Prime Time JH Youth Parent Meeting Overview
A glimpse into the Prime Time JH Youth Parent Meeting for March 21, 2023, showcasing leadership profiles, underlying club themes emphasizing fun, venturing, failure, communication, and confidence. Details on the practices overview, schedules, parent watching policy, and first aid protocols are also covered.
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2023 Prime Time JH / Youth Parent Meeting March 21, 2023
A little about your leadership Cliff been running Prime Time for ~20 years - 2005 91 girls - 2023 - ~700 girls - Parkland coach for the last 15 years - master coaches the VolleyKids, VolleyYouth (12s) and 16-18s age divisions - works full-time running sales division at Wolfram Research Sidney - former player at Parkland - assistant coach at Parkland - master coaches the 13, 14 and 15s age divisions - works full-time as a manager at Wolfram Research Ron - assistant coach at Parkland - has been with Prime Time for the last 15 years - runs the operations (apparel, tournament registrations, finances, etc) - works full-time as a nurse at Carle
Underlying themes of the club Fun we want to girls to derive the coaches passion and joy for the sport - there s a difference between volleyball fun and backyard fun - it will remain disciplined and focused, but it should also be fun and enjoyable Venturing - we want the girls to venture beyond their comfort zone experiment, try new things, meet new people, be open to new experiences - the world is a big place there s a lot to experience out there, and we want to help provide a safe space for the girls to find new sides of themselves while respecting/appreciating differences in others Failure - as parents, it s difficult to watch our kids fail or feel sadness over something they felt they didn t achieve; but all of us need to experience failure to one day accomplish greatness. - I want the girls to fail, then succeed, but know that staying within a tiny bubble of safety does not allow their true greatness to come out Communication & Confidence - girls experience with team sports prior to this is all over the board - it s important to me that they learn through this experience how to communicate with coaches, their teammates and refs/other teams. And while I m ok with them learning to fail, it s equally important for them to learn how to pick themselves up and find confidence through that failure so they ll be ready to fail/succeed (or at the very least to compete) again. We require eye contact and acknowledgement in all conversations to help guide them in communication success in team sports
Practices Overview Schedules - on the website Parent Watching - we are proud of our practices; we d love for parents to watch - if there are issue, educated parents make more useful conversations First Aid - we do not have first aid materials - if a girl gets injured or feels sick, her best bet will be to: (a) sit until she feels better to start again (b) call someone to come pick them up
Tournaments Schedules - I ll email the schedule, address and details for the first day of the tournament when it s posted - Schedules for day 2 are usually dependent on results of day 1 - You can plan that your team will likely play 3 matches each day and will ref 1-2 matches per day (8am-2pm or 2-8pm for example) Arrival Time - Coaches (or Cliff) will communicate when to be on the court and ready for warm-ups to start Uniforms - the girls will communicate and decide which uniform they want to wear (coaches don t dictate that) - always bring all uniforms in case someone forgets one or gets blood on one, etc.
Tournaments (cont) First Aid - tournaments do not have first aid materials - coaches don t take anything with them either Tournament cancellations - will not happen (blizzard, tornadoes, etc) - no need to text or email me asking if it will be canceled Transportation / hotels - these will always be up to you - if you can t drive, reach out to another parent on the team - if you are unable to go and a hotel is needed, repeat the above - coaches can not drive or arrange hotel stays for kids
Tournaments (cont) Working/reffing - as noted previously, all the girls will ref and work other matches - only 6 people needed at one time (so others can eat, etc) - no cell phones, ear pods or food at the score tables - if you have to ref the first or last match, everyone stays / arrives on time Food/drink/coolers/chairs - coolers are never allowed at tournaments - I ll try to communicate if you can have outside food/drinks/chairs - reclosable drink containers are normally ok
Parent Communication 5 Easy Rules 1. No swearing, negative / yelling statements at refs, coaches, teammates, other parents, other kids, etc. 2. No yelling SCORE or walking over to the score table complaining about the score or what they re doing mention to your team s coach 3. No approaching coaches at tournaments with issues; these get scheduled with the coach and player after the player has had the initial conversation with the coach (and player will be doing the initial talking) 4. No emailing or texting your team s coach with my daughter doesn t know I m sending this or I want to know . Coach is instructed to delete and not respond; player needs to be part of all conversations of issues. 5. No comparing your coach to other coaches or teammates to your daughter we are all different people with different strengths/weaknesses. Your judgments on others boil down to not trusting me and my work / experience.
Coach Communications 5 Easy Rules 1. Coaches will never swear, use any sort of racist, body-size or belittling comments to a kid personally. 2. Coaches are expected to give kids lots of opportunities for success (and failure) in practices. 3. Coaches are expected to push kids in tournaments but not sacrifice a team s success to ask kids to do something they can t accomplish in practice (i.e. if a kid doesn t make a serve in practice, she likely won t serve in a match). But on the flipside, it s the coach s decision if that kid now is making it 20% of the time in practice (for example). 4. Coaches will communicate times/locations via the team text group. They might say good job , etc. They are instructed not to connect on social media or have random conversations via text, etc. 5. Coaches are instructed to talk to parents, meet and enjoy casual conversations and/or answer parent questions about the game. They will not respond to questions about daughter s playing time, allow to be cornered for a contentious discussion, etc.
Player Communications 5 Easy Rules 1. Kids will never swear, use any sort of racist, body-size or belittling comments to others on the team or in the club. 2. Eye contact when coaches or peers or speaking to them. 3. Acknowledgement is required for coaches or peers. 4. Do not ask your coaches about their personal lives, try to connect up on social media or text them separately outside the group text. 5. Do not treat your parents like their personal water boy or janitorial staff, and I expect them to treat their parents well, also, whether that s important to you or not.
Apparel / Scrimmage Apparel - kids will need their jerseys, navy spandex/shorts/pants, socks/shoes/kneepads. - they are allowed to only wear Prime Time gear at tournaments when warming-up or reffing / hanging out. They don t need other Prime Time gear, but if they are cold inside sports facilities, you will likely want to get them a Prime Time long-sleeve shirt or jacket. Scrimmage - the goal for the scrimmage is simply to allow the coaches, kids and parents to feel out what a tournament will look and feel like - it also creates a nice baseline for coaches to see/feel what feedback to provide the kids both from individual growth as well as team growth perspectives
