Team gifts that are not another mug.
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Coaches give up nights and weekends, and most of them have a shelf full of mugs. The best coach gifts are things they will use at practice tomorrow.
Pooling money as a team goes further: one heated vest beats ten small gifts. Add a card signed by every player.
A double-sided board for drawing up player movement and set pieces at practice or halftime. Soccer Coach Weekly puts a tactics board on its top 10 list of coach gifts.
A plug-in compressor that Gardening Etc says can fill more than a dozen balls an hour. It is louder than a hand pump, so it suits the equipment room.
Engadget lists up to 16 hours of battery and an IP68 rating against dust and water, so it can sit on a wet bench through warmups and a long practice.
Bob Vila named it the best heated vest overall. Heat panels sit at the front sides, mid-back and collar, and testers got about six hours on the highest setting.
TechGearLab's best overall tumbler: it kept ice all day in the sun and kept coffee too hot to drink through a morning commute. It is on the heavy side.
Write practice plans and lineups with a Pilot FriXion pen, scan the pages to the cloud with the free app, then wipe the notebook clean and use it again.
Lessons on team culture from New Zealand's All Blacks. Changing the Game Project called it a blueprint for building a team and its book of the year for coaches.
Tim Grover trained Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, and this is his book on how elite competitors think. Fair warning: it has strong language.
Many teams collect $5 to $10 per family and buy one good gift, like a heated vest or a quality tumbler, with a card from the players.
Practical gear for their sport, a warm layer for winter sidelines, and a note from the players about the season.
Yes, especially from the whole team. Pair it with a card signed by every player so it still feels personal.
