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Printable workbook for sports parents
Your kid's first season, without the surprises.
A 38-page workbook for parents who just signed their kid up for a sport, or are about to, and don't want to find out about the refund deadline the day after it passed.
Get the workbook, $12
It's Thursday night at the kitchen table.
The confirmation email says practice starts Monday. Somewhere in the group text, now at 47 messages, someone mentions the uniform order was due last Friday. The form asked for a “birth-year division,” and you picked one based on grade. You're not sure if the registration fee covered the jersey. You're pretty sure it didn't cover the cleats you already bought.
None of it is hard. It's just scattered across six emails, two websites, and a text thread. And the cost of missing one thing is a kid sitting out the first game, or a fee you didn't plan for.
Now picture the same season with one folder on the fridge.
- Every deadline and first practice on one page, in your handwriting.
- You know what the season actually costs before it costs it, so you can say yes to the team fundraiser or say no without guilt.
- Carpool sorted in week one, not week five.
- The car ride home after a rough game goes fine, because you already know what you're going to say. And what you're not.
- At the end, you decide about next season on purpose, not because registration emails started showing up.
That's what The First Season Parent Workbook is for.
It's a printable PDF you fill in with a pen. It walks you through a whole season in order: picking a program, registering, budgeting, scheduling, game days, talking with your kid, and deciding what's next. Any sport. Any program.
What's inside
Choosing a program
Rec league, clinic, camp, or lessons, in plain English. Plus a worksheet to line up three options side by side before you pay for any of them.
Registration checklist
Age cutoff vs. grade, resident pricing, refund rules, tryouts, and the forms most programs ask for. The stuff that trips up first-time families.
Key dates page
Every deadline and first practice on one sheet, so nothing hides in an email.
Season budget
Planned vs. actual for fees, gear, uniforms, travel, and fundraising. Blank lines, not made-up prices, because every program costs something different.
Calendars and weekly planner
Four undated months and a weekly page. Start whenever your season starts.
Carpool plan and contact sheet
Built for grown-ups' phone numbers only, so your kid's details aren't riding around on a sheet in someone's car.
Gear checklists
Common sports, plus a game-day bag list. Each one sends you back to your program's own list before you buy.
Talking with your kid
What to say before and after games, what to skip, and what to do when they say they want to quit.
Questions for the coach
Good questions for the first week, and a calm way to bring up a problem.
Check-ins and next season
A mid-season check-in, an end-of-season page for you and one for your kid, and a planner for whether to sign up again.
Why this one works for any sport
Most planners hand you somebody else's answers: their prices, their league's rules, their gear list. Those are wrong the minute you're in a different town or a different sport.
This workbook is built around the questions instead. What's the age cutoff? What does the fee leave out? When does registration close compared to the first practice? You fill in the answers for your kid's program, so it's right for your season and not someone else's.
It's for you if
- Your kid is starting their first organized sport, or switching to a new one.
- You share the driving and paperwork with a co-parent, grandparent, or neighbor.
- You'd rather have paper on the fridge than one more app.
It's not for you if
- You're a coach looking for drills. There's no skill instruction in here.
- You want medical or “is my kid ready” advice. That's a conversation for your doctor.
- You're deep into travel ball with a system that already works.
Also included
- Print it for every kid. One purchase covers your whole household, every season.
- A game-day bag checklist to tape inside the car door.
- A kid's page at the end of the season, so they get a say in what happens next.
- The free directory. Every program on Kenosha County Sports Finder links straight to the organizer's signup page, so the workbook and the site work together.
Who made it
Alston Godbolt, a parent and youth baseball coach. It covers what any parent needs to organize a season. It doesn't teach sport skills and it doesn't pretend to know every sport. Where something depends on your program or your doctor, it says so.
Get the workbook
- 38 printable pages, US Letter
- Every step of a season, from picking a program to deciding about next year
- Works for any sport, any program
- Print copies for every kid in your house
$12 one time
The 24-hour, before-you-download refund
Changed your mind? If you haven't downloaded the PDF yet, reply to your receipt within 24 hours and you'll get a full refund. Once it's downloaded, the sale is final, since you've got the whole thing.
Questions
Is this a physical book?
No. It's a PDF you download and print at home or at a print shop. US Letter size, 38 pages.
Can I fill it in on a tablet?
It's made for pen and paper. It isn't a fillable form, but most note apps let you write on any PDF.
I've got more than one kid. Do I buy it twice?
No. Print as many copies as your household needs.
Does it work for my kid's sport?
Yes. It's built around the questions every season brings up, so it works for soccer, baseball, swim, dance, hockey, or anything else with a schedule and a fee.
Does it list Kenosha programs, prices, or deadlines?
No. Those change every season, so they live on Kenosha County Sports Finder, where every listing links to the organizer's own page. Finding programs on the site is free and always will be.
What if I lose the file?
Your receipt email has a download link. If it's expired, reply to the receipt and we'll send a new one.
How does payment work?
One payment, no subscription. Checkout is handled by Stripe. We never see your card number.
The season's going to happen either way. The schedule will change, the group text will get long, and somebody will forget the water bottle. This just means it won't be you scrambling at the kitchen table on Thursday night.
Yes, send me the workbook ($12)