Scott,
 
I have coached or helped with 7 teams over the years, and it was the usual situation that someone missed the tournament -- someone was sick, had a family vacation, made the soccer all-stars team, etc.

I planned my season expecting to be missing a team member of two.  I feel like the ideal team size for me is 5 kids: everyone gets to do alot of hands on and make decisions and I don't have to do too much crowd control.  However, I would worry about having someone miss the tournament, so I tried to get 7 kids for the team and double up on the major roles -- more than one kid should be know how  to do each mission run, be able to step in to a major role in the skit, etc.  It helps to have the kids think these things through in advance.  The kids were really good about teaching each other what to do so that everyone was covered.

If your team has 10 kids, then that provides alot of depth, they should be able to double up roles and cover if two or even three kids are unable to make the tournament.  If your team is small, how about recruiting your potential alternate as a team member?  I think that this would go more smoothly for the team than to have an alternate to step in at the last minute without having worked through the season as a team member.

Donna
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From: <Greiling>, Scott <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: "Greiling, Scott" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, September 17, 2012 9:46 AM
To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [VADCFLL-L] alternates

Still waiting on an answer from FLL.  Has anyone been able to place an alternate on the team for tournament day if a team member is sick?

 

Thanks.

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