Volunteer to Coach

Help Kids Reach their Full Potential

Athletic experience is not required to volunteer for youth sports – just the ability to model the values of honesty, caring, respect and responsibility while making sure everyone gets a chance to play and have fun!

Before Getting Started

Prior to coaching for the YMCA, you must fill out a volunteer application and agree to a background check. As a coach, you would have the ability to choose the day, time and location of practices as well as make requests regarding game schedules.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the requirements to volunteer?

All YMCA coaches must have a clear background check and complete our online safety videos: Volunteer Child Abuse Prevention training and Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports.

The Y will give you all of the tools you need to be successful! We provide coach training, practice plans and everything else you will need to succeed. Think back to when you were young: were the best coaches you had experts in game play and executing Xs and Os or were they patient teachers that gave you positive feedback and encouraged you to do your best?

Coaching a youth sports team takes about three hours per week – a half hour to plan for practice, and an hour and fifteen minutes for one practice and one game.

Yes! As a coach, you would have the ability to choose the day, time and location of practices as well as make requests regarding game schedules.