Module 2 - Expectations, Responsibilities & Roles

In this module, we will cover:

1. Expectations & Responsibilities of Student-Coaches

2. Explaining the Parent Volunteer Coach Role

3. Your expectations with Next Level Sports

• Next Module: Module 3 - Attire, Equipment & Preparation

• Previous Module: Module 1 - Introduction / Why Coach?

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If you have any questions, please email training@nextlevelsports.com.

0:00 What's up, Next Level Coaches! We’re back at it in for Module 2 of our Student Coach Training and today, we’re going to cover expectations, responsibilities, and roles for you as coaches at Next Level.

0:14 First off, what we at Next level expect of you. First and foremost, if you sign up to work, you’re making a commitment. You’re telling your site director, "I’m in and I want to coach," and we expect you to show up every day, to be present, and to be prepared.

0:31 With that being said, it’s very helpful for you to show up arrive early—10 minutes before your scheduled start time, be there and be ready. That way, your site director, your coach who's in charge, isn’t stressed out of whether you’re going to be late, or be there at all.

0:44 Thirdly, we're asking you to have great communication and accountability.If for whatever reason you know you cannot make it to a next level Saturday or Sunday, you need to tell your site director no later than Wednesday that week. That way, you can plan accordingly. We can communicate with your team about your absence. On game days, if there's an emergency, you have a flat tire, you can't make it for whatever reason, you need to call your coach ASAP and let him know, coach, I'm gonna be 30 minutes late. I'm getting my tire fixed, etcetera.

1:13 When you're on-site with your team, your phone is off and in your pocket. Your attention is solely on your players and your team. Some of your shifts are 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours. Be there and be locked in. Keep your phone in your pocket. No AirPods or no headphones at any time. I don't care if there's a an NFL playoff game, a college football bowl game. Leave it in your pocket. K? Lastly and most importantly, this is a job.

1:36 When you're paid, there's responsibilities. And if you fail to meet those responsibilities, you can be fired and dismissed from your role. So always keep that in mind. Your key responsibilities as a student coach shifting gears here. You are, by definition at Next Level Sports, the head coach of your team.

1:46 You’re the key decision-maker, and we want to empower you to feel that way fully embrace this role. Your job is to be prepared every day with a practice plan, run plays, do drills, and get your team ready for game time. And then roll in, and get ready to go.

2:24 You are the key decision maker. We want to empower you to feel that way, to be the head coach. Us at next level, the parent volunteers, and the team parents, it's our job to make sure you're provided everything you need to execute being a head coach for your team. You need to arrive every day prepared and execute. Have a daily practice plan. K. We'll talk about that more at a later pray a later training. Run some plays. Do some drills. Get your team ready for game time.

3:00 And then roll in and get ready to go. Really important thing here, guys. Your job is to be the offensive coordinator slash play caller. This is not up for discussion. You cannot defer this role to the parent parent coach. To keep a level and fair playing field for all teams, these student coaches call offensive plays. The only time the parent coach can step in and call plays for you is if you are absent that weekend. K? What we don't want is 6 teams, student coaches are calling plays and 2 teams that dads are calling plays. That's not fair.

3:07 Let's keep it level. Let's keep fair for everybody. And lastly, be a mentor. We mentioned this in module 1. Lead by example. Be a role model to your players on your team. That's why you're here. That's why you're doing this. Let's talk a little bit about the parent volunteers who are gonna be involved in the program. Most of you will have 1, if not 2 parent assistant coaches assigned to your team. Some of you have 0. K. It's our job at Next Level to make sure you have at least 1 and we are working on that constantly to make sure you have support. K? But by by definition, the parent volunteers' main role is to be the GM, be the general manager of their of your team.

4:01 What does that mean? Their number one most important role is to manage player rotations via the lineup cart, which we'll talk about a little bit later. K? During practice, their job is to help you out wherever you need. You want them to run one instance of a drill while you have another one going with 5 players. That way, everybody's getting a ton of reps. That's their job. Help you with sideline management during the games. K. Wherever you need help, just ask.

4:41 We do allow the parent coaches to call defense if that's okay with you, if you permit it. That way, it gives a little bit extra time to meet with your offense in between possessions and go over anything that you wanna do with them. Alright? Moving on. For most of our sites, our parent coaches are allowed in offensive puddle with certain exceptions. K. Kindergarten divisions. They can be in the offensive huddle helping you coordinate and organize stuff all season. We know dealing with kindergartners is already challenging enough. You can have some help in there with the parents. Any first grade or k one divisions, they can be there the first half of the season. And then 2nd grade and the first 3 weeks after that, they're out. You're on your own. You can manage the hoe. Some of our have the exception. The site director say, hey. No parents at all in the huddle. That's up to your site director. And lastly here, just some of the key expectations for the parents. Ransom said, hey.

5:06 Maintain perspective. It's not about you. It's about the kids out there. Put the participants first and empower you, the student, coach, wherever k? And lastly, here, we're asking them to help out on the parenting side. Sometimes kids get emotional. They're hard to manage. Just simply ask them to jump in and help out if you're unable to do so. Lastly, we're gonna talk about your expectations with us at Next Level Sports. Number 1, we want you to feel empowered always.

5:32 If you're not, speak up. Let us know. K? 2nd, to be paid. You should expect to be paid on time and accurately. If you're not, let your site director know. It's their job to put in your hours. And if their hours are wrong, you can let your site director know you likely put them in wrong. If there's an error on our end, simply email payroll at nextlevelsports.com. We're happy to look into whatever's needed to get you paid. Lastly, have fun. Get out there. Have some energy. Get after it. Have a good time with all your student athletes.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to training@nextlevelsports.com.