You don't have to be a nerd, or have a thick wallet, to organize your sports program
Today’s coach needs a contact manager, and it would be tough to beat the free one offered by Varsity Networks.
You don’t have to be a nerd, or have a thick wallet, to organize your sports program “ What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate. Some men you just can’t reach,…” are memorable words from the 1967 classic film Cool Hand Luke. Today, in this ever-expanding world of technology, many coaches are falling behind and are finding that their sports programs are suffering from the failure to communicate. The computer has become an essential tool for coaches; and when you have a great contact manager, you will find it much easier to communicate with athletes, parents, coaches and administrators. Need to contact all the parents of your players for a special meeting?
– you can do it with a click of a mouse. Need to update your player bios for the local media or college scouts? – it’s a breeze with the right contact manager. And there are lots to choose from.
For example, there are great programs such as ACT!™ or Goldmine™. For a few hundred dollars these software programs will keep track of everyone you need to stay in touch with and will help you organize your day. You just have to set aside several hours to learn the programs – and it would be a good idea to get some of those “for idiots/stupid people” books to help you, as sometimes the manuals that accompany software JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2008 programs may be a bit difficult to follow. That’s one option – another is TeamAssist. TeamAssist is a sports-team organizer designed for busy coaches that is set up in a personalized, easyto-use website.
There is no software to buy; and because it’s embedded in the Varsity Networks website, there is no risk of the program crashing and losing all your information. And with the TeamAssist Free version, you have no setup or annual fees. In addition to supplying your own team homepage, some of the contact manager features in TeamAssist Free include the following: • Message boards • Group e-mailing • Schedules • News • Coaches’
bios • Player of the week • Team rosters • Player bios • Photos (limited) • Statistics • Event calendars • Directions • Alumni directory • Past-season records • Photo archive • Ad directory There are also reasonably priced upgrades for your website such as music, videos, a personal team store, photo fundraisers and much, much more. But the basic version, TeamAssist Free, costs nothing. Want to avoid having a failure to communicate? Then go to TeamAssist and Varsity Networks can make your job high-tech and much easier.
Several of the features included in the TeamAssist contact manager include a group e-mail program and team rosters.
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From BFS Magazine — January/February 2008. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).
