Basketball team trophies- what do we do for the coach? (2nd grade)

[Anonymous]

Hi- DS is on a basketball team (house) in 2nd grade. I volunteered to buy the team trophies - what do we get the coach? I know in the past we've pitched in and given them some money and a card-
1. do we get anything else? (a trophy? plaque? i don't recall seeing this on other DC's teams but thought I'd ask
2. How much should we give $ as well?

[Anonymous]

We always did a team photo with a signed frame.

[Anonymous]

Photo books are awesome coaches' gifts. We have 2 boys and my husband coaches a lot of their sports and has for years, and he really loves the photo books that capture things throughout the season. He has a whole collection and our boys love to look through them too. You can usually find a coupon code for Shutterfly, etc.

[Anonymous]

Also meant to add that a framed team photo, while nice, becomes sort of a pain after you have a dozen of them. We really have nowhere to hang/display that many team photos in our house.

[Anonymous]

Coach's wife here...my DH has gotten gift cards for Starbucks or Sports Authority tucked into a card signed by all the kids. I can't recall exact amout on gift cards, but I'd describe it as modest. My husband was very appreciative.

[Anonymous]

Non-parent Coach here. Anything works but the best gifts were the ones I could share with my family (who tolerated me coaching). Gif card to Outback or a similar quality restaurant for a family dinner were the most memorable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi- DS is on a basketball team (house) in 2nd grade. I volunteered to buy the team trophies - what do we get the coach? I know in the past we've pitched in and given them some money and a card-
1. do we get anything else? (a trophy? plaque? i don't recall seeing this on other DC's teams but thought I'd ask
2. How much should we give $ as well?

Did they win the league or something? Is that why you're buying a trophy? Presumably the league would provide those, yes?

As for the coach, as a coach myself I mean it when I say there's nothing expected or necessary. That said, when I've received gifts, I've most appreciated those that were intended to force me to us it for ME.

[ThatSmileyFaceGuy]

Last year the team mom had each kid write a paragraph about what football means to them then took them and had them bound giving a copy to the head coach and his assistants

[Anonymous]

a coach here -Beer

[Anonymous]

When I coached, the team gave me a ball with their signatures. That was 10 years ago and I still value it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I coached, the team gave me a ball with their signatures. That was 10 years ago and I still value it.

Same here! More than 10 years ago, but I have it still