As a volunteer at the YMCA, you have an opportunity to positively influence the development of youth and shape and support your community.
Thank you for volunteering as a Y coach or youth sports official. We want to help you have the best season ever, and so we have created the online training resources listed below. These eLearnings describe the Y’s philosophy on youth sports; offer basic coaching techniques, including practice plans, skills, drills, rules, and tactics; and outline valuable volunteer resources.
Winter 2024 Basketball Resources
Practice Plans
Although the practice plans may have a different age groups specified, we recommend using these practice plans for the age groups indicated on the buttons below.
Coach Training
Required Screening and Trainings
You will receive an email from Verified First with instructions on how to complete. The Subject line will read, “YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit Background Questionnaire Notification”. The invitation will expire in 3 days.
- Safety is our number 1 priority, Learn more about our Commitment to Safety
- You will receive an email invitation from Praesidium Academy (donotreply@praesidiuminc.com) The subject line will read, “You’re Invited to Praesidium Academy”
- Follow the prompts and create your account. This will allow you to return to your training as needed.
- Complete the THREE Modules list
- “Abuse Risk Management for YMCA Volunteers”
- “Athlete Protection Part 1”
- “Athlete Protection Part 2”
- YMCA In-Person or Virtual Coach Training: Depending on the sport you are coaching you will recive some sort of Coach Trianing or Meeting led by YMCA Youth Sports Staff. More details will be provided to you once you are registered as a coach.
- CDC Concussion Training, HEADS UP to Youth Sports: Online Training for Coaches
- This 30-minute eLearning lesson from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is designed to help you recognize if an athlete has a concussion and respond appropriately.
- you will need to setup an account to complete this course, find more information from the CDC here.
- Heads Up Support and Troubleshooting FAQ
- CDC-CTE- FactSheet
- Coaching YMCA Youth Sports
- Provides an overview of coaching Y youth sports programs and discusses how coaches influence the positive development of today’s youth.
- 7 Pillars of YMCA Youth Sports
Additional Training Resources
The YMCA has developed some tremendous trainings to help you be as successful as you can as a coach. These training sessions are not mandatory, but highly recommended if you are new to coaching at the YMCA, new to coaching, or are new to coaching a specific sport. You work at your own pace on these training sessions, so please enjoy! Click Here!