What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Age Group Swim Coach position at Wave Aquatics?
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We are seeking a passionate Lead Swim Coach for Age Group to join our aquatics team. As Lead Swim Coach, you will be responsible for leading various workouts, swim meets, and practices. You will inspire, motivate, and guide young people of varying skill levels, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment conducive to personal growth and achievement.
Work Schedule:
- Monday 4:30pm-7:30pm
- Tuesday 5pm-8pm
- Saturday 3:30pm-6:30pm
- Sunday 8am-11am
- 10 hours/week of administrational duties
As a Lead Swim Coach, you will:
- Lead Practices: Conduct swim practices, focusing on technique, endurance, and speed training.
- Individual Coaching: Provide one-on-one coaching to swimmers to help them improve specific skills.
- Support Competitions: Prepare swimmers during meets, including warm-ups, race strategy, and post-race feedback.
- Enforcing Rules: Ensure swimmers adhere to safety guidelines and team rules.
- Mentoring: Act as a role model and mentor for young athletes, fostering a positive and inclusive team environment.
- Communication with Parents: Communicate with parents about swimmer progress, upcoming events, and other team-related matters.
- Administrative Tasks: Manage weekly emails, communicating with parents, meet entries, and weekly coaches meetings, and other administrative duties as needed.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Experience: Have a background in the sport of swimming and/or other athletics.
- Certifications: Current certification in lifeguarding, CPR, and First Aid, or capable of certifying in these.
- Background Check: Must be able to successfully complete a background check.
- Communication: Excellent verbal communication skills for effectively teaching and motivating young athletes.
- Patience: A high level of patience and the ability to work with children of varying skill levels.
- Team Collaboration: Ability to work well with the head coach, other lead coaches, assistants, and support staff, and adhere to the team objectives for your group.
- Adaptability: Flexibility in adjusting coaching techniques to meet the needs of different swimmers.
- Time Management: Ability to manage practice sessions efficiently to cover planned drills and activities.
- Safety Awareness: Keen understanding of and ability to enforce pool safety protocols.
- Flexibility: Adaptability to work flexible hours, including early mornings, evenings, and weekends.
If you're passionate about helping youth swimmers achieve their goals and thrive in a supportive team environment, we'd love to hear from you.
WAVE Aquatics is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. We encourage candidates of all races, ethnicities, genders, abilities, and backgrounds to apply.
Salary : $25
