About Our Coaches
Coaches play a unique and indispensable role in Special Olympics around the world. Coaches provide the sports skills and spirit that define a true athlete. In addition, coaches are role models and character builders. Coaches give Special Olympics New Jersey athletes the most immediate awareness of their own worth, ability, courage and capacity to grow and improve. Special Olympics New Jersey coaches:
- Obtain necessary facilities and equipment for training.
- Help to recruit athletes and assistant coaches.
- Assist athletes in learning sports skills and applying them in competitions.
- Encourage confidence and self-esteem through sport.
- Conduct demonstrations in the community.
- Help start Partners Clubs of peer coaches with their athletes.
- Start Unified Sports® teams.
Sports Training and Coaches Education provide coaches with resources to help enhance practice routines as well as athletes' training. This section will afford knowledge to the novice coach as well as to the veteran coach.