One Town, One Family: Winter 2024 Newsletter

STAFF COACHES PROJECTS PREPARING FOR 14 SPRING TEAMS Since June, OLC’s 9 full-time staff members have been preparing for this expansion by putting cross-collaborative coaches projects into action. These projects included targeted outreach, monthly newsletters, coaches socials, onboarding pathways, sportsbased youth development trainings, and more. The collaborative efforts of the staff members shone through and the targeted outreach initiatives brought in old and new coaches, creating a vibrant and supportive community of adults working together towards a common goal - empowering youth through sports and mentorship.

We hosted two sports-based youth development trainings. For the virtual session on ‘How Coaches Create Change,’ OLC staff introduced our core valued, introduced a traumainformed youth development lens, and asked coaches to think about their WHY. On February 6, 2024, we gathered at Castlemont High School to go over HOW to integrate their why while coaching. The best coaches are the ones who apply what they learned through their player experience so we took them through a doubleconsciousness training to get us all talking about different ways to create impact this season.

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