Young people who wish to have the opportunity to become assistant coaches with responsibility for their own group during parts of the training session.
How it works:
- Offer interested youth the opportunity to become youth coaches.
- Assign the youth responsibility for a specific part of the training on a recurring weekly basis. For example, a technical element or a skill exercise.
- The youth plan, prepare, and execute independently (with a present leader available for feedback and support).
- Conduct regular follow-up meetings, preferably after a training session, with the head coach to discuss their experience, what is perceived to be working well and should be continued, and if there are any lessons to be learned. For example, how can we communicate to reach everyone, where should you as a leader position yourself when speaking to the group?
- Highlight opportunities for coach education through the association and encourage the youth to participate.
