Re: D4 Section Ammos
To Anyone who is involved with a amatuer footy club,
Do you have any problems with keeping reserves players staying at on to support the seniors?
Do you have any problems with getting numbers to training?
Do you have any problems with players paying game monies and subs?
I am a committee member of an amatuer club. I am becoming increasingly worried that a culture which existed for years is not being eraticated by the influx of new players. I am wanting to know what suggestions you people may have in regards to the above. Any idea will do...I suppose.
Thank You.
This is the bane of many an amateur club .
Some ideas.
Have a good mix of players and others on committee
Pick a leader from the reserves- not neccessarily the captain- more a social leader and make them and a couple of others responsible for running the bar after the senior match- Offer them discounts from their subs as incentive
Give out beer vouchers to reserves best players that can only be redeemed after the senior game- need to be at least a couple of cans to be worthwhile
run raffles during senior match- get ressies players to run them, half the proceeeds to club half to end of season trip
as mentioned by the cat man- seniors have to show similar respect- turn up to watch the ressies before their own prematch- not just one or two players- the whole squad- the senior coach can make this a requirement of playing seniors.
injured senior players do water for ressies
RE subs payments- options are no pay no play- givew players an opportunity to talk to oyu about payment difficulities, but dont give them multiple chances or they will abuse the system- offer those with payment difficulties other small jobs to reduce their costs- eg clean rooms on a thursday night etc
Numbers at training you cannot do much about until your coaches reward those who train, no use having a one training compulsory rule unless your coaches respect that- if there is a special exception players need to know why and it has to be a genuine reason.
Culture change is a slow process but a neccessary one for many clubs
stick at it- if you and others are determined - stick at it