House Keeping Items

Just a few house keeping items to request of you and your players.

Water

For games and practices, please make sure your player has a sufficient amount of water, especially as the weather turns warmer. I've noticed that a few players either don't have water or an insufficient amount and are turning to other player's source of water to keep them hydrated. Not only is this unfair to those that are prepared, it poses a health risk that I'm sure no one wants among our club. As an example, my older brother's team "waterfalled" from squirt bottles (likely just drank directly from them) and passed around their saliva to the point he ended up with mono and was deathly ill for quite some time. Let's avoid this extreme risk by helping our players to be prepared.

Missing Ball
A few practices ago a player's ball went missing from practice. It was last seen in the hands of another player. I'm sure it was a mix up. It would be wonderful to have the missing ball miraculously make a reappearance.

Timeliness
Practices have been really good lately and I really appreciate the communication by each player when they're not able to attend or need to leave early. I especially encourage players to miss practice when catching up on homework. A simple note or face-2-face communication is greatly appreciated.

Plan to be on time rather than rushing to the games

As for games, yesterday was a little stressful as a good percentage of our A-team showed up right before the match, or shortly thereafter. Not only does this make planning of the match difficult for the coaches, it places a greater burden on those that show up early. The warm up period is an essential part of the game experience to keep players healthy and able to perform at a sufficient level of play. Please help you players to be on time (i.e. 30 min prior to the start of the game) or otherwise drop me a note and let me know of the circumstance in order to better plan the event.

As always, I'm open to suggestions and appreciate all of your support for our players.

Go Huskies!!!