The Youth Sports Volunteer Coach provides an enjoyable and safe sporting experience for an assigned group of athletes while they learn confidence, individual and team games skills, sportsmanship and fair play.
Requirements
- Coach an assigned group of children and focus on skill development, safety, fair play, sportsmanship, and fun.
- Effectively communicate to the individual team every week with updates about practices, game times and special events.
- Attend the mandatory coaches training prior to sports season.
- Show up to all practices and games on time.
- Use email communication to receive updates from the Youth Sports office and reply to necessary notifications in a timely manner.
- Adhere to YMCA policies, rules, and objectives.
- Responsible for maintaining care of all YMCA Sports equipment.
- Lead by example among team parents to support the responsibilities of the referee and league leadership.
- Work to establish and improve team unity and spirit.
- Ensure equal playing time for all players, regardless of the score.
- Uphold the YMCA mission and philosophy during practices and games to set positive examples for athletes.
