Volunteering issues

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DH currently volunteers at DC’s football club, started this season and is an extra coach as there are so many children. However he’s really not enjoying it. Says it’s unorganised and he’s constantly thrown in the deep end. I’m not really sure what he was expecting. Our DC has definitely improved having him there and all the children benefit from being able to play more.

Has anyone got any advice who has had experience of this?

Are other children benefiting?
Does he feel too annoyed at parts that are run badly or does he feel overall useless?
Doesn't sound like he's useless.

Maybe he could offer to do some of the organising? great he is volunteering. I think its often more a case of enjoying knowing you have done volunteering, rather than actually enjoying doing it

The children are definitely benefiting as they wouldn’t be able to run as many sessions without him and he’s seen some progress. He’s frustrated at the lack of organisation and how he’s told last minute what he’s doing but without any guidance, just like you are coaching these kids today with no guidance on what skills to work on or anything. He’s frustrated with the adults.

Thank you. Maybe that is it.

That the thing with volunteering. It’s often not professional. Can he step up to sort out some of the issues?
Well done to him for volunteering. It can be a bit thankless.

It would be reasonable to ask to know the day before a training session what age children, roughly how many and what skills need working on. If your DH is grumbling there will be others too.