Volunteers and Coaches

This ministry is impossible without people like you to help form our future saints!

Coaches
Volunteers

Coaches

Be a part of the action!

Your Responsibilities:

  • Running weekly practices and drills (supplementals provided)

  • Teaching weekly catechesis to the athletes (supplementals provided)

  • Victory Sports will provide coaches with pre-season coaches certification to ensure that the coaches are certified and prepared for the start of the season.

  • Victory Sports will also catechize the volunteer coaches and equip them to be intentional disciples.

  • Receive weekly, in-season “Victory Virtue” web portal for coaches: defining that week’s virtue, set it in the context of the Catholic moral tradition and the sacraments, and provide saints who exemplified it.

  • “Victory Virtue” will offer coaches precise suggestions on how to identify and cultivate that week’s virtue during both practice and competition using drills, challenges, and talking points.

  • All adult staff and volunteers must be fully compliant with the Diocese of Austin Ethics and Integrity in Ministry program.

  • Assistant Coaches will help Head Coaches with above roles and serve in place of Head Coach when he/she is absent.

If you are interested in coaching Victory Sports,

email Robyn at robyn@victoryyouthsports.org for more information.

Volunteers

Parish Captain

Each participating parish will choose a parish captain who will be the coordinator of all activities.

Parish Registrar

Each parish will need a parish registrar who will oversee registrations and scheduling.

Team Parent

Team Parents will coordinate snack sign up and help coaches with communication among the team’s parents. This communication can be disseminated through apps such a as: WhatsApp, Slack, GroupMe, etc., or coordinated through group texts or emails. Phone numbers/emails parents provide during registration are given to each coach who passes them on to Team Parent.

Facilities Liaison

Each Parish with a facility that can be used will need a facilities liaison who will ensure that a parish’s facilities are maintained and used according to the parish’s regulations.

Scorekeeper/Timekeeper

For each game, parents are needed to keep score and/or time. Officials will help parents with this task, but parents should familiarize themselves with the Victory Sports Rules in order to have a working knowledge of how to keep score for each particular sport. Scorekeepers/Timekeepers only serve during their child’s game. Scorekeepers must ensure Victory Sports Staff has the final score at the end of the game by reporting to the scorer's table.

Game Day Operations

Game Day Operations Volunteers help with behind the scenes duties. This roles does not perform all of these, but might be asked to do one/two: setting up/putting away tables/chairs before/after games, setting up of fields/nets, cleaning up trash in game areas, checking bathrooms to ensure cleanliness, or assisting where needed on game days.

Officials

As a sports official, you will be responsible for presiding over the sporting events to help maintain standards of play. You will be required to take a training course provided by Victory Sports Staff. Please familiarize yourself with the rules unique to Victory Sports prior to training. Officials also reinforce the weekly virtue, Saint, social teaching and pillars of Victory Sports. See below and reach out to learn more!

 For more information about volunteer opportunities with Victory Sports,

email Robyn at robyn@victoryyouthsports.org