2023-2024 Graduate Catalog

EDUT 5217 Challenges & Benefits - Coaching

The Challenges and Benefits of Coaching Youth Sports

The scores of benefits of coaching youth sports can add up to a big win! Whether you coach for the love of the game, or to spend time with kids, this course will have you stretching your ideas about why coaches coach, and why coaches quit. Explore your coaching style by watching clips from fictional football coach Ted Lasso (and others!), as you weigh in on the pros and cons of coaching. Study the National Coaching Standards and consider advocacy ideas for getting more women and people of color into the winning world of coaching. This course will have you jumping for joy as you discover the many ways coaching youth sports lifts you up and keeps you learning!

Credits

1-3