COURSE DURATION: 2 HOURS
Running a youth sports league requires more than just enthusiasm—it demands structure, organization, and strong leadership. This course is focused strictly on setting up and managing your leagues and provides a step-by-step framework for successfully organizing, launching, and managing a youth sports league. Participants will learn how to design league structures, manage schedules, organize your players and coaches, supervise game days and ensure a safe and positive experience for every child. By combining practical strategies with real-world examples, this course prepares administrators and volunteers to create leagues that thrive season after season. Sections and Lessons in this course include:
Organizing Your Leagues
- Creating Your League Structure
- League Rules and Policies
- League Registration
- Skills Assessment and Team Formation
- League Scheduling
- Coaches Meetings
- Parent Orientation
- Practices
Supervision and Managing Youth Sports Games
- Coaching Youth Sports
- Supervision
- Game Days
- Identifying and Preventing Abuse in Youth Sports
- Bullying
- Discipline in Youth Sports
- Identifying and Treating Common Illness and Injuries
Post Program
- Awards and Recognition
- Survey and Evaluate
- The Off Season
