YMCA David D. Hunting Internship
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Experience Information
Employer: YMCA
Job Title: Ted Rasberry League Intern
Major: Sport Management
Received Credit: Yes
Paid: No
Abroad: No
Description of the Organization
The YMCA is a worldwide non-profit organization that is community driven helping to creates free programs within sports and education for the youth. They do this while also representing the values of creating a healthy body, spirit, and mind for all of their employees/members.
Description of the Tasks/Projects Completed
As an intern at the YMCA David D. Hunting location I worked a variety of tasks for two seperate areas. The first was for the Ted Rasberry youth baseball league and the second one was daily operations at the wellness desk. The tasks I completed for the youth league include: - Organizing team and coaching apparel - Helped organize team practices and games - Empired and coached As for the wellness desk part I learned: - Scheduled appointments for personal training, racquetball, and basketball trainings - Customer service - How to properly and safely use all the weight/ sports training equipment
Skills/Knowledge Gained Through The Experience
I gained valuable communication and customer service skills. I also gained knowledge with exercise science and sports training techniques that can help to prevent or avoid injuries.
Favorite Part of the Experience
My favorite part was meeting the Whitecaps players at one of the Ted Raspberry clinics before practices officially started. As well as meeting other wonderful community members and people that I had the opportunity to work with.
How the Experience Influenced Future Career Goals
This experienced showed me that I enjoy working in a community setting which is similar to what my atmosphere as an Athletic Director will be. It also showed that I enjoy impacting students lives through the use of sports.
Internship Format
In Person