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Welcome, and thankyou for volunteering to be a team manager for one of our hockey teams.
The duties of a team manager are few, but nevertheless important in the smooth operation of the club and the hockey season. As Team Manager, you are the main liaison person between your hockey team and the club's organisational committee.
Helpful Documents
1. Club executive contact list - (will be provided to you)
2. Team contact list - (will be provided to you)
3. Hockey WA Match Report Cards - (will be provided to you)
4. Instructions for how to enter team details and scores on the web.
5. Your Code and Password for score entry (will be provided to you)
6. Manager's record sheet (player record)
7. Club equipment information sheet
8. Double up eligibility rules - refer to Rule 11 of the appropriate HockeyWA Rules
9. Competition Rules - please note that different competition levels have different rules
10.Codes of Behaviour adopted by HockeyWA (see pages 46-53)
Team Manager Duties
- Ensure all selected players are available to play in the week's fixtures
- Be aware of HockeyWA player double up rules to ensure no ineligible player is selected in the team
- Communicate with team players and parents on team matters eg training times, etc
- Manage the care and delivery of club equipment (goalie gear & balls) for training and games
- Fill out the official Hockey WA Match Report Card for each game, and collect the signature of umpires and opposition representative after each game.
- Collect a copy of the opposition's match report card. Keep all match report cards in the event a protest is lodged or we wish to make a protest.
- Enter the score and report any absent umpires onto the HockeyNet/Sporting Pulse website by 11am on the next business day (so usually a Monday) - see instructions above. Failure to do will incur a monetary fine to the club which may be passed on to your team.
- Assist in coordinating your team's participation in any club fundraising (usually limited to the Annual Quiz night)
- Liase between your assigned coach, players and umpire(s)
- Protect your players and officials from unwelcome behaviour (refer to Codes of Behaviour above - you may wish to distribute a copy of page 53 to your team)
- Ensure your team and spectators understand that criticism or abuse of coaches and umpires will not be tolerated
- Agree with coach on how best players will be selected/voted. The Manager Record Sheet may assist in keeping records, eg 3-2-1 voting each week.
- Maintain a first aid kit with ice pack, towel. Ensure kit is at training and games
- Organise gifts (if appropriate) for coach and umpire
- Be aware that payment is usually required for turf games by the venue
Additional Duties for Managers of Senior Teams
- Ensure all players are aware of umpiring requirements & ensure umpiring duties are allocated amongst the team
- Ensure that the allocated umpire is aware of their umpiring fixture and aware that failure to umpire or provide an umpire will result in a monetary fine and the loss of premiership points.
- Provide SMS results of home games to HockeyWA via text to 0402 768 288 within 60 minutes of the conclusion of the match (home team listed on the left hand side of the SportingPulse fixtures). Please note only send the following info: GENDER (M or W is fine), GRADE (with its correct and current name eg Prom 2), TEAMS (1st and 2nd named team. Abbreviations OK if understandable), SCORE (winner first if not a draw).
- Enter player details onto HockeyNet/Sporting Pulse website by 9am two business days after the completion of the match (so usually a Tuesday)
Additional Duties for Managers of Junior Teams
- - organise a parent roster for each game to provide oranges/water for each game
- - organise a parent roster to assist at weekly training
- - organise payment of umpire each week (as appropriate)
A few other things
The senior season runs from mid-April and the Junior season runs from early May. All competitions continue to the end of August with finals being played in the first 3 weekends of September, except for J1-2, J3-4 and J5-6 teams who play to the end with no finals rounds.
At the end of the season, 2 awards are presented to player/s in your team. The 2 categories are:
- * Best and fairest
- * Coach's award
These awards are presented at the ‘end of season club windups’ at the close of the season – dates TBA.
Should you have any queries in regard to your role please contact your age group/competition co-ordinator.
Please note: Match fixtures and results can be viewed via the Sporting Pulse website. It is a good idea to check these a couple of days prior to each game as last minute changes may occur to venues and times. |
