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What does a Junior Team Manager do?

What does a Junior Team Manager do?

John McGuinness27 Jul 2019 - 09:41
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It's mostly communication!!!

Ce n’est pas à l’ampleur du travail que celle du cas se mesure, si vous avez de telles idées vous êtes encore bien loin de comprendre l’administration.
- Franz Kafka, The Castle

Parental input has been the back-bone to our growth. You won't just be told to get on with it - there are lots of people on hand to help. Wearing red underpants outside your trousers is optional!

A Team Manager is a link between the coaches & the off-field stuff a team needs done to function. Don't be daunted, its not as busy as it looks & as well as the chairman, vice chairman and membership secretary (Juniors' senior members), other TMs are always happy to offer advice. Basically the job is to persuade, pester & dragoon other parents to commit to stuff & get them hands on.

Below are some tips and guidance for what a Junior Team Manager does throughout the year.

General


Keeping track of players and parents & payment of subs
  • Ensure parents sign themselves and their children up to Pitchero and GMS
  • Ensure that Pitchero contains all the relevant information about players and parents,
  • and is kept up to date (e.g. removing people who have left the club)
  • Ensure all parents have paid subs for themselves and players (if any financial
  • difficulties speak with a senior member for any deals)
  • Ensure all players are registered with the RFU and their RFU number is entered on Pitchero

Fixtures including festivals [mostly managed using Pitchero]
  • Ensure parents know about