Youth Sports Coach

Greater Green Bay YMCA Pay Range

This range is provided by Greater Green Bay YMCA. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

$15.00/hr - $15.00/hr

Our Youth Sports Coach will contribute to the Y’s mission by providing a safe, non‑competitive, and enjoyable sporting experience for your assigned group of aspiring athletes while teaching them individual and team game skills and rules, sportsmanship, fair play, and character values. This is accomplished through building relationships and actively engaging with parents, volunteer coaches and participants.

• Cultivate relationships with youth sports participants, parents/guardians/caregivers and volunteer sports coaches.
• Plan and prepare for class, including proper set‑up, activities and teaching based on established curriculum, working with volunteer coaches in the execution of program goals and a safe setting for children.
• Provide instruction, coaching and instructional refereeing.
• Maintain and monitor spaces for safety consideration and member service.
• Act according to facility protocol to ensure safety of all staff and children, which includes:
  • Adhere to policies related to boundaries with staff and children.
  • Attend required abuse risk management training.
  • Report suspicious and inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.
  • Follow mandated abuse reporting requirements.

• Basic understanding of the fundamental skills and coaching strategies for sports which may include basketball, soccer, t‑ball, baseball, volleyball or flag football.
• Experience in a team environment playing or leading an organized sport.
• Experience working with groups of children ages 4‑10 years.
• Energetic and engaging with small group behavior management.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule in an indoor or outdoor setting depending on the season, including weekends and evenings required.
• Must be at least 14 years of age.

For the most part, work is done in a recreational environment that may be indoors or outdoors depending upon the sport and season. The ability to crouch, stoop, kneel, move quickly, and/or lift at least 30 pounds will be necessary. Youth Sports Coaches are required to move sports equipment such as cones, goals and balls.

• Building Relationships:
  Connect people to the Y’s cause by developing inclusive relationships and collaboration, creating sustainable relationships within the Y, and assisting members in becoming more connected to the Y and building small communities.
• Emotional Maturity:
  Demonstrate the ability to understand and manage emotions effectively in all situations.
• Advancing Our Mission and Cause:
  As a cause‑driven leader you will support the Y, its members, participants, and staff by living the Y’s values of CARING, HONESTY, RESPECT, and RESPONSIBILITY in all interactions.
• Safety:
  Adhere to and enforce safety policies and procedures for the association. You may be asked to assist in an emergency situation at the discretion of the Site Supervisor or Program Coordinator.

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