Volunteer Application Come Join the Team! Background Check We greatly appreciate your interest in volunteering with our youth sports program. To ensure the safety and well-being of the children under our care, we are committed to maintaining a secure environment. As part of this commitment, all potential volunteers for the youth sports program will be subject to a thorough background check. First Name * Last Name * Date of Birth * Phone * Address * City * US States * - Select State - Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Washington DC ARMED FORCES AFRICA \ CANADA \ EUROPE \ MIDDLE EAST ARMED FORCES AMERICA (EXCEPT CANADA) ARMED FORCES PACIFIC Zip * Position Volunteering For: * Head Coach Assistant Coach Team Parent Other Divider Questions *These questions must be answered honestly, take your complete history into consideration. Any discrepancies will be grounds for disqualification. Have you ever been convicted of, or pled “guilty” or “no contest” (“Nolo Contendere”) to, any crime, felony or misdemeanor? * Yes No If yes, what was the disposition? Have you ever had a problem with alcohol or drugs? * Yes No If yes, explain details Have you ever been involved with child abuse or neglect? * Yes No If yes, explain Divider Contract Volunteer Youth Coaching ContractI understand that my responsibilities as a volunteer youth coach are of great importance and that my actions have the potential to significantly influence the young athletes whom I coach. Therefore, I promise to uphold the following rights of young athletes to the best of my ability. The right to:- Participate in sports- Be treated with dignity- Receive qualified adult leadership - Play as a child and not as an adult- Share in the leadership and decision- Making of their sport - Participate in a safe and healthy environment- An equal opportunity to strive for success - Have fun in sportsI also promise to conduct myself in accordance with the Code of Ethics for Coaches. I will:- Treat each player, opposing coach, official, parent and administrator with respect and dignity.- Do my best to learn the fundamental skills, teaching and evaluation techniques, rules and strategies of my sport.- Become familiar with the objectives of the youth sports program with which I am coaching.- Uphold the authority of the officials who are assigned to my sport, and I will assist them, in every way, to conduct fair and impartial competitive games.- Learn the strengths and weaknesses of my players so that I might place them into situations where they have a maximum opportunity to achieve success in practices and games while they improve their skill level.- Protect the health and safety of my players. Check this box if you have read and agree to the Volunteer Youth Coaching Contract * If you are a human seeing this field, please leave it empty.