What are the responsibilities and job description for the Youth Sports Staff - Rockbridge YMCA position at YMCA of Virginia's Blue Ridge?
- Under the guidance of the Wellness Director, 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Other duties as assigned.
- WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS
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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.
- Regularly 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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