Ep 146 How Do You Fix Late RSVPs, Missed Messages, and Saturday Chaos?

About this episode

This episode discusses the challenges of managing communication in sports teams and introduces Sammi, a text-based solution for coaches and parents.

https://heysammi.com/coaches Episode Title: Is the Best Sports Management App No App at All? Coaches don’t lose parents because they “don’t care.” They lose them because families are drowning in platforms, notifications, and logins. This episode breaks down the real reason team apps stop working by mid-season—and why Sammi was built around the one thing parents always read: text messages. Sammi is designed to handle roster, schedules, payments, and parent communication entirely through SMS, with no downloads and no logins. You post the schedule… and still get “What time is practice?” You update the app… and end up texting anyway You request RSVPs… and they show up late or not at all Parents say “I didn’t see it” and they’re not lying—your message got buried This isn’t a “parent problem.” It’s an attention problem. Most sports families are managing multiple sports, multiple teams, plus league and tournament info across different platforms. Notifications get muted, apps get buried, and parents default to whatever is already open on their phone: text. Sammi’s entire “no app” idea is built around this reality: “parents do not want another app” and coaches end up texting anyway. Sammi…

People in this episode

Host: Steve Collins

Topics covered

• sports management
• communication
• team apps
• parent engagement
• text messaging

Keywords

• late RSVPs
• missed messages
• Saturday chaos
• team communication
• SMS management

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sammi

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