Opportunities That A Youth Coach Is Given
By Dave Gleason, IYCA Expert
- The opportunity (and recognition) that an indelible mark is left on every child we have the good fortune to teach.
- The opportunity to feed our innate desire to help.
- The opportunity to forge a career engulfed in what we are most passionate about.
- The opportunity to help a young child change expectations they set for themselves.
- The opportunity to experience child's play as an adult.
- The opportunity to learn from a child.
- The opportunity to give them the gift of encouragement and praise.
- The opportunity to teach skills.
- The opportunity to see a child's eyes light up when they learn a new skill.
- The opportunity to recognize the smallest increment of improvement.
- The opportunity to reinforce great behavior.
- The opportunity to tell a human being that you believe in them, unknowing that it is the day they needed to hear those words the most.
- The opportunity to be a mentor.
- The opportunity to offer hope to a child.
- The opportunity to be a positive influence.
- The opportunity to shed light on a dark situation.
- The opportunity to be the best part of a young child's life.
- The opportunity to illustrate the value a young athlete has in this world beyond athletics.
- The opportunity to help a young athlete develop a physical culture that will last a lifetime.
- The opportunity to witness a young athlete grow up.
- The opportunity to make a difference.
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Koach Karl Dewazien
USSF "A" License
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