"If you don't have time to do it right,
when will you have time to do it over? " 
John Wooden

Team Managers here's...

6 Experiences you would want to avoid...

• Players showing up at the wrong rink or at the wrong time.

• Players showing up without key pieces of their equipment.

• A team budget falling short on its fundraising.

• A parent complaining that they have no access to the coach.

• Having to go back to parents mid-season  asking for more money.

• Getting to a hotel with the team and finding a shortage of rooms.

Experiences you want to have...

• Writing a cheque back to parents at the end
   of the season.
• Great communication and teamwork that goes beyond the players on the ice.
• Parents and family members contributing  voluntarily to doing whatever is needed to have a successful season.

  The Team Management Program will
  ensure all of this for you and more! 

The grass roots of hockey has always considered proper and formal qualifications for Coaches and Trainers/Safety Persons to be an important aspect of the sport.  This is clearly evidenced in the long list of training courses and materials available, and even mandatory for these positions and the people who fill them year after year.

Unnoticed and unresolved is the annual occurrence of volunteering individuals being coaxed, if not thrust, into the daunting and ill-defined role of Team Manager.  Long is the list of team members, who have spent the full season mumbling about the lack of communication and the lack of transparency, related to the team budget.  Long is the list of complaints every year about the continual request from families for more money, and the horror stories related to 'the infamous tournament trip'.  And even longer is the growing list of individuals saddled with the role of Team Manager, who arrive at the end of the season saying, 'never again'.

The Hockey Source has believed for a long time, that the role of Team Manager is as important to a successful year off the ice, as the position of Coach is to a successful year on the ice.  And unlike those that have felt the same way in the past, The Hockey Source decided to do something to remedy the situation.  And for the first time ever, The Hockey Source has created The Team Management Program...as sure recipe for increased success and enjoyment for all matters off the ice.