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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Coach chiming in here -- I discourage the team snack.  Just let me chat with your kids post-game as a team and then if you want to get your child a snack from the concession stand or ice cream truck or your cooler or take them out to lunch, great, but it does not need to be a team event. Not to mention it is a distraction when I am trying to talk with the players.  It is a short talk, and I would rather they drink water right after heading off the field.

Yes, there typically seems to be one parent who really likes the snack and brings it up...always.  However, I asked all the team families and they do not want to do a team snack, so the decision is an easy one.  That one parent seems to be a bit ruffled but majority rules in my opinion.

Just bring your child water, maybe some Gatorade for after the game (or sliced oranges), the bottom line is take care of your own child. Really there is no need for a party after every single game (people do goody bags?!).  Besides, at least from my experience, most families have some place they need to get to - generally another child's game!
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One of the snack mom's responding.  I appreciate your view and, if you were our coach, I would not have organized snacks.  But I want to point out to the anti-snack people on this thread that in the instance of our U-13 boys travel team:  (1) The coach asked that someone please organize snacks because he felt that it was a good way to inspire team bonding (note that he also asks us to bring the boys early to practice to bond as well - it's not always snack-bonding ;-)  (2) That this season we weren't going to bother with snack sign up (not because the coach changed his mind, but the manger and I decided not to bother) - but PARENTS approached me and asked me why I wasn't organizing snacks.  When 4 separate parents approached me about this, we decided to put up the sign up again.  And guess what?  The slots were all filled - quickly.

As a parent, if the coach asks that we not have snacks - that's fine by me (less work and we'll bring our own if it's going to be a long day)!  But our coach specifically asked that one of us organize this - and so I did.

Parents who don't like to give their kids snacks -- no one is twisting your arm to participate.  Either don't partake or bring a snack that you feel is light or healthy.  But really, I don't see why folks on this thread are so angry at the parents who put up a sign up sheet when the coach asked them to.

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I would seriously wonder about a U-13 travel coach that thinks about snacks or thinks that's a productive way for the team to bond.  Our U-10 travel coach could not be bothered with such things.[/quote]

What would you wonder?  He is an AMAZING coach!  I guess different coaches have different opinions.  It doesn't make me "wonder" about them.  [/quote]

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