Here you will find policies, suggestions, and other information for all coaches. If you want to be a coach, please do the following: During Registration of the Sport that you would like to coach, pick up a packet that contains the Volunteer application, and other information about the sport. You must return the Application, and an Original background record that you can obtain from the jail in the county that you reside.
SUGGESTIONS FOR FIRST TIME COACHES
All of these items are for the parents. Keep the Parents Happy! 1. You will have to schedule team snacks for after practices and games. 2. Give everyone the website: http://www.albanyareaymcasports.org 3. You will receive a package that explains the rules of the sport. 4. After you get your team, get a list of all of the players, parents names and phone numbers and give them out to each player. 5. Give each of your parents a copy of the rules, the more information that they know the better the season runs. 6. You will be the ultimate person in charge and YMCA will contact you if anything is wrong.
THINGS TO TEACH YOUR PLAYERS
All YMCA operations and programs are based on caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.
~The Rules of the Game ~Sportsmanship & Teamwork ~Respect ~Proper Mechanics and Fundamentals ~To have Class & have Fun ~Winning is not everything ~How to Lose. If you can go over all of these main points then your team should be competitive. Remember that YMCA judges success not by the win and loss record, but by how many of your players on your team return to play another season. We want children to enjoy their recreational experience and want to come back and play some more.
