A Coach’s Plan for Guest Players

Fill in players are a delicate issue and generally not handled well. A few years ago, when our team was transitioning from a team in development to a team that could compete, we found ourselves in a competition against a team we had played evenly earlier in the season. We knew the team well enough to recognize two new faces.

Fill In Players…I Have Mixed Feelings

I think most of us have had to deal with having fill-in players join our teams for a game or two. In general, it can be a great thing. It's nice to know that you won't have to forgo playing because a player can't make it on a certain weekend, and it's just part of the "business".