Part of NIRSA’s Recreation 101 Virtual Course Series
Recreation 101 Virtual Courses are fully online, asynchronous experiences, meaning participants can take them whenever they like and at their own pace. Each virtual course is anchored by roughly four hours of on-demand video content designed and taught by functional area experts.
Learn the foundations of sport clubs
This course, sponsored by the USTA, presents an overview of collegiate sport clubs designed to help a new or prospective professional gain an understanding of operations and best practices for developing and leading a sport clubs program.
Participants will learn to identify how sport clubs programs are situated within campus structures and how relationships between campus partners can be most effectively built and maintained. Finances and funding, licensing, and national body governance are explained through the lens of sport clubs to offer models of successful program management.
Four Modules
The course outlines core approaches to sport clubs program design including student development, establishing roles and daily responsibilities, event planning, risk management, and creating policy language.
Module 1
Structures and Responsibilities
Module 2
Student Development
Module 3
Nuts and Bolts
Module 4
How to Stand Out as a Professional
Recap
Key takeaways
Build Your Library
Registration for any Recreation 101 course includes a 25% discount coupon for any Campus Recreation Essentials book.
Thanks to Our Sponsor
The USTA collaborates with campus recreation professionals through a variety of initiatives that include tennis program development, equipment and facility grants, promotional campaigns and the well-established Tennis on Campus program.
