What are the responsibilities and job description for the Youth Sports Staff position at YMCA of Virginia's Blue Ridge?
Job Description:
The Youth Sports Assistant works under the guidance of the Wellness Director to plan and implement instructional sports programs for participants.
Essential Functions:
Work Environment/Physical and Mental Demands:
The Youth Sports Assistant works under the guidance of the Wellness Director to plan and implement instructional sports programs for participants.
Essential Functions:
- Ensures proper technique and safe teaching skill development.
- Explains and demonstrates use of apparatus and equipment.
- Explain and demonstrate principles, techniques, and methods of regulating movement of body, hands, or feet to achieve proficiency in sports such as basketball, soccer, and t-ball.
- Observe participants during practice to detect and correct mistakes while encouraging positive feedback.
- Explain and enforce safety rules and regulations.
- Maintain records of attendance.
- Follow YMCA Youth Sport Philosophy at all times.
- Notify supervisor of any damaged equipment or shortages.
- Wear appropriate activity attire and footwear.
- Arrive 5-minutes prior to your shift.
- Motivate and encourage participants with positive feedback.
- Execute Branch emergency action plan as necessary.
- Organize and maintain all equipment.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Work Environment/Physical and Mental Demands:
- Able to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Able to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- Frequently 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.
- Frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 45 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
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