Assistant Swim Coach - North Royalton YMCA

YMCA of Greater Cleveland • North Royalton, OH

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About The Position

Under the supervision of the Aquatics Director, the Assistant Swim Coach assists the Head Coach in leading age-appropriate practice activities for groups of swimmers. The coach promotes and incorporates the YMCA’s core values and mission into all aspects of the job and community. The role includes attending practices and swim meets, helping swimmers learn and master strokes, providing technique feedback, leading warm-ups and practices, organizing equipment, supporting volunteers and parent groups, and ensuring swimmer safety.

Requirements

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent human relations skills.
• Ability to demonstrate correct swimming techniques and strokes.
• CPR and First Aid certification and safety training are required within 30 days of hire.
• Working knowledge of the rules and regulations of the sport.
• General knowledge of anatomy, exercise physiology, and kinesiology/body kinematics.
• General understanding of child development and physiology.
• Commitment to the YMCA’s mission and cause, and willingness to uphold its values and ethics.
• Ability to work effectively with people of different backgrounds, abilities, opinions, and perceptions.
• Willingness and ability to act as a mandated reporter of suspected child abuse or neglect and follow the required reporting process.
• Visual abilities including close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception, and the ability to adjust and focus.

Nice To Haves

• American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer.
• Prior coaching experience.

Responsibilities

• Attend all practices and swim meets.
• Help swimmers understand and master strokes so they can progress through swim team groups.
• Provide corrective feedback to improve swimmers’ techniques.
• Build effective, authentic relationships with students and parents.
• Ensure swimmer safety during practice by following appropriate precautions and regulations.
• Lead group practices with care and enthusiasm.
• Assist with recruiting, developing, and maintaining volunteers and parent groups or committees.
• Lead warm-ups.
• Organize equipment.
• Perform additional tasks assigned by supervisors.
• Promote and incorporate the YMCA’s mission and core values into the work and community.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed