1. LANGHAM CREEK FAMILY Y Winter 2013-2014 Youth Sports Coach Orientation

2. YMCA Sports Staff Adam Spiegel Youth Development Director Sports

3. Thank You The Langham Creek Family Y thanks you for volunteering in youth sports! Your involvement will be critical to the success of the program.

4. Agenda YMCA General Information/Quick History YMCA Youth Sports Mission, Core Values, 7 Pillars, Code of Conduct How teams are formed and coach expectations Practices Games/rain outs and make ups Officials Emergency procedures/appropriate touch Character development Pictures/Trophies Communication How to handle corrections to rosters/need for coaches Important dates

5. YMCA Mission Statement To put Judeo-Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.

6. Youth Sport Philosophy Everybody Plays, Everybody Wins  Every team member plays at least half the game regardless of score  Team members have the opportunity to play different positions  Child First-Sports Second  Sets the child’s well being above the cost of winning the game

7. Core Values Respect Responsibility Honesty Caring Faith Please make this a part of your practice routine and expect it from your parents and players!! They will follow your lead!!!!!!

8. 7 Pillars of YMCA Youth Sports Everyone Plays Safety First Character Development Positive Competition Family Involvement Sport for All Sport for Fun

9. Coaches & Parent Code of Conduct  Points to remember: 1. Be kind to your parents and coaches 2. Let the children have fun! 3. Be kind to the officials and other teams 4. Be realistic with complaints/criticisms

10. Equipment  Football-Mouth Piece, Soft Spikes or Tennis Shoes  Basketball-Tennis Shoes *Please make sure these are used in practice and games* *Officials will not allow child to play without these*

11. How teams are formed By grade By sex (female, male, coed) By request (for a coach or teammate) By school Random assignment No tryouts; No “no practice, no play” rule

12. Coach Expectations Establish good ongoing communication Agenda for practices (warm-up/stretch, skill development, play/scrimmage, cool-down/stretch) Know rules of play (coaches given these) Exhibit and model core values Follow all policies and youth sports philosophy Raptor Drivers License Scan

13. Practices Starting date –week of November 11 1 hour per week, 1 day per week NO PRACTICES November 25-November 29, December 23-January 3 All football practices will be held on Y Fields All PK4-2 nd grade basketball practices will be held at the Y All 3 rd -10 th grade basketball practices will be held at Labay Middle School Sports supervisors – on site at every practice and game Trash/food, kids unsupervised Practices rain-outs, I will try to provide a make-up day depending on scheduling. Need help with practice? http://www.quickscores.com/langhamcreekymca http://www.quickscores.com/langhamcreekymca Downloadable Files

14. Games Games are Saturdays beginning at 8:00. Locations – Same as practice location 7 games (November 23 rd -January 25) No games November 30, December 28, January 4

15. Facility Use Policies Please have the whole team help in cleaning up after practices and games. No tobacco products in buildings or on Y grounds All children (siblings of players) must stay on the fields and gym areas or be attended to if exiting the gym and field. Please make sure parents make you aware if they are bringing children to another practice (they may have to step away)

16. Scheduling/Parking Game schedules will be available on www.quickscores.com/langhamcreekymca by Monday, November 18. www.quickscores.com/langhamcreekymca Parking at the Y may be difficult, we have parking behind the skate park that lead to fields I will make you aware ahead of time if there is a special event, where other parking may be available

17. Officials All are trained & certified Any serious problems, coach should address with official in appropriate manner (not a parent), then call YMCA if necessary Please be courteous Harassment of officials will not be tolerated

18. Emergency Procedures Coach contacts Parent or Guardian Immediately  Make sure you can contact all parents- have correct contact numbers  Please ask you parents to not drop their child off at practice/game (some parents have multiple children in multiple sports so please make sure you are aware if they are stepping away to bring their other child to their practice)

19. Child Abuse Prevention We make an active effort to prevent child abuse. These efforts include but are not limited to:  Background check on staff and volunteers  Allegations and suspicions are taken seriously and are reported to the proper authorities The YMCA has a no tolerance position on child abuse If you suspect child abuse you can report it to any Director in the YMCA or call CPS (Child Protection Service)

20. Appropriate Touch/Character Development Kids need touches of encouragement, but there are appropriate and inappropriate ways of touching a child Incorporate into practices, games our 5 Core Values (Respect, Honesty, Caring, Responsibility, Faith)

21. Pictures/Trophies Pictures will be taken by N the Zone Photography on December 7 at game location Each participant will receive a trophy at the conclusion of the season. Trophies will be given to coaches by game officials.

22. Roster Corrections We may go through many drafts of team rosters before they are finalized. Your roster is final unless otherwise instructed. When a roster is updated, an email to the coach will be sent by 4:00pm

23. What the Welcome Center Can Do For You Your first stop for questions: 281.859.6143 www.Quickscores.com/langhamcreekymca Coach contact info, schedules, rain outs Goal is to get you quick and correct answers!

24. Important Dates PRACTICES - Begin week of November 11 GAME SCHEDULE – Available at www.quickscores.com/langhamcreekymca by November 18 www.quickscores.com/langhamcreekymca JERSEYS – First week of practice (Possibly before) PICTURE DAY-December 7

25. Parting Shots We are here to assist you Thank you again! Have a great season!

26. YMCA Contact Info 281.859.6143 (YMCA) Ext. 214 Adam Spiegel Youth Development Director Sports Adam.spiegel@ymcahouston.org