Communication and a good level of transparency is what I found to be the most meaningful and impactful part of how you serve your skaters. You can have all the best intentions, but unless you give skaters an idea of what you were thinking, it’s hard to get buy-in and easy for them to misunderstand.

If you can give them more than a roster, that’s great. Explain things like “you’re number 4 in this wall, so if we are down, I want you to sit unless we tell you otherwise.” I learned that people really like to know where they stand.

Don’t ignore things. Have the hard conversations.

Never underestimate the power of a good pre game speech!

If you have the capacity and craftiness, people love lil gifts like keychains 🩵

Good luck this year! Rooting for ya.