Sport Outreach Plan – Final Assignment
COMPREHENSIVE DRAFT ASSIGNMENT 12
Sport Outreach Plan – Comprehensive Draft Assignment
Chet L. Walker
Liberty University
SMGT 504 – Foundations of Sport Outreach
Dr. Marsha Coker
27 February 2021
Plan Overview
The sports outreach organization is aiming at providing sport activities to the youth who are in rural areas. This is a non-profit making organization that concentrates on improving the welfare of the youth. It has a mission and vision statement that will guide it in meeting the critical objectives. Youth development is the priority for the Sports Outreach Organization. It works extremely hard to meet the expectations of its mission and vision statements. The organization seeks the ways possible to identify youth service opportunities (Gibbs & amp; Block, 2017). We believe that we shall find time to engage with all youths in rural areas fully. All the youth and the organization staff members should engage in various service projects during the year. The Sports Outreach Evangelism and Discipleship plan will help the youths show them where they are as far as their spiritual journey is concerned (Li, 2016). It will also guide them to their next step as they overcome the challenges that exist among them.
The Evangelism and Discipleship plan will clarify terms like the evangelism and the Discipleship pathway, the stages that are involved in the pathway and building a good relationship with Jesus Christ, how the youth should walk with Jesus Christ during the sports outreach journey, and the vision of the Evangelism Plan that will help in attaining the goals of the Sports Organization.
Mission Statement
To empower, educate, and equip youth sports leaders, parents, and volunteers in rural areas so they can enjoy the benefits of sports.
Vision Statement
Create a future for sports where the coaches, officials, and parents get education and youth gain positive and safe sports experience.
Organizational Structure
Officiating Coordinator
Executive Director
Management Committee
Development Officer
Coaching Director
Fundraising
Coordinator
Coaching Coordinator
Management Committee is the top layer of this organizational structure. It includes the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Treasurer, and Secretary. The Executive Director ensures that sports organizations’ operations are running smoothly (Thompson & Parent, 2020). The lowest levels, such as the officiating coordinator, fundraising coordinator, and coaching coordinator, support marketing the organization and looking into the club’s activities.
Staffing Plans
The staffing plan is a blueprint of how the staff will run the sports organization’s operations smoothly and efficiently (Moreau & Nabhan, 2020). The organization’s primary goal is to ensure that it benefits the youth in rural areas. This implies that the management should ensure that the staff members are moved near the targeted geographical location for effective leadership. When the staff locates a talent, they will be dedicated to nurturing it until they see it grow and become a reality. This organization consists of the staff members of the seven categories listed in the organizational structure. The members of each category will embrace teamwork while executing their duties.
The organization is ready to manage a team of any size, given that its primary goal is to locate all youth from rural areas. The teams will be managed by the coaching coordinators who work under the coaching director. The coaching coordinator will ensure that he nurtures the competencies of all players and make improvements where possible. The low performers will be trained on how to improve their skills. The staff members must be 25 years of age and above, and their tenure should be for three years after the election will be conducted. In the future, the organization will work hard to expand and even reach youth in urban areas. We recommend organizational management because of its efforts to ensure that the organization’s vision is achieved.
Funding Plans
The fundraising coordinator will ensure that the organization has adequate finances to run its operations. Because this is a non-profitable sports organization, the management will plead with the government for support. Youth empowerment through sports is an initiative that will gain a lot of support from the government through sports and social affairs. Another source of funding will be through the members’ subscription fee, which is non-refundable. The organization will be open to welcoming well-wishers who may boost the organization by donating financial resources.
Every sports organization needs to develop and implement development plans to raise capital for the organization (Stewart, 2017). They will launch projects like selling refreshments during the sporting activities, which in one way or the other will build the financial position of the organization. The money raised will buy sport attires and balls. It will also support those youths who come from poor backgrounds.
Rationale Why Youths Are the Appropriate Group
Participating in Sports help youth to gain several benefits:
i. Increase in Physical Health and Activity
The youth get motivated and encouraged to participate in sports, and they develop healthy habits. Exercise is very beneficial to a person’s growth (Howie, Daniels & Guagliano, 2020). It lowers fat and makes the body muscles and bones stronger. It also reduces the risk of contracting cardiac diseases. When the youth participate in sports, the body can function well, which is healthy for a person’s growth.
ii. Strong Community and Social Bonds
When the youth come together and participate in sports, they make new friends. They can know each other as the same local area members, which helps develop a sense of caring for each other (Rogol, Cumming & Malina, 2018). This helps in reducing crime rates in rural areas. Bonds that have been established increase the level of trust between the youth players and their coaches, who act as their role models. The act of volunteering to help one another develops and contributes positively to the community (Drazan, 2020). They create a sense of helping each other and wanting the best for the members of the club.
iii. Improved Academic Potential
Youths who engage in sports possess a high self-concept and way of setting goals. They are well organized in the classroom since a strong link exists between academic success and youth sports (Appelqvist-Schmidlechner et al., 2018). A large percentage of youth athletes perform exemplary in school.
iv. Ability to Overcome Challenges
This means that the benefits of sports extend beyond the playing ground. The youths who play sports can make decisions well and work together (Rogol, Cumming & Malina, 2018). When discomfort arises, they can rely on their teammates. The challenging experiences that youths encounter in sports help them to gain resilience until adulthood.
v. Ability to build a Lifelong Health Foundation
When youths participate in sports, they develop healthy habits that they use in their lifetime. Those who take sports as a routine can gain new skills, contributing to self-improvement (Appelqvist-Schmidlechner et al., 2018). Engaging in sports help the youth to become active adults when they grow old. Those who take part between 9-18 years are six times more active into adulthood.
Programming Activities during the Year
All the youth and the organization staff members should engage in various service projects during the year:
Management Committee
i. Looking for suitable rural areas where the youth should be given higher priorities.
ii. Moving the staff members to the specified location and providing all necessities such as rent for booked rooms and accommodation expenses.
iii. Seeking financial support from the government and other non-governmental agencies.
Executive Director
i. Paying random visits during the arranged match activities.
ii. Contacting every staff member to get updates on the progress of activities.
iii. Approving financial and performance reports.
Development Officer
i. Providing checks and balances to the top management team to avoid conflict of interest.
ii. Holding staff meetings from time to time to remind the staff members of the mission and vision of the Sports Outreach Organization.
iii. Advising on the gaps that need to be filled for effective execution plans (Jacobs et al., 2017).
iv. Locating emerging talents during match progress and coming up with ways of nurturing them.
v. Arranging for team building sessions aimed at fulfilling the organization’s vision statement.
vi. Providing necessary sports equipment like balls and clothing to the players.
Coaching Director
i. Hiring skilled and experienced coaches to make the sporting dream real. This will also involve training and monitoring them so that they can implement the practice sessions.
ii. Making random visits to the training grounds and noting the impact of the program.
iii. Meeting with the players, reminding them of the program’s benefits, and encouraging them to do more.
iv. Making sure that all players have playing kits of good condition before a match starts.
Officiating Coordinator
i. They will be responsible for opening all matches and making the opening remarks.
ii. They will be registering the matches and ensuring that they are aired live.
iii. Making comments about previous matches.
Fundraising Coordinator
i. Accompanying the management committee in source funds from well-wishers.
ii. Organizing fundraising events as a way of pooling resources for the organization.
iii. Collecting the revenue raised from the match events and saving them for future organizational purposes.
Youth Players
i. The team members will be expected to report to the field one hour before the match starts. This will be important in preparing them to maximize their capabilities.
ii. Allocating roles among the club members. They will also be reviewing their registration kitty and setting rules and regulations as far as registration is concerned to enhance commitment.
Evangelism and Discipleship Plan
Key Aspects
i. The Evangelism and Discipleship plan map will serve as the literal map for the entire action plan. It will show where the youths are in the spiritual journey and outline the steps, they will follow in moving forward with the Sports Outreach Program.
ii. A booklet that will be titled “Evangelism and Discipleship Action Plan.” This booklet will give insight and the details for well-wishers and different churches to guide the youth to navigate their journey in Christ.
iii. A Vision Statement: Seeking God so that He can accept us and build us to be Christ-like and make one family with Him. This Vision statement will help in implementing the action plan. The youth will be shown to prioritize and give their lives to Jesus Christ, who is their Savior.
iv. The structure and framework will show the direction in which the Evangelism and Discipleship plan will follow to achieve its Mission (Caro, 2017).
At some point, the Sports Outreach Organization will organize crusades in the rural areas to help connect sport with God. Joining the youth in these relationships, vertically with God and vertically with their fellow youths who God has brought them in their lives, is essential for the Sports Organization’s Vision’s success. The Sport Organization seeks to form Christians who will consume only but invest their lives in helping others as they move on (Allotta, 2018).
The Evangelism and Discipleship Plan will help the members of the Sports Organization to:
i. Fully and joyfully engage in worshiping under the grace of Lord Jesus Christ.
ii. Abide and build a maturity friendship with God by devoting in Scriptures and prayer.
iii. Make their spiritual journey admirable and one that will reflect their growing faith.
iv. Be compassionate and caring to one another, have sacrificial love, and be generous in the times of helping each other.
v. Unleash Hope and Mercy to others and build long-term friendships.
vi. Maintain the mentality of a team player and be Christ-centered and God-dependent.
vii. Live a prayerful life in seeking to help neighbors and those who are in their sphere of influence. This will make them live as a warrior for others, Christians, and non-Christians.
viii. Have empathy by seeking to understand and knowing why their peers believe in what they do. They will also be able to make themselves understood.
Feedback Summary
The sports outreach organization’s main objective is to ensure that the youth in rural areas engage in sporting activities so that they may win the challenges that they usually encounter. The organization’s Mission and Vision are well stated for the future of the sports outreach plan. The mission statement has focused on empowering and educating youth leaders and those around them by discussing the benefits of sports (Jacobs et al., 2017). This paves the way for the organizational goals to be achieved. The organizational structure has also been well designed to meet the sports organizational needs. It makes it easier for the staffing and funding plan to be executed in the right manner that is beneficial to the Sports organization. The instructor has been pleased with the first part and approved me to continue with the next step. A discussion with colleagues has yielded positive influence as I have developed critical ideas as I set the Sports outreach plan.
Because the youth is the targeted group, the plan has highlighted different ways to get advantaged from the sports outreach. The youth will be educated from this program. They will also get occupied, thus detaching them from unnecessary activities like drug abuse and irresponsible sex, which can lead to unwanted pregnancies. Engaging in sports will help the youth improve their physical health and activity, build strong community and social bonds among themselves, improve their academic abilities, and build a lifelong foundation of their health (Howie, Daniels & Guagliano, 2020).
The sport outreach plan has a program that needs to be implemented well. Each staff of the organization is entitled to perform specific roles. The youths also need to get involved in the program to be a good line of communicating the top management issues to the bottom level of the organization. The program will help the youth allocate roles among themselves. They will help develop the organization by starting a registration campaign that will source funds for the organization since the sports organization is a non-profit making entity.
Each of the organization’s management levels, beginning with the management committee, executive director, development officer, coaching director, officiating coordinator, and fundraising coordinator, will be distributed roles. My colleagues have advised me that a good program will portray a good picture of the final plan and attract many learners’ attention. They have discussed how effective a program of this kind in a real sports outreach plan would be.
Conclusion
In the Bible, God used the youth such as Josiah, Joseph, Mary, John, Timothy, and Mark. This means that God works with the young people and ensures that they walk in the right ways. Jesus chose his 12 disciples and trained them to spread the gospel. Deuteronomy 6 shows how God made it possible for his word to be known from one generation to another. This means that God used the youth because he had a promising future for them and those who will come after them. Involving the youth in activities like sports will act to model them to be future successful leaders. According to God’s expectations, it is to engage the youths in activities that bring them benefits and success.
In the Bible, Proverbs 19:20 says that we should listen to our colleagues’ advice and accept corrections so that we can be counted among the wise people. Implementing others’ feedback helps build a strong organizational plan (Ruff & Mundy, 2020). I will use my colleagues’ feedback to correct the sports outreach plan sections, which need some adjustment. I will refer to my instructor’s compliments and corrections to make my plan presentable and worth it for other learners to read. The power of God and His scripture will guide be implement a good outreach plan for the sports organization.
When each group focuses on meeting its program expectations and allocated duties, the Sports Outreach Organization will achieve its desired goal and implement its comprehensive plan. The Bible is the book of Proverbs 23:18, says that “Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.” Philippians 4:6 says that you should not be anxious about anything, but when we put everything in prayer and supplicate thanksgiving, God answers our requests. The organization’s management should believe in God and ensure that their program will always bring them success.
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