New 10u/12u coach here. Coached a local team for summer and we are trying to get a team together for fall ball. I am not on Facebook and not willing to reactive my account, but I am wondering how most coaches communicate with parents. We used an app called team snap, that allows messaging, availability, directions ect and I sent out email to parents. I have told the parents that I need to know if anyone will miss a game because we dont have an overly large roster and Quite often I didn’t get it. After a rain out I sent an email out to see who could make a given reschedule date and out of 11 girls I got reponses from 3, 2 were my assistants kids. Sent out an email can you make it to a tournament on x date and time? 4 responses. Does anyone have any advice? Parent meeting at the beginning of the season is the only thing I could do different which we never did.