In my experience, pins are given to every player in a tournament.Do you still get a pin if a team made it to the final? Or are pins only given to losing teams.
My kids preferred medals (even the finalist ones). A free t-shirt with "Grassstain United Tournament Champion" would be a nice bonus.Think of tournament pins like passport stamps. Typically you get one for being there and playing. And if things go your way, you leave with an extra souvenir (medal / trophy / maybe a t-shirt) and a feeling of accomplishment.
This is the correct answer.Usually the pins are given to the Team Manager when the team is checked in for the Tournament. Occasionally, the Tournament Host will not have them on hand for one reason or another, but will usually provide them if asked.
I like pins. They decorate the backpack. My team manager is new so maybe he didn't know to ask.
My kids preferred medals (even the finalist ones). A free t-shirt with "Grassstain United Tournament Champion" would be a nice bonus.
A lot of the smaller tournaments have stopped getting them or order only a limited amount. Cost cutting move in light of post-Covid field price increases.The host club probably still has a bunch of extra pins. They will sit around in storage until a purge/cleaning day then get thrown out. You can probably still get them if you want them, just send them an email. We have done this in the past and usually, not always, they will have enough sitting around for the team.
If that's the case it's a stupid choice.Haven’t seen pins at tournaments in a couple years