USA Team Handball Announces Partnership with the U.S. Soccer Foundation to Offer Coach-Mentor Training
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by Matthew Collins
(Colorado Springs, January 11, 2024) - USA Team Handball is excited to announce a partnership with the U.S. Soccer Foundation to offer its Coach-Mentor Training at no cost to the coaches within our team handball community. This collaboration between USA Team Handball and the U.S. Soccer Foundation continues our mission to provide professional development opportunities to our members.
The free, online education is designed for coaches who work with young athletes and prioritizes the importance of developing understanding between coaches and athletes, resulting in a more inclusive and safer sports environment.
The training was created by the U.S. Soccer Foundation based on 25+ years of work in sports-based youth development. The Coach-Mentor Training is not specific to one sport, and the content is relevant and applicable to coaches of any sport, including team handball. More specifically, the training is useful for coaches at both recreational and competitive levels.
With a holistic approach to the youth athlete atmosphere in mind, the goal of the Coach-Mentor Training is to equip coaches with the appropriate information on how to effectively teach both sport-specific and life skills and create long-lasting connections with athletes.
USA Team Handball joins an extensive network of organizations that have partnered with the U.S. Soccer Foundation to offer the Coach-Mentor Training, including Orlando City SC/Orlando Pride, Chicago Fire Foundation, Houston Parks and Recreation Department, and the New York City Department of Education.
Individuals who fulfill the online education program will receive a certificate of completion, through the U.S. Soccer Foundation, which will be shared with USA Team Handball for record purposes. In addition, the U.S. Soccer Foundation’s Coach-Mentor Training Resource Hub provides additional information and documents to participants, which corresponds with the training.
“This is an exciting partnership to bring Coach-Mentor Training into the USA Team Handball community,” said Dr. Katlin Okamoto, Director, Coach-Mentor Training. “Team Handball’s commitment to high-quality coach training and ensuring all coaches are prepared to develop positive relationships and create safe team cultures for players is inspiring. We look forward to our continued work together and seeing Team Handball coaches and players excel together.”
“As we grow our educational offerings, we are thrilled to partner with the U.S. Soccer Foundation to provide our members access to industry-leading coach mentor content,” USA Team Handball CEO Martin Branick added. “A big thank you to Katlin Okamoto and the U.S. Soccer Foundation team for their work in making this possible.”
We are thrilled to partner with the U.S. Soccer Foundation to provide our members access to industry-leading coach mentor content.
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