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For the volunteer coach, the ASEP Volunteer Coaches Education Program provides beginning and intermediate education for coaches of athletes 14 years of age and younger. The Volunteer Coaches Education Program is designed for use by youth sport programs in park and recreation departments, national youth sport organizations (such as Little League Baseball, YMCAs, Boys and Girls Clubs), junior high schools, military and faith-based sport teams, and nonaffiliated local sport clubs.
ASEP Coaching Youth Sport books and online courses are available for the sports of baseball, basketball, football, soccer, softball, tennis, volleyball, and wrestling. Coaching Youth Sport books are also available for ice hockey, lacrosse, and cricket. ASEP Coaching Essentials online course is a sport-neutral course aimed at organizations offering sports other than those listed.
The ASEP Professional Education Program provides comprehensive courses and resources for those who seek to become coaches, officials, or administrators in high school, college and university, Olympic, and competitive club-sport programs for athletes 14 years of age and older.
ASEP Bronze Level
The ASEP Bronze Level offers coaches of athletes 14 years of age and older a four-course credentialing program geared toward educating the entire coach. Bronze Level courses include Coaching Principles, Sport First Aid, CPR/AED for Coaches, and Coaching [Sport] Technical and Tactical Skills. To receive the Bronze Level credential, coaches must complete these courses (CPR certification may be obtained through another nationally recognized provider).
The Bronze Level is especially appropriate for coaches at the high school, college, Olympic, and serious club-sport levels. In fact, 40 state high school associations, 200 colleges and universities, and 13 national governing bodies currently use, require, or recommend the Bronze Level in whole or in part to meet coaching education requirements for their organizations. The Bronze Level sets the standard for coaching education and offers coaches the opportunity to enhance their on-field experience and professional development.
Coaching Principles and Sport First Aid are offered as classroom courses taught by certified instructors and as online courses. The Coaching Principles Classroom course consists of an eight-hour course followed by self-study of the course text, Successful Coaching, Third Edition, and a test. The Sport First Aid Classroom course follows the same format, with the exception that it begins with a four-hour course.
Coaches may also complete the online versions of Coaching Principles and Sport First Aid. These online courses provide a convenient way for coaches to learn at their own pace and on a schedule that's right for them. Each online course includes a copy of the text-either Successful Coaching, Third Edition, or Sport First Aid, Fourth Edition -and a course CD-ROM containing video clips. In this interactive environment, coaches read sections of the book, view video clips, and participate in virtual exercises that simulate classroom learning and put the coach in practice and game-day situations. Coaches take the course test online and receive immediate results.
Coaching [Sport] Technical and Tactical Skills courses are sport-specific "Xs and Os" courses that are offered exclusively online. These courses provide coaches with technical and tactical skills instruction, as well as two options for how to teach them: the traditional approach and the games approach. Courses for baseball, basketball, and football are currently available, followed by softball in spring 2009. Additional courses are planned for soccer, wresting, cheerleading, ice hockey, softball, swimming, track and field, volleyball, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse and tennis.
Developed in conjunction with the American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI), CPR/AED for Coaches is a blended course with approximately two hours of online study and two hours of classroom instruction. By taking this course in conjunction with Sport First Aid, coaches attain an all-around education of first aid and emergency care to deal with most pressing issues faced by coaches.
ASEP offers the Officiating Youth Sports instructor and study guides free of charge as downloads from the ASEP Web site. The guides work in tandem with the Officiating Youth Sports video, which is housed on the DVD, ASEP Youth Sport Training Kit. With these resources, sport administrators can easily lead officials training courses and prepare young officials for a successful season.
The online course Officiating Principles is a sport-neutral course focused on training the new or inexperienced official at the high school or club-sport level. Based on the text Successful Sports Officiating, written by the National Association of Sports Officials (NASO), this course covers the essentials officials need to know to be successful on and off the field.
ASEP has excellent resources to help sport administrators stay organized and continue their professional development. Our e-course, Directing Youth Sports Programs, is designed specifically for park and recreation directors and youth sport administrators. It contains more than 50 downloadable and customizable forms, checklists, and practice exercises, as well as a Sport Event Planner, an indispensable tool for planning youth sport contests.
Administrators have access to a bounty of free downloadsto help in their roles, including resources for conducting parent orientations. SportParent Survival Guide and SportParent Instructor Guides are complimentary resources administrators can use to "get parents on their team too."