JTAA Jupiter Sting Competitive Soccer

Each competitive soccer team is required to have team managers. The coach and team managers are responsible for ensuring that the proper paperwork is collect in a timely fashion and that everyone from their team is notified and attends the monthly club gatherings.

The following list highlight the responsibilities that must be taken care of for each competitive team.

We encourage you to move your whole team into helping make such things second nature. Good communication keeps people prepared:

"Luck favors the prepared." Edna Mode -- The Incredibles

:: Maintain Contact Info for Each Player

Collect every player’s name, address, birth date, player number, and phone numbers are required. It is also very helpful to collect their parents’ names and contact phone numbers.

This information should be put into an organized list and shared with other team members – this permits car-pooling and telephone trees to be established more easily.

This information along with a recent photo of each player must be collected and a copy of a player’s birth certificate is required to create a pass. This pass is checked by the referee at a tournament and during travel competitions.

:: Maintain the Team Roster

Ensure that the team roster is accurate and up-to-date prior to the start of each season. It is very difficult for changes to be made later. Please make every effort to get information early.

Inform the club registrar if there is a change in the roster prior to the start of season. It is very difficult to make changes later. Please make every effort to do this prior to the start of a season.

Review roster early in season and let registrar know if there is any duplication of player numbers so another number may be assigned. A number should be unique to a player in any age group, not just unique to the team.

No player not listed on a team roster may play in a game.

:: Bring Proper Supplies to each Game

The team manager and coach must have an up-to-date roster with complete contact info at each game/practice. This info is very valuable if a player is injured and a parent is not present.

A game ball must be available.

It is helpful to have information about the date and location of the next game and/or practice available to share with parents.

The Coach or team manager must bring a first aid kit to each game.

:: Maintain Communication with Team Parents

Team managers have the responsibility to call all parents to notify them of a change in game or practice schedule. Some teams find a phone tree works, others set up email lists, but at all times it is the team managers' job to be sure the message delivered it to all parents.

Also, the date of the next club meeting should be shared with all parents, and an invitation to attend extended. Either the coach or team manager is expected to attend each meeting, unless another parent volunteers to attend.

Any extra information needed to register for a tournament must be collected by the team manager.

Make sure parents know what the fees will be and collect the checks by a deadline. Turn the checks into the club. If there are any questions, the team manager should contact the club treasurer.

In the event that there is a scheduling conflict, the team manager must tally up the number of players available for a game as soon as possible. The coach must be notified if there is the likelihood of an insufficient number of players so a game may be re-scheduled. (Too short-notice forces a forfeit and a monetary penalty is charged against the club).

Be sure each parent is aware of the Code of Conduct of the club. It is posted on the website.