Up2Us Training
ABOUT OUR PROGRAM
Up2Us Sports provides affordable, high-quality coach training to coaches and Sports-Based Youth-Development organizations. Our shared goal is to help youth from low-income communities tackle the challenges on the road to realizing their full potential.
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Coach Training • Resources • virtual trainings • SHE CHANGES THE GAME • NOTeABLE PARTNERSHIPS • TESTIMONIALS
Coach Training
Up2Us Sports specializes in teaching coaches to use sports to transform the lives of youth on and off the field. Below is a sample of some of the coach trainings we currently offer:
SPORTS-BASED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATION
Up2Us Sports offers the nation’s first certification in sports-based youth development, emphasizing the skills that coaches and teachers need to create great athletes and great kids. We offer four successive levels of SBYD training, and each level is divided into one-day modules of eight hours each. The summary of content for each level is as follows:
RESOURCES
Up2Us Sports provides a variety of tools and trainings available at no cost to help further promote the SBYD movement and trauma-informed coaching.
#UP2USSPORTSATHOME
Due to the effects of COVID-19, youth all over the world have been separated from the safety and enjoyment of their teams and coaches. #Up2UsSportsAtHome provides free resources, videos, and virtual training opportunities to help coaches keep their teams physically, socially, and emotionally healthy.
A TRAUMA-SENSITIVE SPORTS PRACTICE
With so much research emerging about the physical components of trauma recovery and new investment in creating trauma-sensitive environments, Up2Us Sports is committed to reimagining youth sports as part of the solution for all young people, especially those living in urban underserved communities.
SPORTS-BASED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PLAYBOOK
Up2Us Sports host site partner, New Heights Youth, saw the need for a Sports-Based Youth Development (SBYD) Playbook and worked with research, evaluation, and strategy firm 8RES to create one. Up2Us Sports Founder & CEO, Paul Caccamo, is featured throughout.
SPORT AND TRAUMA PLAYBOOK
Up2Us Sports and Edgework Consulting worked together to create this playbook aimed at creating a sports environment that can encourage kids to be physically active, become more comfortable in their bodies, develop competence, and make meaningful connections with caring adults and supportive teammates.
KEEP GIRLS IN SPORT DIGITAL CURRICULUM
Up2Us Sports and adidas, through their She Changes The Game and She Breaks Barriers initiatives, partnered to create a FREE innovative digital curriculum for coaches, mentors and role models for girls.
GAMES FOR COACHES
We gathered all of the best practices and games from our experienced staff, trainers and coaches in this resource. Separated by Outdoor/Indoor, many of these can be both in-person and virtual depending on your coaching environment.
VIRTUAL TRAININGS
Since COVID-19 and social distancing started, Up2Us Sports has been conducting virtual trainings with our coaches.
View training videos below on our our Virtual Trainings YouTube Playlist.
SHE CHANGES THE GAME®
She Changes the Game® is an initiative of Up2Us Sports focused on increasing opportunities for women to coach, building the capacity of girls’ sports programs, and leveling the playing field for girls.
NOTEABLE PARTNERSHIPS
Up2Us Training has partnered with a wide variety of organizations, including school systems, parks departments, professional sports teams, and faith-based organizations. Below are just a few of the organizations Up2Us Training has worked with.
TESTIMONIALS
