Online Course Offerings

Developing Youth Through Sport 

The University of Washington Center for Leadership in Athletics has partnered with NFHS Learn to launch an online coach training course, Developing Youth through Sport, for a national audience.

In this course, coaches will learn about how they can help the students on their team build their skills through sport, foster physical and emotional safety, create an environment for learning, and model positive behavior for their team.

Learning Objectives:

1. Coaches will be able to articulate why sport is a powerful space for youth development and skill building.
2. Coaches will be able to describe what physical and emotional safety look like in a sports context and how they are connected.
3. Coaches will be able to describe what it means to create a mastery climate and name strategies that support mastery, autonomy, and fun.
4. Coaches will better understand the importance of modeling positive behavior and how it is connected to positive experiences for their athletes.

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Centering Student-Athelte Needs

Level up your coaching skills with UW CLA’s ‘Centering Student-Athlete Needs’ course. This course focuses on adolescent development, teaching you how to address the physical, cognitive, and social-emotional needs of teen athletes. Developed and tested with input from over 3,000 high school coaches and students from diverse backgrounds, this foundational course is designed to make a lasting impact.

Course Feedback:

• 93% of coaches found the training informative and useful.
• 97% of coaches believed that applying concepts from the course would positively impact their athletes.
•  91% of coaches recommended the training to fellow coaches, emphasizing its role in broadening coaching perspectives.

This course is available online at My24/7Ed via MyWIAA, free for Washington state school-based coaches.

Instructions for Accessing Courses on my247ed:

1. Navigate to the my247ed app website > Sign in to your account or register for a new account, which is complimentary and necessitates only an email address and password
2. Choose the ‘Online Course Catalog’ tab located on the left-hand side of the interface
3. Scroll through the page until you locate the Foundations of Coaching courses section
4. Click on ‘Enroll’ adjacent to the course title
5. Enter the course!

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