Youth Sports Parent Information
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Team Coach & Parent
All coaches are volunteers and may need your assistance with practices, games and communication. Please make sure your coach has your right contact information and you have his/her right contact information the first week of practice. If you would like to be the assistant coach for the team, please contact the Youth Development Director!
Each team is highly encouraged to have 1 team parent that can aid in the communication for the season so that the coach can focus on practices and games! The team parent can send weekly emails/text with important upcoming information, create an after game snack schedule and plan parties throughout the season! If you are interested in becoming the team parent, please email the sports department.
Equipment Needed
- All Sports- Tennis Shoes and Athletic Shorts
- Volleyball- Knee Pads
- Soccer- Shin Guards
- Baseball- Glove
- NFL Flag- Mouth Piece
Jersey tops will be provided the first week of practice by your coach. Premier soccer will also receive shorts and socks.
Game Locations
Traditional Youth Sports
- A majority of your games will be in the Pearland area but you may have a few away games at nearby YMCA's.
Rules
All sport rules have been posted under the "downloads" tab on the left side of your screen. The rules will not only have game rules but equipment sizes, number of players, and the code of ethics for players, coaches and fans.
Traditional Sports YMCA Philosophy
7 Pillars of Youth Sports
- Everyone Plays. We do not use tryouts to select the best players, nor do we cut kids from YMCA Youth Sports for traditional sports. Everyone who registers is assigned to a team. During the season everyone receives equal practice time and plays at least half of every game.
- Safety First. Although children may get hurt playing sports, we do all we can to prevent injuries. We've modified each sport to make it safer and more enjoyable to play. We ask you to make sure the equipment and facilities are safe and to teach the sport as we've prescrEMBED so the skills you teach are appropriate for children's developmental level. We ask you to gradually develop your players' fitness levels so they are conditioned for the sport. We also ask you to constantly supervise your young players so you can stop any unsafe activities.
- Character Development. Honesty, Respect, Responsibility, Caring, Faith are about playing by the rules and more. It's about you and your players showing respect for all that are involved in YMCA Youth Sports. It's about you being a role model of sporting behavior and guiding your players to do the same. Remember, we're more interested in developing children's character through sports than in developing a few highly skilled players.
- Positive Competition. We believe competition is a positive process when the pursuit of victory remains in the right perspective. The right perspective is when adults make decisions that put the best interests of the children before winning the contest. Learning to compete is important for children, and learning to cooperate in a competitive world is an essential lesson of life. Through YMCA Youth Sports, we want to help children learn these values, and parents to do the same.
- Family Involvement. YMCA Youth Sports encourages parents to be involved appropriately in their child's participation in our sports programs. In addition to parents helping as volunteer coaches, officials, and timekeepers, we encourage them to be at practices and games to support their child's participation. To help parents get involved appropriately, YMCA Youth Sports offers parent orientation programs.
- Sport for All. YMCA Youth Sports is an inclusive sport program. That means that children who differ in various characteristics are included in rather than excluded from participation. We offer sports programs for children who differ in physical abilities by matching them with children of similar abilities and modifying the sport. We offer programs to all children regardless of their race, gender, religious creed, or ability. We ask our adult leaders to encourage and appreciate the diversity of children in our society and to encourage the children and their parents to do the same.
- Sport for Fun. Sports are naturally fun for most children. They love the challenge of mastering the skills of the game, playing with their friends, and competing with their peers. Sometimes when adults become involved in children's sports they over organize and dominate the activity to the point that it destroys children's enjoyment of the sport. If we take the fun out of sports for our children, we are in danger of the kids taking themselves out of sports. Remember the sports are for the kids; let them have fun.
Registration Requests
When registering your participant you were able to input coach request, friend request and other notes. As we would wish to meet every request, we cannot guarantee all. Our pledge to you, is that we will do our very best to accommodate all requests that have been given to us.
Premier versus Traditional
Traditional youth sports are the YMCA version of recreational youth sports, where win-loss records and even in some cases game scores will not be recorded. Traditional youth sports help the participant learn the sports while being in a fun, positive atmosphere! On the other hand, premier youth sports are geared to be more competitive than our traditional sports. Premier sports participants will receive a different uniform, and win-loss records will be recorded and used for an end of the season tournament (with only the top teams from each division advancing). Premier sports also involve more practice time per week, more games, and travel to other YMCA's.
Please let the YMCA know if your team is in need of coaching or communication assistance! We are here to help!