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Short, practical reads for coaches, team managers, and league directors. Written by a youth sports coach who sends these texts every season. No fluff, sources cited, templates you can paste.

Safety and rules

How to text youth athletes safely

Safe Sport, MAAPP, and 10DLC in plain English: the copy-a-parent rule, recommended 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. hours, why a personal cell gets filtered, STOP and consent basics, and a five-step checklist for your program.

About 7 minutes · Updated October 5, 2026
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Templates

Practice reminder text templates for coaches

Twenty copy-and-paste texts, each under two SMS segments: practice reminders, weather cancellations, location changes, game-day call times, carpools, gear lists, bracket updates, season kickoff, and wrap-up.

20 templates · Updated October 5, 2026
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Also useful

The coach keywords cheatsheet lists every text command (ALL, COACHES, ATHLETE, ABSENT, and the rest). The Safe Sport texting page explains how RallyText copies a guardian on every direct text to a minor. The docs cover setup, roles, groups, and the calendar.