anyone who won't be able to be athletic director, treasurer, secretary or parent representatives. If one of them looks risky for coming back, what are the options?
Now is a good time to confirm fields to be used. In our club, we have two fields we use. This year I had the idea of giving our field contacts a picture of our team with the league trophy. Those contacts need to know they are part of effort that impacts the lives of kids - make them feel part of the team. This is a good time to give them that picture. We have a spring training program that we need a field for, and the spring isn't that far away, so it's a good time to arrange for that field.
Our team is doing an assessment of uniforms - are they in good shape? Do we need new ones? What are the options if we do need new ones? Our uniforms seem to last about 3-4 years, depending on the vendor. This year our shirts seem to get a lot of snags - time to replace them since they're so badly snagged.
So, yeah, relax! But there are a couple things you need to start thinking about!
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