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Post by vincelombardi on Jun 9, 2019 18:21:38 GMT -6
Has anyone done T-shirts for kids coming into your program? For example " Future Spartan Football Player" on the front or back? if so what have you put on your shirts? Have a family that has two younger siblings that will be coming to our school in the next couple years. Thought of starting some type of T-shirt for minor age kids that are going to be coming down our schools pipe line would be a neat way to spread the word about our program.
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Post by newhope on Jun 10, 2019 7:49:36 GMT -6
I haven't done it....but I like the idea....although I think we'd get in trouble in area if we did it. They won't let us talk to them or meet with them prior to mid-May of their 8th grade year.
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Post by coachd5085 on Jun 10, 2019 10:20:35 GMT -6
Has anyone done T-shirts for kids coming into your program? For example " Future Spartan Football Player" on the front or back? if so what have you put on your shirts? Have a family that has two younger siblings that will be coming to our school in the next couple years. Thought of starting some type of T-shirt for minor age kids that are going to be coming down our schools pipe line would be a neat way to spread the word about our program. You could probably print them up and sell them, but giving them directly to people might be against your states athletic code (recruiting violation) |
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Post by klaby on Jun 10, 2019 10:21:20 GMT -6
Yes we do this. Hand them out to the 8th graders at the end of year banquet, kind of like welcome to teh program stuff. We also have youth night, plus we have the HS staff run a middle school camp, give them future cardinal stuff there as well.
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Post by vincelombardi on Jun 16, 2019 18:44:19 GMT -6
Yes we do this. Hand them out to the 8th graders at the end of year banquet, kind of like welcome to teh program stuff. We also have youth night, plus we have the HS staff run a middle school camp, give them future cardinal stuff there as well. What do your shirts say? Are they just for incoming kids or do you just give them a shirt from the past year that the rest of the team had? |
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Post by macdiiddy on Jun 17, 2019 8:51:44 GMT -6
Yes, we do them. We do kids camps over the summer and will hand them out each year to all the campers.
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Post by klaby on Jul 29, 2019 12:08:56 GMT -6
Yes we do this. Hand them out to the 8th graders at the end of year banquet, kind of like welcome to teh program stuff. We also have youth night, plus we have the HS staff run a middle school camp, give them future cardinal stuff there as well. What do your shirts say? Are they just for incoming kids or do you just give them a shirt from the past year that the rest of the team had? They very from year to year. We try and do something just for those 8th graders. T-shirts are cheap |
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Aug 9, 2019 18:55:06 GMT -6
Varies state by state and often if your district is open or closed enrollment. If you're a small town team outside of Tucson or one of the farm towns between Cleveland and Toledo you probably can do that as recruiting isn’t as big a thing. Closed enrollment districts would be able to do this as well I would assume. Gets trickier in bigger metro areas like Cleveland, Phoenix, and Tucson where recruiting kids can and does happen; Catholic and private schools seem to get a pass on this anywhere it’s seems, though. Just know your state rules and make sure your CYA’d if you give them out.
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Post by vincelombardi on Aug 12, 2019 14:32:40 GMT -6
Thanks for all your help!
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Post by CoachWeitz on Aug 16, 2019 12:41:57 GMT -6
Shirts are good, and we've done those before at previous places, but I prefer things that kids will wear for multiple days. Builds your brand and gets more kids interested.
We got some of the big rubber bands made, those work really well and are very cheap.
Another thing that we tried this year that I think is good is backpacks. String backpacks are cheaper than tshirts, you can get decent backpacks for pretty cheap too.
If a kid is wearing a backpack that says "future ______" every day to school that's a great way to build your brand.
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Aug 18, 2019 9:48:31 GMT -6
Shirts are good, and we've done those before at previous places, but I prefer things that kids will wear for multiple days. Builds your brand and gets more kids interested. We got some of the big rubber bands made, those work really well and are very cheap. Another thing that we tried this year that I think is good is backpacks. String backpacks are cheaper than tshirts, you can get decent backpacks for pretty cheap too. If a kid is wearing a backpack that says "future ______" every day to school that's a great way to build your brand. If you’re a one HS district , or have a set group of feeder schools Hoodies or sweaters would really help with this. I know several schools purchase hoodies for K8 grades |
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