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Seating is an important aspect of every PCT
meeting. Seating conveys important messaging about roles. Some
roles are more committed to the team. Coaches for example have
the highest level of commitment. Parents may choose to pull a
Player from a team, but the Head Coach remains, committed to
picking up the pieces. Likewise Parents are next in terms of
commitment level to the team. Parents have Kids who are Players,
while Observers have no stake in the team or the outcome of the
PCT meeting. All of these Roles come with associated levels of
commitment. Because of this, seating is assigned by Role. Anyone
in a specific Role sits in a specific zone. The zones are:
Coaching Zone, Team Captains Zone, Parents
Zone, Observer Zone.
The typical venue for a recurring PCT meeting
is a locker room with benches, but it may be a more comfortable,
traditional space.
The main
thing
with the
seating is that is clearly signals the level of commitment
to the team held by each participant.
Coaching Zone
Coaches as a group sit as deep into the room
as they possibly can while sitting square to and facing the
door. The Head Coach
or his delegate sits in the middle of the Coaching staff. Assistants
sit to his
right and left.
If a Facilitator is participating he or she
sits in the Coaching Zone to the right of the person acting as
Head Coach.
Captains Zone
If Team Captains attend, they sit
to the right of the Coaching staff.
Parents Zone
Parents sit in close proximity to Coaches,
rather than away. Any gaps between the Coaching Zone and the
Parent Zone need to closed. Parents need to sit as deep
in the room as possible.
Observer Zone
Observers sit by the door, consistent with
being close enough to Coaches and Parents to observe. If the
room is small, they sit by the door. If the room is large, they
sit
somewhat
closer to Parents and somewhat further away from the door. A
gap between Observers and Parents is maintained.
Observers have no stake in the meeting, are
not committed to the team,
and therefore have no authority to speak during the meeting.
For this reason, they need to sit separate from the Parent
group and as close to the door as possible. If the room permits
it, a gap in seating between Parents and Observers is always
to be maintained.
PCT Seating Zones Illustration:
Essential Gaps in Seating between
Observers and Parents
Regardless of venue or room type, a gap in
seating needs to be maintained between Parents and Observers.
Observers seating is not to be mixed with Parent seating in any
case. If the room has traditional seating, set aside some seats,
designated by
the
door, for Observers.
Are you using the PCT Process in
your Youth Sports organization? Please contact
me and tell me more-- I am keenly interested in receiving
a report of your experience with the PCT Process.
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