Instructor Jobs

Youth hockey instructors provide a structured class teaching students in street hockey skills and various other sports related to the sports department. Hockey instructors teach children ranging in age from 3 to 16 years old the basics of playing the sport. This includes stick handling, shooting goals, defending, and positioning. Skating is not a part of Anaheim Family YMCA’s street hockey curriculum. Youth hockey instructors will lead hockey clinics that teach basics of the sport. This position is not primarily a coaching position. However, hockey staff may be periodically asked to be a substitute coach when a volunteer coach is absent. Hockey instructors help develop volunteers with the intention of creating new coaches. Youth hockey instructors supervise youth hockey league games from Friday to Sunday to ensure that all YMCA rules, policies, and procedures are always followed. They take account for and maintain hockey equipment. When needed, youth hockey instructors may officiate league games. All sports instructors assist in the success of all sports program duties such as fundraising, special events, and marketing. All sports instructors ensure the safety of all program participants.