The Ultimate Guide in Becoming a Successful Assistant Coach and/or Team Parent

About the Book

The Ultimate Guide in Becoming a Successful Assistant Coach and / or a Team Parent provides administrative assistants, team parents and assistant coaches with guidelines, booster clubs ideas, fundraising suggestions and the set-up of a fundraising committees and tools for a successful season. 

This handbook begins by describing the responsiblities of a team parent and assistant coach.  The reader is provided with a general overview of how these positions can enhance the basketball experience of both the coach and his/her team .

In order to get you started on the right path, detailed forms and guidelines are included.  For example, forms are provided for player try-outs, team certification, medical releases, player/ parent contracts, acknowlegement of liability, etc. 

General guidelines discussed in this handbook are nutrition, sleep, off-season training, team-building, basic first aid, home and away game preparation, fundraising, etc.

About the Author

Five years ago, Melissa Akali volunteered to assist her daughter's 6th grade basketball team by becoming the team mom.  New to organized basketball, she immersed herself in learning the inner workings of the game itself as well as the various adminstrative functions required to create and maintain a team. 

Akali found that there were limited resources relating to the adminstrative functions of organized school basketball, so she began to create standarized forms and newsletters to ensure the safety of student athletes and the integrity of the coaching staff within her organization.  Five years later, Melissa co-authored a handbook for team parents to provide help and guidance in navigating through the requirements of this position.

Edward E. Welch Jr. has been coaching organized basketball for more than 11 years.  Welch started as an assistant coach and after learning the role of an assistant coach, Welch was asked to become a head coach for a team that was just added.  Welch's mentor stated that the roles he accomplished as an assistant coach had not been taken care of in the past. This moved Welch to compile items that he used to as an assistant coach in preparation for this book.

 Welch's experience ranges from recreation leagues, middle-school programs and travel teams which include YBOA, AAU and BCI.  He has been very successful over the years winning various local, state tournaments and placements for national championships. 

Welch has felt that a handbook on becoming a successful assistant coach was needed.  He wanted to share his years and levels of experience in coaching with other future and current coaches to give them tips and guidance from his perspective.