managers role

In an ideal situation, the manager should make it so that the coach only needs to worry about coaching their team. This can be difficult for a number of reasons. The manager is new, and is learning how to be a manager. The coach is used to fulfilling a lot of the manager’s duties. The team might not even have a manager. However, if a team does have a manager, the following are some (but not all) tips that could help things go more smoothly.

1. Print and bring game day sheets.
2. Have all documentation for all of the coaches (risk management card, concussion card, etc).
3. Have a copy of the player cards and team roster.
4. Take care of the ref fees. 
5. Book hotels.
6. Send general communications to the team, such as organizing events (maybe a team dinner at an away tournament). 
7. Anything else that makes the coach only have to worry about coaching.

Teams can take it upon themselves to hold a fundraiser to help offset costs, such as tournaments, buy higher priced items, such as recording equipment, or purchase training items like balls, cones, pinnies, goals, etc., for themselves. Teams have done this in the past and raised more than enough to get all of the above items and throw a pizza party with the leftover money.