Manager Information and Forms

Thank you for volunteering to be the Manager for your team this season. 

Your time and commitment is appreciated by more than you know.  We do things like this to benefit our children and others, so thank you for your contribution to our association and to your players.  Thanks to your efforts it is going to be a great season of lacrosse!

2024 GELC Coaches and Managers Handbook

Season Start Up Checklist

• Check in to find our who your division director is and open up communications to them, a great communication channel sets up a smooth road to the season. A list of executives and email addresses are on our top menu. 
• Plan to have a meeting between yourself, head coach and assistant coaches ASAP to discuss duties, expectations, plans for the season and philosophy of how the team will be run. Sample Meeting
• Discuss with Coaches expectations of Parents in the dressing room before and after games/practices.
• Decide how to communicate with your team
•  TEAM RAMP (free and included with player registration your team log in codes will be sent at season start - see How to Use RAMP below) 
• Team Snap App  (cost to the team but prefered by some staff)
• Once evaluations are done and teams are formed a "roster report" can be requested by coaches and managers from registrar@beaumontraiders.com which will include players, parents and email contacts.  Please know that during the initial week of team formation, many players will be transferring in and out of our association which mean you may not have all of your team on that roster list, depending on transfers in.  Keep in contact with your division director for updates on transfers. 
• Organize a Parent/Coaches meeting after the first or second practice. Send out an agenda with projected budget prior to this meeting. Sample Budget
• Address whether or not your team will be ordering team apparel.
• Discuss fundraising vs cash call vs both. Fundraising raffles require a lottery license from Alberta Gaming and Liquor.
• Establish the Chain of Communication with your team (Parent - Manager - Coach) with the 24 hr rule.
• Decide how many tournaments to enter. Typically teams will do 1 travel tournament, and 1 local tournament. See ALA for tournament tab
• Decide on off Floor team Apparel or Team Shorts early so everyone can wear the same shorts for unity. See Apparel Director for Team Shorts or shirts if needed. apparel@beaumontraiders.com
• All Coaches, trainers and anyone on the floor to help will need appropriate coaching requirements. Trainers must have St John‘s First Aid or Higher
• Assign Volunteer roles (some suggested roles: first aid, box officials - 2 for each game, social coordinators, tournament liaison, and fundraiser - These are NOT association credited)
• Assign Jersey #’s to players. You can do based on size or jersey # requests
• Hand out laminated roster cards to families - use a volunteer for this if needed.
• Ensure that medical forms are filled out, and keep a copy with you at all times. It is also recommended that a second set of forms be kept with the Coaches. Review medical sheets and watch for players with allergies or other medical conditions and make Coaches aware. Medical Form
• To save time at games do up roster stickers for game sheets. Players are to be listed in numerical order, with Goalies being first. Roster Labels File Download
• Any exemptions or release forms keep with both sets of medical sheets