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posted 01/17/2010 Hey current and future coaches:
Want to elevate your game in 2010? Why not resolve to make this season more rewarding for yourself, your child, your team and your community?
Brighton Little League encourages you to participate in both a Coaching Skills and Drills Baseball Clinic as well as the SUNY Sports Institute's certification program, "Coaching Players and Guiding Parents in Youth Sports."
The Coaching Skills and Drills Baseball Clinic will be held on January 30, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Monroe Community College PAC Center. The skills and drills clinic will be led by MCC's Baseball Head Coach Mike Kelly. Following the skills and drills clinic, the certification program will be conducted between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Refreshments will be provided. The agenda and benefits of this program are detailed below. The program cost is $20 with registration available online at the link below. The cost of the program will be reimbursed by Brighton Little League upon submission of your receipt.
If you are unable to attend the January 30 date, a second certification program session will be held on Saturday, February 27, 2010, 9-11 a.m. at the Brighton Recreation Center (off Winton or Idlewood). No pre-payment or online registration is necessary for this date as Brighton Little League will be billed directly. If you would like to attend the second session or if you have any questions, please drop Chris Carter an email at:
Come on, what do you have to lose? Take your game to the next level by engaging this excellent training opportunity and deliver the benefits to your kids, players, parents and community!
SUNY Youth Sports Institute Coaching Skills & Drills Baseball Clinic and Certification Program
Join Monroe Community College Head Baseball Coach, Mike Kelly and Former Head Baseball Coach and current Associate Athletic Director, Skip Bailey for a 2-hour skills & drills clinic for youth coaches followed by our Coaching Training & Certification Program.
The coaching clinic will run on January 30th from 9:00am to 11:00am and the Certification Program will be conducted from 11:00am to 1:00pm by our SUNY Youth Sports Certified Trainer.
You will meet in the PAC Center on the MCC Campus and food/beverages will be provided.
Cost is only $20 per coach. To register and pay for the clinic online please go to:http://registration.youthsportsny.org/en/cev/211
What You'll Learn
A Comprehensive, One-time, 3-Hour Curriculum delivered in Easy to Understand Modules.
There is more to sportsmanship than a handshake line at the end of the game and there is more to coaching than running drills. In our comprehensive three hour course we'll cover topics like:
- Character Education in Youth Sports- How the coach brings it out
- The Youth Coach as a Teacher
- Organization & Communication: A Coaching Toolbox
- The Development of Young Athletes
- Sports Psychology: Why They Play
- Competition is Fine; Know when it counts and when it doesn’t
- Youth Sport: Its Place in American Culture
- Reducing Risk in a Youth Sports Program
- Recognizing and Managing Youth Sports Injuries
- Creating an Emergency Action Plan
- …plus many useful teaching scenarios
The Benefits of Certification
The Youth Coaching Certification from the State University of New York
- Guiding Sports Parents pamphlet for all parents in a certified program
- Youth Sports NY Certified Coach identification badge and lanyard
- Quarterly Youth Sports NY newsletter
- Password access to baseball video drills and content
- Live web-communication to ask questions of coaches across New York State
- Exceptional website with news and research for your coaching insights
- Coaching liability insurance policy
- Annual certification update for reduced price
- Registration in statewide database of SUNY Certified Coaches
- Authoring tools to add content to our newsletter
