Winter can be a tough time, especially for sports parents
because with holidays and a busy sports schedule to put up with, juggling
between roles and tasks gets all the more tough. On
one hand you have all the holiday planning and preparation, deciding if you’ll
host or visit, and given your kid’s sports engagement it’s less likely that you
would get time off to visit, so you’ll most likely host, and on the other hand
the child’s sports engagement gets busier because of
holidays, which means again added commitment.
Here are a few tips to help you get your schedule sorted
and get time to manage everything efficiently and effectively. Here’s how you
can prepare for the winter:
1. Trust a calendar
app – With all your commitments in your calendar app, you can easily fit in the
extracurricular activities of your child and not have it clash with some other
commitment you didn’t remember while committing to this. InstaTeam, the sports team
management app, can be synced with Google Calendar, which is great because then
you can see all your commitments at one place.
2. Set a reminder
pattern – InstaTeam send notifications and reminders for events scheduled on
InstaTeam, which makes it way easy to keep track of things and be prepared.
Remember to set reminders for all your personal commitments too, so that you
are well prepared and you glide through rather than remembering last minute and
playing catching up.
3. Get the right gear
– Winter is all about preparation. Get the right winter sports gear in time. Do
ensure the gear meets safety norms. Do not rely on previous year’s equipment
because you child has by now outgrown it. Ill fitted gear is dangerous and can
result in serious injury. Make sure the kid is layered enough since one might
ignore it while playing, or may not realize it with all the physical activity,
but cold weather can be harsh on kids, and with all the commitment and over
getting sick or tending to a sick child is way out of question.
4. If winter gear
makes you nervous about all the space it would consume, designate a secure gear
drop station, where you can keep all the gear after the game and pick it up
before the game.
5. Join carpool group
– InstaTeam has a carpool feature which is synced with Google maps. This
feature creates optimal routes based on participants’ addresses. You’ll save a
whole lot of time and energy.
While the whole winter
sports activity and socializing can be overwhelming, do not forget to make
space for family time. Holidays should be spent in
warm, decorated rooms with your family sharing laughter and hot chocolate, or
if your family has a different holiday tradition.
Don’t miss out on family time, else none of it will be worth it.
