Snack Duty, Solved

It's 45 minutes before game time. The group chat lights up: "Who has snacks today?" Silence. Then three dots. Then: "I thought it was the Johnsons?" "We had it last week." "Can someone run to the store?"

Snack duty is one of those things that shouldn't be hard. But without a system, the same two or three families end up covering it all season, and the coach ends up playing snack coordinator on top of everything else.

We just shipped snack duty rotation in Who's on Second. Here's how it works.

Set It Once, Forget It

In Team Settings, toggle on Snack Duty Rotation. You'll see your full roster in a sortable list. Drag players into whatever order you want. Hit save.

From that point on, every upcoming game gets a snack duty assignment automatically. The rotation moves through your list in order and wraps around when it reaches the end. When you create a new game or sync your calendar, snack duty is already assigned before you even open the lineup builder.

Parents See It, Parents Handle It

Parents who are linked to their player see their snack duty assignment right on their Parent Dashboard. No group text required. They know the game, the date, and the opponent.

If plans change (and plans always change), the parent taps "I can't make it." The slot opens up and every other parent on the team gets an email letting them know someone needs to cover. Another parent claims it. Done.

No coach involvement needed. No group text. No awkward follow-ups.

Reminders So Nobody Forgets

Email reminders go out 3 days before and 1 day before the game. That's enough lead time to grab Goldfish and Capri Suns on the way home from work, and enough of a nudge that it doesn't slip through the cracks on a busy week.

Parents can opt out of snack duty emails from their email preferences if they prefer to just check the app.

It Handles the Edge Cases

A few things that happen in real life and how snack duty handles them:

• Player is absent: If you mark a player absent in the lineup builder, their snack duty automatically moves to the next family in the rotation. The new family gets notified.
• No parent account linked: The player still takes their turn in the rotation, but nobody gets email notifications. The assignment shows on the games list for coaches to communicate however they want.
• Coach needs to override: Head coaches can reassign snack duty for any game manually. The rotation picks back up normally for the next game.

One Less Thing

Snack duty rotation follows the same principle as everything else in Who's on Second: set it up once, let the app handle the logistics, and spend your energy on the stuff that actually matters. Fair lineups, safe pitching, and now, snacks that show up on time.

Snack duty is included for all coaches. Toggle it on in Team Settings and let the rotation handle the rest.