Sports Sampling Program

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Our Mission and Vision Statement:
Maryland Sports Sampling Program (MSSP) is a program created for children from low income families between the ages of 6 and 12. Our mission as a nonprofit agency is to get children to play an array of sports. Our vision is to have children from the Maryland area to come together and grow and develop through various sports. MSSP aims to accommodate the concepts of good sportsmanship, integrity, loyalty, and developing good teamwork skills to children between the ages of 6 and 12 so the can become healthy, strong, well-balanced members of society. We envision a world where children, regardless of their circumstance, have an equal opportunity to experience different sports and expand
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Our mission is included in the participation of various sports, as we believe that every child should have the dexterity, confidence and ambition to be a self-assured member of society. Our program has a beneficial impact on the social and physical health of our clients. Unlike other programs, MSSP focuses on having our clients participate in various sports. Having children do sport sampling will allow kids to continue to have fun playing a wide range of sports and this will not lead to burnout. This allows our clients to have a better sport performance and continue to have fun with sports while staying active.
To achieve this, our program has three specific strategies. First, we educate and motivate our kids to have good sportsmanship. Second, we concentrate on teaching our kids core leadership skills and how to work well with others. Third, our kids are taught how to develop proper physical skills through the use of sports.
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● Report to the school office at the scheduled time and pick up all necessary items to include gym keys, supervisor clipboard, field/court clipboards, pens, first aid bag and other appropriate equipment.
● Ensure safety of all staff and participants.
● Complete Daily Activity Report form to include check-in and check-out of all staff members.
● Assign all staff to the proper field/ court, observe and evaluate all staff and participants, and ensure that games are running on time.
● Monitor facility by making rounds to ensure fields/courts remain playable and safe, and to turn on and off lights at the appropriate time.
● Respond to all injuries and properly complete an Injury Report form.
● Perform closing walk-through of facility to pick up all trash and leave the facility clean, lock all doors and gates and turn off all lights.
● Return to the school 's Main Office after scheduled shift to return all necessary items including gym keys, supervisor clipboard, field/court clipboards, first aid bag, and any other appropriate

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