Basketball Skills Development Coach & Trainer

Job Description

Job Description

SUMMARY

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to assist athletes in skill development on court, running equipment in the facility, take general phone calls, and act in a customer service role for point of sale transactions. This role will primarily work in the areas of basketball coaching, training, and providing tours of the facility.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist athletes in skill development while they are on the court doing their workouts
• Assist athletes in running the equipment in the facility
• Answer general phone calls - inquiries about the types of services offered, scheduling, requests, and overall basic customer service
• Perform point of sale transactions for memberships, apparel, training lessons, and all other items
• Conduct Tours to prospective members so they may experience Shoot 360
• Assist in overall facility cleanliness and maintenance
• Other duties as required
• Maintains punctual, regular and predictable attendance.
• Works collaboratively in a team environment with a spirit of cooperation.
• Displays good communication skills.
• Respectfully takes direction from Manager
• Assist the Manager in the success & growth of the facility
• Helps to sell memberships, camps, clinics, PT, and in general build facility revenue
• Assists with running camps, clinics, classes, and provides general coaching for athletes
• Ensures facility is well maintained and well cleaned
• Demonstrates outstanding customer service to our members

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

DAY TO DAY RESPONSIBITIES

Floor coaches will be primarily responsible for our in-facility experience for our members and their families. This includes general customer service, coaching our members, running personal training, and running classes, clinics, and camps.

The role also includes the maintenance and cleanliness of the facility. Lastly, it involves community outreach and sales. Floor coaches need to be comfortable running new potential members through their first workout and afterwards sitting down and providing a skills evaluation for the athlete and their parents before making the pitch for them to sign up as members.

QUALITIES OF FLOOR COACHES

We are looking for a trainers to spearhead improving our basketball training programs. You will spend the majority of your time out on the floor providing coaching to members while they train. This will be your opportunity to pitch and earn personal training. You will also run potential members through their first visit and then sit down afterwards and provide an evaluation and sell them on a membership. We need someone who is not only a strong trainer, but comfortable with sales and is hungry to go earn personal training. You will earn commissions off of your membership sales as well as off of your personal training. So taking the job will be betting on yourself to be able to sell both.

QUALIFICATIONS

Ability to perform essential job duties with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to safety or health of employee or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PAY AND BENEFITS

• Base pay is $15.00 - $17.00
• Personal Training commission is $6.00 -$10.00 an hour on top of base pay
• Membership sales commission is $10.00 for every new recruit that you take through an initial workout and skills evaluation (ORV), that signs up for a membership

NECESSARY EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Basketball coaching or training experience
• H.S diploma

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Significant basketball playing experience
• Significant personal training experience (basketball)
• Personal training experience (athletic training)
• Significant basketball coaching experience

GED LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Excellent written and verbal skills

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Standing/walking for long periods of time (up to 3 hours)
• Demonstrating Basketball Movements (Jogging, running, jumping, Bending)
• Moving Shooting Machine (Lowering and lifting the lever. Pushing the gun out and in place)
• There could be standing for a long period of time (up to 3 hours)
• Ability to move equipment in the form of pushing on wheels, of up to 30 pounds
• Ability to climb a ladder
• Ability to replace cables if necessary
• Ability to run, job, walk, bend, climb, and stand in place

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Interactive
• Fun
• Upbeat
• Competitive
• Need to be willing and able to work weekday evenings (roughly 2:00pm - 9:30pm during the school year)
• Need to be willing and able to work weekends (roughly 9:30am -5:30pm).
• Employer matches up to 3% contribution in Simple IRA

HIRING

• We are looking for the right person for this role and are willing to be patient to find someone we think is a tremendous fit.
• Our standard process includes an initial phone call, an in person meeting, and a request to have you come run a class, do a personal training session, and/or do some floor coaching so we can see you interact with kids and parents.

Job Type: Part-time

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Flexible schedule
• Gym membership

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Experience:

• Basketball Training: 2 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Lake Elmo, MN 55042 (Required)

Work Location: In person