Team Manager Job Description

All parents are expected to contribute during the season to the smooth running of a team and the managers job is to 

1. Create a roster of who does what on which dates

2. Communicate this out at the start of the season

3. Send a summary email each week reminding people whose job is what.

Parents are to negotiate with each other and swap roles outside of the managers roster once set.  I.E.  It is not for the manager to keep moving things around to accommodate everyone.

Managers are recommended to ask for dates when players are likely to be unavailable due to holidays or other events so they can best set up the roster.

ROLES FOR PARENTS

1. Scoring 

Scoring via the APP or the book. (Primary Scorer and a Handover Scorer who helps them for 30 mins if new)

2. Player Preparation - Batting and Fielding

This means ensuring the batters know their batting order and that two batters are padded up when two are out in the middle.  Getting other players to do some throw downs to the incoming batsmen

3. Ground Setup

Setting up cones around boundary and stumps in the middle

4. Gazebo Setup

Person who is allocated to ask 3 others to help setup.  They can be broken, twisted out of shape, if only one person setting up. ONe person on each leg is perfect.

5. Fruit/ Snacks

Oranges

TEAM COMMUNICATIONS

Best to get both parents emails, especially in split families

Whats APP

Easiest to setup

- Whats app is good but should only be used for last minute communications for organising and positive comments.  As the administrator of what's app group. Keep your communications business like and friendly to set the tone.

I have had one issue of parent bringing up an issue they thought was unfair for their child on what's app and it is not good for parent relationships or player relationships so no negative on whats app.  If something like this starts to happen, delist the outspoken persons quickly and communicate privately about any issues.  It is generally never a problem but saying this just in case.

Email

You can use your email groups or CC get a previous group email and then send it again to that.

A Team App

There are team apps out there but it requires users to download and register so a little more friction to overcome but can be very good.

EXAMPLE ROSTER

You might prepare in excel or word and make a PDF or 

EXAMPLE WEEKLY EMAIL

Hello Team & Parents

ROUND 4 FIXTURE: SATURDAY 9TH NOVEMBER 2019

This week’s fixture:  AWAY

AGAINST: Guildford Grammar School A

VENUE: Guildford Grammar School PEXTON OVAL (click link below for location)

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Guildford+Grammar+School/@-31.8947642,115.9780713,16.74z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x2a32b9da8d72300d:0x8caaadeb37c16c7e!8m2!3d-31.8945714!4d115.9804277

PLEASE NOTE:  I do not know where Pexton Oval is on the school campus.  If anyone knows, please share

ARRIVAL TIME: 8.00AM to allow for warm up, coaches instruction & any other preparations

START TIME: 8.30AM

Please bring: filled water bottles, club wide brim hat, personal cricket equipment/bag, own snack if fruit supplied is not sufficient SUNSCREEN – IT IS GOING TO BE A HOT ONE!

Uniform: Players to arrive in Club shirt & hat and white long pants

Absentees or Injuries: Please let the team manager know as soon as possible if you are unavailable for any match prior to 5pm on Fridays because the team needs to be loaded online for app scoring purposes prior to this time

THIS WEEKS ABSENTEES/INJURIES:  OLIVE

TEAM PLAYER ETIQUETTE:  Please refrain from (1) the use of mobile phones on the sidelines for entertainment purposes whilst team mates are batting.  You should be either getting prepared to bat next or you should be sending some balls down to your team mates in an area away from the spectators and (2) to celebrate a team wicket respectfully is coming together in a huddle and then returning promptly to your last field position to witness the next batters play

PARENT ROSTER