Coach - Varsity Girls' Field Hockey

JOB GOAL:

To develop skills beyond the fundamentals and combine the abilities of individuals into a team effort with the focus on enthusiastic competition in the spirit of fair play, good sportsmanship and friendship.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

- See that all members of a team have returned a properly completed insurance and physical examination form BEFORE the first practice.

- Prepare and submit a roster to the Athletic Department office. Contact the A.D. office with any changes to your roster throughout the season.

- Keep parents abreast of your program.

- Teach sports techniques, playing rules, strategies and playing tactics.

- Condition athletes appropriately for activities requiring endurance, strength and agility.

- Supervise and conduct practices and contest safely: supervise locker rooms and buses.

- Teach sportsmanship, cooperation, work ethic and responsibility to ones team and model these behaviors for your athletes and families.

- Following a contest, report results to athletic website and newspaper within 3 hours.

- Monitor athletes school attendance, grades and personal conduct.

- Issue, collect, inventory and return uniforms within one week to the Assistant Athletic Director at the conclusion of the season.

- Comply with the rules and regulations of Forsyth Country Day School and the NCISAA.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS:

- Bachelors degree

- Deep understanding of the rules, techniques, and strategies of the specific sport

- Demonstrated competitive coaching skills in area of sporting specialty

- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with student-athletes

- Ability to act as a role model, focusing on the character development of young athletes

- Knowledge of strengthening and conditioning methods and techniques.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

- Regularly required to walk, including across uneven ground, talk, hear, reach with hands and arms, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds

- Must be able to sit and stand on the floor throughout the day, and bend, kneel, or squat to be at eye level with children.

- Must be able to operate a computer and have basic knowledge of Google Workspace

- Must be able to access and navigate all areas of the school and other facilities as needed

- Must be able to utilize oral and written communication skills effectively