Soccer Trainer Assistant

COMMUNITY PARTNER

Salvation Army Kroc Corps and Community Center

ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP

Duties

USL students will assist youth in acquiring skills needed to be successful with the sport, monitor student engagement, use and answer questions dealing with do’s/don’ts of being a player with great customer service.  Students may also teach the actual sport if qualified. Develop and run a regiment/routine of balance/movement exercise without weights or machines, emphasizing calisthenics and repeated movements such as jumping high off the ground. A routine intended to enhance speed and agility with respect to the specific sport. Develop and run a regiment/routine of balance/movement exercise without weights or machines, emphasizing calisthenics and repeated movements such as jumping high off the ground. The routine must be age appropriate and intended to enhance speed and agility with respect to the specific sport.

Population served

The center is located in the area of South Phoenix, a very diverse and culturally rich community.  However, the demographics of this community fall below the national average in areas such as education, food, clothing, health care, physical activity and much more.  The Kroc Center presents opportunities in a state-of-the-art facility to foster wellness, recreation, the arts, education, and spiritual growth.

Community need/impact

This community is part of the statistics cited for increased child obesity, and lack of a health percent of physical involvement This opportunity will provide the community with access to competitive games, how to be a good sport, teach the importance of fitness/daily physical activity which is often times forgotten this will be a great opportunity to build self-esteem. With positive reinforcement they will gain confidence and have a more positive view of themselves. By interning at the Kroc Center, students will be able to take part in building a positive culture within the center that will then pour out into the surrounding community.  Participants interacting with USL students will experience positive relationships and be exposed to great models that will encourage a successful future.

This community falls below the national average in education (including physical).  This opportunity will provide the community an opportunity to get involved with sports that will help them make exercise a part of their lifestyle and increases their chance of a being a healthier adult. As well as help with understanding how participation in sports gives a child a fun, practical way to learn about goal setting. They’ll see, experience, and learn about how goal setting works.

By interning at the Kroc Center, students will be able to take part in building a positive culture within the center that will then pour out into the surrounding community.  Participants interacting with USL students will experience positive relationships and be exposed to great models that will encourage a successful future.

Positive Impact

The participating youth will experience how everyone makes mistakes. How well you handle these mistakes and problems directly affects happiness and quality of life. In sports, mistakes and errors are minimized. Children understand as part of a team that mistakes can happen. Even professional athletes make bad choices and make bad plays, but it’s not the mistake that counts. What you do from that point forward makes you a good sport/ a person people want on their team. The participants will learn how to deal with adversity, errors, and challenges in sports. The hope is that they’ll be able to translate that skill to real life and effectively minimize mistakes and/or bad decisions as well as competently recover from set backs.