EDUCATION
Education
Why NCYS is involved in education
The National Council of Youth Sports has excellent resources to enhance the personal and professional development of amateur youth sport leaders while staying current with the trends and meeting continuing education needs.
If you're like most sports enthusiasts, you have a desire to learn, gain experience, and self-improve. The NCYS has teamed up with providers to offer high-quality, online education courses and resources for our members.
Training
Certified Sports Administrator (CSA)
The NCYS has partnered with internationally renowned The George Washington University (GWU) School of Business to develop a customized, flexible and affordable educational program that provides management-related courses to NCYS executives to address the existing market.
The six online Certified Sports Administrator (CSA) courses are ideal for youth sports administrators, leaders, managers, volunteers, coaches, parents who do not have the time to attend an in-person classroom setting. The program was designed with convenience in mind. You have three months to complete each course. Users can bookmark their spot so they can exit and re-enter the course, it's accessible 24 hours a day, and online learning gives users the opportunity to learn at their own pace.
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PlaySportsTV
There is a growing need to provide youth sports coaches and parents with the necessary tools for educating youngsters. The nationally recognized library of PlaySportsTV.com's (PSTV) online instructional videos and articles in 18 youth sports is being made available to the NCYS and the 60-million registered participants whom its membership serves across organized youth sports programs.
Whether an individual is seeking a base of knowledge for the first time or increasing their range of skills and drills, PSTV instruction works for training at all levels. Furthermore, PSTV's materials can be effortlessly integrated to complement an organization's existing teams and leagues training. Youth sports industry coaches, team managers and sports parents have 24/7 online access to PSTV's videos and training plans.
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Other Resources
Let's Move!
Childhood obesity or excess weight threatens the healthy future of one third of American children. We spend $150 billion every year to treat obesity-related conditions, and that number is growing. Obesity rates tripled in the past 30 years, a trend that means, for the first time in our history, American children may face a shorter expected lifespan than their parents. We need to get moving. Join First Lady Michelle Obama, community leaders, teachers, doctors, nurses, moms and dads in a nationwide campaign to tackle the challenge of childhood obesity. Let's Move! has an ambitious but important goal: to solve the epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation.
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CDC - Heat Related Illness (HRI)
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/hsb/extreme/Heat_Illness
This CDC online course informs coaches, teachers, parents, and high school athletes about Heat Related Illness (HRI). It shows how to recognize, prevent and treat HRI among athletes. Although most incidences of HRI in the media involve high school football players, athletes of various sports activities and ages can become susceptible to HRI. The content in this course primarily concentrates on HRI in high school athletes, but it can be adapted to prevent HRI among athletes of all ages and activities, such as high school soccer players, little league players (ages 6-13) and college- level athletes.
PREPARE for the Unexpected
http://www.sportssafety.org/prepare
PREPARE is an online sports safety course aimed at educating coaches on how to prevent common injuries, how to recognize symptoms of potentially dangerous conditions, and how to respond in emergency situations. The PREPARE course is ideal for volunteer youth coaches who do not have the time to attend safety workshops, but need to know how to be PREPARED.