About this Course

Learn how to create positive, lasting connections with youth, manage behaviors with empathy, and harness the impact of positive group dynamics. This training is open to all coaches, mentors, volunteers, staff and other youth service leaders in the community. The U.S. Soccer Foundation’s Coach-Mentor Training program is based on the Coach-Mentor Blueprint, a sports-based mentoring framework with the goal to provide coaches, mentors and other youth service leaders with a step-by-step approach to create lasting, positive connections, and to positively impact the physical, social, and emotional health of the youth they serve. Although this training sports-based, it is applicable and appropriate across a variety youth development programming, incorporating evidence-based practices for creating an inclusive environment where every youth feels welcome and supported. All participants will receive a certificate of completion and access to the US Soccer Foundations Coach-Mentor Resource Hub.