I can say from my own experience of splitting into two teams that it worked out OK 
just having practices at the same time/place. It was a little hectic and crazy, but the 
drain on my schedule was not the factor of two like it might have been if I’d tried to run 
them as separate teams with separate practices. It was also beneficial to the kids since
being in the same room, they were able to communicate with each other and share ideas.
I also found it easier to get parents to volunteer to help out during a practice than to
commit to being a coach. In fact, I’d have them fill out a volunteer schedule during
the meeting to make sure I had 1 or 2 other parents there for every practice.

Regards,
-David Lawrence


On Jul 22, 2014, at 11:26 AM, Skip Morrow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I should have mentioned that. We are trying to encourage a parent to step up and coach a second team. So far none have accepted, but there's still time. That's actually our first choice, and we are going to push that pretty hard.
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> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Fredrik Nyman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Is forming a second team an option? In my experience, a large team is hard to manage. 
> 
> If you can get some parents to volunteer as assistant coaches, you might want to form two teams of 6-7 and give everyone on the teams a substantial set of responsibilities. 
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> On Tuesday, July 22, 2014, Skip Morrow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I guess the forum is still broken??
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> I am pretty sure we will have more than ten kids that will want to be on our team. I have read about some things that teams have done using some of the extra kids to help out, with the understanding that they won't be able to compete. Assuming that there isn't any interest in that, what can I do to get my team down to size? We have a parents and kids meeting scheduled soon, which will be my only chance to meet with them all before we do team selection. What would you look for? Are there some activities that we could do to help us make the selections? Should we go for the smartest & brightest, or something less tangible like personality?
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> Skip
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