I have always played sports, from the plastic bats and balls in the back yard to watching Johnny standing in center field playing with the newly discovered ant hill. Now at the tender age of 56 I am still playing pickup hockey year round and am the administrator of a hockey team.
As a player in the beginning there was always an adult who organized or coached the team. We appreciated them, or otherwise, but none the less had an expectation that they would take care of everything and we just got to go out and play, have some fun.
That went on for many years until we were largely cut off from the mentorship of the adult volunteers of our youth and then we all stood looking at each other wondering why the games did not just magically take place. Someone had to step up and be the sport team administrator and so straws were cut and drawn to where someone begrudgingly accepted the honor of being the team organizer. Phone calls and then emails and now texting and social media are the organizers tools.
One thing was always for sure, eventually the team organizer would call it quits and there was a pretty good chance the team would fold shortly after. The players like nomads would eventually find another team and life would go on. But as the decades ware on, many players just hung up the skates. A sports team in this “busy generation” it seems folding was a trend that does not sit well with me.
Enter TGO; I designed a system that equitably shares the responsibilities throughout the team and takes the pressure off the primary administrator. My teams have flourished with TGO and so can yours.
For the sports,
Kelly