Parent Meeting Agenda

I. Thanks for attendance
II. Intro Staff
III. Purpose
IV. Team Expectations
V. Philosophy
      a. Varsity vs. JV
VI. Communication Plan
VII. Player Treatment
VIII. Master Schedule
IX. Contact Info

A couple points I really wanted to emphasize was how important communication is to our program and the expectation of communication coming from the player.  We are a high school program and believe part of our charge is to help transition our players into adulthood.  I gave an example; if I have an issue with my principal I'm not going to call my mom and ask her to call my boss for me because I didn't like the way he handled some issue. We really want players to advocate for themselves and shoulder all communication responsibilities.

The other point we try to get across in parent meetings is about playing time.  This seems to be the number 1 concern for parents and its never a productive conversation.  Playing time is a judgement call and opinion based.  The parent can give their opinion and the coach can return theirs, but the conversation is just going to go in circles until both parties agree to disagree, but with the decision still lying with the coach.