OPENINGS
SPT Board Opening and Associated Responsibilities:
Volunteers Needed for SPT Site Leadership
Updated May 18, 2022
Special Pops Tennis is looking for site coordinators and lead coaches for our Fall Academies. The maximum time commitment is 2 hours per week. Site coordinators handle coordinating equipment, court reservations, volunteers, and record attendance. Lead coaches provide input on assessment and on-court coaching for athletes at a site.
Potential training sites:
– Fulton/Sandy Springs
After you review these two position descriptions, please reach out to Helen Boudreaux hbpoole2003@yahoo.com or 678-596-4566 for more information.
Site Coordinator
Time Commitment:
Pre-planning – up to 1 hour per week during training season.
On-site – up to 2 hours per week during training season.
Skills/Assignments:
- Communicate needs (equipment, courts, etc.) to assigned SPT Board Liaison
- Confirm tennis court reservations with facility staff
- Provide assignments and training (if necessary) to off-court volunteers
- Ensure equipment needs are met and storage is sufficient.
- Communicate need for recruitment of additional athletes or volunteers to optimize the session
- Timely response to inquiries from SPT SOGA Coordinator regarding eligibility for athletes or volunteers
- Ensure attendance is taken at all sessions and counts are sent in weekly to the SPT Board Liaison (Total # of Volunteers; Total # of Athletes)
- Send weekly reminders regarding practice and communicate when there are rain-outs or cancellations
- Identify back-up person in event of absence from weekly session
On-court Lead Coach
(Sport knowledge of adaptive tennis and passion for population, coaching certificate not a pre-requisite):
Time Commitment:
Pre-planning – up to 1 hour per week during training season.
On-site – up to 2 hours per week during training season.
Skills/Assignments:
- Communicate needs (equipment, courts, etc.) to assigned SPT Site Coordinator
- Provide assignments and training (if necessary) to on-court volunteers
- Preparation of lesson plan to ensure adherence to teaching tennis methods that support the SPT and SOGA model of competition.
- Participate in the rating and level of play that support the athlete’s ability to attain a competitive and successful experience
- Communicate to Site Coordinator the need for recruitment of additional athletes or volunteers to optimize the session
- Recommend changes that will better utilize the resources and enrich the experience for athletes and volunteers
- Timely response to inquiries from SPT SOGA Coordinator regarding eligibility for athletes or volunteers
- Identify back-up person in event of absence from weekly session
