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Youth Performance Coach Certification
Youth sport coaching is essential in the development of young athletes, both physically and mentally. This credential will teach you how to provide young athletes with guidance, support, and instruction. Your confidence and training will help young participants learn skills and abilities in competition that endure for life. Learn specific sport coaching techniques by age and become part of the solution to keep our youth active in sports and physical activity.
Youth sport coaching can have a profound impact on the mental and cognitive development of young players, as they are well-trained to provide their athletes with the best possible experience and help them to reach their full potential.
Youth sport coaches play a crucial role in the development of young athletes, both physically and mentally. In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on the mental and cognitive aspects of youth sport, and the importance of coaches who are well-trained in these areas.
One of the key benefits of youth sport coaching is that it can help young athletes to develop essential life skills such as goal-setting, problem-solving, and resilience. Youth sport coaches can also teach young athletes how to deal with disappointment, overcome challenges, and work as part of a team.
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Youth Performance Coach
$397
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The YPC Certfication is designed for new and advanced coaches and trainers who want to specialize in the areas of youth athletics, youth mentorship and leadership for the next generation.
Learning Objectives:
Learning About Participants, Coaching Principles and Participation, Planning Your Programs, Healthy Participants/Healthy Environments, Nutrition, When Young Athletes Get Hurt, Managing Your Program
Specialize In:
- Teaching Sport Skills Effectively in a Positive Sports Environment
- Using Post-Sessons Coaching Reflections
- Game/Event Coaching
- Pre-competition Mental Preparation
- Team Sports Routines and Designing a Competition-Day Schedule
- The Muscular System, The Cardiorespiratory System, The Anaerobic Energy System, The Aerobic Energy System
- Continuous, Specificity, and Creativity in Training
- Teaching Sport Skills Effectively in a Positive Sports Environment
- Using Post-Sessons Coaching Reflections
- Game/Event Coaching
- Pre-competition Mental Preparation
- Team Sports Routines and Designing a Competition-Day Schedule
- The Muscular System, The Cardiorespiratory System, The Anaerobic Energy System, The Aerobic Energy System
- Continuous, Specificity, and Creativity in Training
YOUTH PERFORMANCE COACH & SPEED, AGILITY & QUICKNESS COACH
$543
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What does it mean when you become a Certified Youth Performance Coach?
Key benefits of youth sport coaching:
Physical development: Youth sport coaches can help their players to develop their physical fitness and technical skills in a safe and supportive environment. This can include teaching them proper technique, helping them to develop their strength and endurance, and preparing them for competition.
Mental development: Youth sport coaches can also help their players to develop their mental toughness, resilience, and focus. They can teach them how to set goals, overcome challenges, and deal with disappointment.
Emotional development: Youth sport coaches can also play a key role in the emotional development of their players. They can help them to build confidence, self-esteem, and social skills. They can also teach them the importance of teamwork, sportsmanship, and fair play.
In addition to these benefits, youth sport coaching can also provide a number of benefits for the coaches themselves. For example, coaching can help coaches to develop their leadership skills, communication skills, and problem-solving skills. It can also be a rewarding experience to see your players succeed and grow.
With structured, formal training that zeroes in on this group, your credential will contribute to a growing collection of coaches who are more informed, more effective, and successful in professional careers, “coaching kids”. Both the CYPC and participants see the results and benefits.
Part of your education involves knowing what and whom you are coaching, especially when it includes a special population. Another perspective involves how you work (apply) what you have learned into the groups that you serve.
Coaches with a specialty earn more.
Coaches are an important link in the development of young athletes. They are not only responsible for providing technical instruction but also for creating a safe and positive environment that fosters growth and development. Other coaches don't have these skills. Coaches are role models, providing young athletes with a positive influence and guidance at a time when it is needed most! This translates into high wages for you.
A Certified Youth Performance Coach (CYPC) working with young players has to understand youth participants in organized sport, competitions, and general physical activity. The CYPC has to understand the different needs of this important group; an 8-year-old T-ball player is not coached the same as a 12-year-old soccer player - for many reasons. We have a responsibility to coach youth participants intelligently. This alone may help ease the dropout rate seen in youth sports.
Over time, we have studied and thus learned more about participants; this quest for knowledge related specifically to youths in our society comes from a need based on trends seen, namely, the positive attributes of participation and then keeping kids engaged in competition, organized games, or sports. Up until recent times, the study of youth participation in sport has centered largely on trying to understand very specific and unique aspects of a few elite participants – the very young kids who train with the most elite coaches with dreams of rising to Olympic level status. You can aim for a great coaching job like that if you have the skills, knowledge, and abilities.
This specialty education and certification program builds on the fundamentals that elevate our understanding of everything related to this unique coaching specialty and the participants involved. It is the result of all that we know about young people participating in sports. We also look closely at the role of parents in this process.
Your course begins with an introduction that explains the basis for youth sport coach training.
Then it progresses to the following modules:
Lesson 1 – Learning About Participants
Lesson 2 – Coaching Principles and Participation
Lesson 3 – Planning Your Programs
Lesson 4 – Healthy Participants/Healthy Environments
Lesson 5 – Nutrition
Lesson 6 – When Young Athletes Get Hurt
Lesson 7 – Managing Your Program
Youth sport coaching helps develop self-discipline, time management skills, and a strong work ethic
It wasn’t until the rise in popularity of exercise and sport psychology that we started closely examining the mental and cognitive measures that relate to this age-based special population. This has now expanded into a whole new field that is still re-evaluating many fitness behaviors based on participation. Coaches who feel well-trained are more confident because they are better prepared to face the unknowns presented by their clients, which may now include children in groups. Combined with an emphasis on behaviors and outcomes for kids, youth performance coaches can provide the best experience possible for children and their parents.
Youth Performance Coaches play a crucial role in guiding, supporting, and instructing young athletes, helping them to develop their skills and abilities, while fostering a positive and supportive environment. The benefits of youth sport coaching go beyond the development of physical fitness and technical skills, as it can also promote essential life skills, sportsmanship, and self-discipline.
Why we need to improve youth coaching and coach training:
Provide better experience for kids in physical activity settings
Keep children engaged and active
Participants have better outcomes, often continuing into adulthood
Support children at age-appropriate levels of interaction
Understand the needs of participants at different ages
Coaches have more meaningful outcomes (success is not always winning)
The role of parents is understood and managed with respect
Here is a list of topics covered:
Teaching content: Putting the “what” in a positive sport setting
Learning Process for players: The “How” in a Positive Sport Setting
Competition: Creating a Successful and Positive Sports Environment
Teaching Sport Skills Effectively in a Positive Sports Environment
Using Post-Sessons Coaching Reflections
Game/Event Coaching
Pre-competition Mental Preparation
Team Sport Routines
Designing a Competition-Day Schedule
Social Myths and Modern Dilemmas
General Considerations for Training
Creativity in Training
Program Details
Program Title: Youth Performance Coach Certification & Business System
Credential You Will Earn: Certified Youth Performance Coach (CYPC)
Program Overview: Comprehensive online, self-paced Youth Performance Coach Training and Certification, which includes techniques, methods and strategies for desired coaching outcomes. The program is designed for working with youths in a wide age range.
Course Objective: To provide you with all the tools to work with young athletes, players and participants in a variety of age-based settings.
Approvals: ISSA 20 CEUs, Spencer Institute 2.0 CEUs, NESTA 2.0 CEUs, ITCA 2.0 CEUs, MMACA 2.0 CEUs
Prerequisites: None
Recertification Requirements: None. Lifetime Certification
Flexible, Self-Paced Learning:
- Comprehensive Online Materials: Master the ins and outs of integration with in-depth training videos, a detailed digital manual, and a non-proctored online exam.
- 24/7 Access: Learn anytime, anywhere with secure access to all materials through our user-friendly learning portal.
- Start on Your Schedule: Register now and create your student account. Begin immediately or log in later - it's up to you!
- Review at Your Pace: The entire course is released at once, allowing you to revisit materials as often as needed.
Fast Results:
- Certification Exam: Take the non-proctored exam when you're ready and receive immediate results.
- Completion Time: Most students finish the course within 3-4 weeks, depending on their pace.
Additional Resources:
- Your Student Dashboard: Access detailed instructions, learning materials, and exam information within your personalized dashboard.
Retest Fee: $95 retest fee applies if the passing requirement is not met at the end of the third exam attempt.
Expected time for completion: On average, this course takes 20 hours of study to complete. Access your student account as needed to complete your studies. Course should be completed within one year of purchase.
Is this program accredited?
The Spencer Institute is accredited by The Certification and Accreditation Board of the American Association of Drugless Practitioners (AADP). The AADP is a professional accrediting association which recognizes traditional and non-traditional programs in the United States and around the world.
Why is having a certification in this field of work important?
To show you have competence to both effectively and properly work with youth sport participants using various methods of application.
Upon successful completion of your certification(s), you can start coaching anywhere you live, work or play. We will support you each step of the way.
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