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How to start my school's FIRST girls soccer team?
I really want my high school to finally have a girls soccer team, cause I don't want to have to play with the guys. I just moved here last year from a school in NJ where girls soccer was huge. Here in Texas.. or at least in my school, people laugh at the idea of it. I don't understand. But anyways theres me and 3 other girls who already signed up for the team but there's no way that out of school just short of 500 people we can't form a girls team with less than 20 people!
1. How do I motivate girls to join girls soccer? Should I try posters, announcements, etc? What types of things would encourage them to join? I just love soccer and can't really explain why.... but what could appeal to others?
2. How do I convince the soccer coach to push for a girls team? cause they guy is old and seems to have given up on finding a girls coach. he says the coach needs to be already in the school district.. is this true??? why is he saying this? would it be a good idea to put some ads online for soccer coaches and put his email or maybe the school principal's email so they can contact them with their soccer credentials?
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posters around the school is a great idea. try using social networks like facebook and start a group. in each of your classes ask the teacher if you can have 5 minutes to say something and then just talk about it and try to persuade the class into it.
also... people may not join because they don't have much info on it. in my school, rugby wasn't a popular sport but some guys started talking a lot about it and showed us what the sport was and then when people saw how much fun it could be, they decided to sign up for it and now its a big part of our school.
also try talking to your neighbors/teachers/parents/parents friends about if they know anyone who is skilled in soccer and is willing to be a coach. remind them of how much it will mean to the school.
also try to start a petition. have a huge list and have people sign it if they want to start a girls soccer team. show everybody how much fun it could be and how successful you could be.
i'm not sure if your school is athletically advanced (like if you have won state championships?) but if you havent, tell people that if you can start a girls soccer team.. you could be good enough to compete in huge games and win victories.
good luck :)
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I'd start by talking to the school administration. School size is actually going to be a big problem for you, not just because you have relatively few people to form a team, but because fewer students means less funding, and it's entirely possible your school can't afford to support a girls soccer team. That's just logistics, but it's something you need to ask about.
I went to a huge Texas high school, and we had girls soccer and boys soccer, but we also had over 3500 students and the funding that it takes to support a school big enough for 3500 students.
Finding out if it's in any way possible is the first step, and organizing enough people to have a soccer team is the second.
Go talk to an AP/the principal. Ask them if there's any way to start this and what you can do. They'll also be able to tell you what kind of advertising is permissible for it (posters and such are a good idea)
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