Youth Sports Coach

Under the guidance of the Youth and Family Coordinator, the youth sports assistant plans and implements instructional age-appropriate sports programs to participants.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Ensures proper technique and safe teaching skill development.
• Explains and demonstrates use of apparatus and equipment.
• Explains and demonstrates principles, techniques and methods of regulating movement of body, hands, or feet to achieve proficiency in sport of basketball, soccer and t-ball.
• Observe participants during practice to detect and correct mistakes always encouraging positive feedback.
• Explains and enforces safety rules and regulations.
• Explains basic fundamentals of the sport of basketball.
• Keeps records of attendance.
• Follows YMCA Youth Sport Philosophy at all times.
• Notify supervisor of any damaged equipment or shortages.
• Wear appropriate activity attire and footwear.

WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS:

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Regularly required to talk or hear.
• Required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle; or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; kick, throw, run or jump and taste or smell.