After 22 years on the field, here is the short list of how you can add value:
Pick up a broom and sweep.
Set up the cones for drills.
Wax the QB balls.
Pick up in the weight room.
Get the wash started.
Fill up the water bottles.
Copy the scouting report.
Draw up scout team cards.
Supervise the parking lot after a game.
Give a kid a ride home.
Give a tutoring session for a group of kids.
Show up in the off season for a weight lifting session.
Help with the end of season inventory.
Enter D&D into Hudl.
Make a bunch of PB&J sandwiches for the team.
Make a pot of soup for the coaches meeting.
Help with grade checks.
Cut the grass.
Catch a snake in the locker room.
Take an injured kid from practice to the ER.
.......And wait until 3 AM for their parents to show up.
Knock the wasp nests off the bleachers.
Paint the locker room.
Spray the weeds around the stadium.
Load up the equipment for reconditioning.
Organize/clean the equipment room.
Help set up a fund raiser.
Paint the field.
Take up the pylons after the game.
Set up the tents for the 7-7.
And the highlight? After being part of programs that have won 6 championships and have played for 2 others; pick up the wet towels in the floor as you post game celebration.
check...Pick up a broom and sweep.
check...Set up the cones for drills.
no wax, but have brushed many...check...Wax the QB balls.
check...Pick up in the weight room.
check...Get the wash started.
check...Fill up the water bottles.
check...Copy the scouting report.
check...Draw up scout team cards.
nope...Supervise the parking lot after a game.
check...Give a kid a ride home.
nope...Give a tutoring session for a group of kids.
check, check, check...Show up in the off season for a weight lifting session.
check...Help with the end of season inventory.
check...Enter D&D into Hudl.
nope...but bought gatorade, ice cream sandwiches, donuts, chocolate milk, OJ, etc... Make a bunch of PB&J sandwiches for the team.
nope...but bought lots of pizza...Make a pot of soup for the coaches meeting.
check...Help with grade checks.
check...Cut the grass.
no but killed a skunk...check...Catch a snake in the locker room.
check...from summer camp...Take an injured kid from practice to the ER.
check...2am...And wait until 3 AM for their parents to show up.
check...and in the scoreboard on a 20 foot ladder changing lightbulbs...that was fun at 20 feet...Knock the wasp nests off the bleachers.
nope...weightroom though...check...Paint the locker room.
check...Spray the weeds around the stadium.
check...Load up the equipment for reconditioning.
check...Organize/clean the equipment room.
check...Help set up a fund raiser.
check...have the sunburn AND frost bite to show for it...Paint the field.
check...Take up the pylons after the game.
nope...we can't afford tents...Set up the tents for the 7-7.
check...there's something special about cleaning up the locker room, home or away, after winning a championship... And the highlight? After being part of programs that have won 6 championships and have played for 2 others; pick up the wet towels in the floor as you post game celebration.