Youth Sports Volunteer

To provide 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.

• Possess organizational skills, patience, maturity, and dependability
• Sound Character, strong morals, values, and personal ethics
• Enthusiasm and a positive spirit with a commitment to equal participation

Desired:

• Current CPR/First Aid certification

Tasks and Activities

• Attend the mandatory coaches training
• Show up to all practices and games on time 
• 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
• 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