Every Achieve team will have a "Team Parent".  The Team Parent for each team plays a vital role in our clubs success. They serve as a conduit for information flow between the team, the coach, and the club director. Team parents report team concerns to the Coach and Coaches forward concerns to the club director. In addition to helping facilitate communication the team parent's responsibilities include:

Team Page (roster/contact info and snack assignments) - All players/parents will be sent a link to their team's google doc page.  Google Docs is a Web-based service that allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users. Please check to make sure everyone completes this document with regard to contact info and snack assignments.

Parent Meeting - After the general parent meeting on the first day of practice, parents will breakout into individual team parent meetings for each team. If there is not yet a team parent, the parents will nominate at least two possible candidates and parents will cast votes by writing their vote on a piece of paper. At this meeting the team parent must collect all paperwork (medical, waiver, payment contract, chaperone form(team parent), background consent(team parent).

Picture Day: Attend and assist

Pictures - Assign a team photographer to takepictures at your matches (have photographer email matt at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for login to upload photos to Achieve's picasaweb account). All photos on picasa web will be linked to AchieveVolleyball.com and the teams facebook page so that everyone may view them.

Video - Assign a team videographer to take video of each match. I recommend using Iphone 4g to take video, edit using iphone imovie app, and upload straight to achieve's youtube account. Team videographer should email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for login infor for Achieve's Youtube account. We would like a short(1-3 minutes) highlight video from each tournament. It is also nice if team videographer can make highlight videos for individual players upon request for a reasonable fee ($300 recommended).

Team Gifts - Coordinate purchase of mementos for team exchanges at Soiree/AAUs

Playing Time - Avoid getting involved with any playing time concerns or disciplinary measures.

Banquet Night -Help set up/clean up-you will hear more about it near the end of the season.
12s/13s - plates/cups/napkins and Deserts
14s - Drinks
15s Salad
16 Side Dishes
17s Meat

Communication - Constant communication with your head coach 

Team Socials - Organize team parties and team building activities during the season

Answering Questions - May need to answer questions occasionally from team’s parent

Distributing Spending Money - For those whose parents who are not attending travel tournament, you would collect money from each player’s family ahead of time and hand the money out to the player at differnte time intervals (mainly for younger teams)

Team Building - Encourage a team first attitude. Team parents vital to our success becasue they are able to handle the commucation with parents and let coaches focus on communicating/coaching the players.

Dressing Up -Coordinate dress up wear for Soiree/AAUs opening ceremony (not sure if they do this for Soiree/AAUs)

Coaches Gift: Coordinate purchase of gift. Suggestions include gift certificates, shadow boxes, personalized volleyall with player’s signatures, framed team photo with player’s signatures on the matting, or a combination of gifts.

Washing Uniforms - For multi-day tournaments, distribute and collect jerseys after each day and wash as needed.