Age Group Head Coach

Description

Age Group Coach

Fast Fins Swim Team

Duties: The candidate must be an enthusiastic motivator with a love for and knowledge of the sport who is able to work well with children and be able to communicate well with the swimmers and their parents. Candidate will be willing to be an integral contributing member of a coaching team and possess strong organizational and communication skills and take initiative to elevate the team whenever possible. Candidates must be able to coach within a pre-established, yet evolving training progression for athletes. Candidates will be on deck between 2-8 hours per week.

Coaching Responsibilities

Primary coaching responsibility is for the program’s age group swim groups (PM practices).
Develop all levels of swimmers
Implement day-to-day group coaching in full alignment with team training plan
- Coordinate training methodology, team drills and practice group goals
- Design and oversee season training plans
- Retain primary focus on technique, skill development, culture, and long-term athlete development
- Coordinate group size/lanes as it relates to performance
- Manage athlete placement/group advancement.
Communicate effectively with head coach and respond quickly to parents and athlete needs; Communicate effectively with the public to build community partners.
Represent FFST at all swimming events and attend all scheduled meet as assigned.
Lead, recruit, develop, and help supervise P/T assistant instructors and coaches
Maintain and update equipment and technology as necessary

Operations Responsibilities Manage day-to-day site operations, including (but not limited to):

Coordinate and allocate pool space for practice schedules
Manage pool office (clean, organize, office hours, office supplies)
Maintain and update equipment and technology
Maintain regular office hours as directed by head coach
Establish/maintain team’s auxiliary programs (summer league, clinics, etc.)

Dry-Side Responsibilities Collaborate on short and long-term strategic planning of Fast Fins; Coordinate with staff on administrative duties, including (but not limited to):

General administrative duties such as online calendar maintenance, meet entries, information sharing through group chats and formal communication with staff and members.
General onboarding of new members, including scheduling evaluations, performing skill assessments, collecting new member information.
Participate in regular staff meetings
Promote social media reach, post regularly
Assist in planning and organizing team outings and events, fundraisers, as well as annual parties

Background: Fast Fins Swim Team is a new developmental swim team looking to make a competitive impact in the sport for age group swimmers. Along with our competitive swim team we also run a swim school which consists of 200 swimmers per month. Our mission is to train your athlete to become a strong, confident, and technically sound swimmer while instilling the importance of teamwork, camaraderie, and competition.

www.fastfinsdfw.com/swimteam

Compensation:

Pay is negotiable and based on ASCA level, degree held, knowledge and experience.
FFST will also reimburse for appropriate meet expenses, professional certifications/education, and coaching memberships.

Applicants:

Position is open immediately. Submissions will be reviewed upon receipt until the position is filled. Ideal candidate would be able to start by March 2022. Qualified candidates should e-mail all the following to Owner - Todd Rozelle (todd@fastfinsfw.com).

A cover letter highlighting your professional coaching objectives as well as a summary of coaching philosophy.
A resume highlighting your experience, qualifications

Requirements

Qualifications:

Ability to maintain all required USA Swimming coach requirements. (Required)
College Degree (preferred),
Competitive Swimming Experience (preferred),
Swim Coaching Experience (required), preferably with a USA Swimming or YMCA Swimming team
ASCA level 2 certification (required)
Experience with the Team Unify platform, Hy-Tek Software, Colorado timing equipment, Microsoft Office Products and Google Drive. (required)
Driver’s license and automobile for travel. (required)
Ability to move heavy equipment for swim meet set up or as otherwise required
Other duties as requested

Member schools are independently owned and operated. Your application will go directly to the member school, and all hiring decisions will be made by the management of this school. All inquiries about employment at these schools should be made directly to the school location, and not to US Swim School Association.

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