Base Pay: $- / YEAR Employee Type: Part Time Non Exempt
• 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.