More of this Feature • Part 1: Introduction  • Part 2: My Kid Should Play  • Part 3: Calm Coaches?  • Part 4: Crazy Parents  • Part 5: Politics  • Part 6: Can Parents Help?  • Part 7: "Enough Play Time"  • Part 8: Playing to Win

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A GREAT QUESTION!!  There are dozens of things.   I could make a list forever. 

• Find cool music for match warmups.......aerobic-style stuff is the BEST.
• Have something to drink after every HOME game......not the away ones, lest we spoil the kids
• Have a little pizza thingee after a tournament.    YUM!!
• Don't holler at refs!  DON’T DO IT!!
• Come to some practices and help pic up balls, especially if the team only has 5 to 10 balls.  So much time can be wasted just picking up balls....it's wonderful to have some help.
• Help set up the gym before high school games.
• Learn to keep the scorebook at JO or high school games and/or learn to run the scoreboard
• Sell T's, bumper stickers, pins, etc at home games
• Help the team travel to summer camps.  Last summer I brought  SEVEN girls back from camp in my mini van......had to rent a U-Haul trailer.  So I charged all the parents $15 more so that we could get home.  That was sad.  Visit the girls at their summer camp......they miss the moms and they've LOVE to see her!!   Oh, and bring chocolate!  haha
• Pick up trophies at the engraving company, but don't peek at the names on them!  :)
• Fill out forms for tournaments, for the state high school association, or for JO tournaments
• Be the JO treasurer w/o asking for a stipend
• Be a JO team mom

If you have other questions that you think I should address, please send me an email. 

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