One thing that you can do, or really need to do, is figure out how to end the season well. As time goes on your athletes won’t remember the work, the effort, the scores of the games, they will remember moments. What could be the most important is the last communication. That communication can help frame what they remember and what is important to you.
What can your last communication about?
How impactful can handwritten communications be? Here are a couple examples. These examples are not end of year notes, but serve the same purpose. The first is a picture of a Facebook post from an athlete that received a note from her coach when sports were shut down during COVID.
Check out the 3 words the athlete wrote: best. coach. ever.
The following is an example where a coach sent hand written notes to her age group team and the response that happened.
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