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Originally Posted by SC Official
It's the norm here to ask for the speaking captain, to say "white talk to white, blue talk to blue," to ask coaches to "let us know 30 or 60," and some of the other hackneyed fluff. And I don't say any of it. Nowhere is it a requirement.
We have a combined meeting with coaches and captains here. When I'm the R, the elapsed time from when I start speaking until I end with "Have a good game" is roughly 20 seconds.
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I am not frowning on anyone who wants to say any of the classic lines. In my experience, if a kid is a captain and has been for 2 - 3 years through the different levels, they've probably heard the same thing 60 plus times.
I'm more likely to say, "play hard and make momma proud"
I just think we have to realize that kids and coaches look at that meeting as a check mark. Anything we can do to not be robotic is probably worth it.