Youth & Amateur Sports

Facilitating Conferences of Athletic Groups for Teens

Nicholson Facilitation & Associates, LLC offers specialized services to various youth sports organizations. This is in line with our head manager’s GO! initiative that stemmed from her affinity for soccer.

How We Help Youth Sports Groups

We lend a helping hand to athletic teams and organizations in many ways. Our assistance to sports groups include:

  • Strategic Planning and Succession Planning
  • Alignment of Club Administration With Coaching and Organizational Leadership
  • Policy and Procedures Development
  • Governance and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Boards of Directors and For-Profit Organizations
  • Program Development and Assessment
  • Volunteer Programs
  • Communications
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Coaching Education
  • Parent Education

Solutions to Challenges to the 7 Deadly Sports

Through our exceptional facilitation services, we aim to make sports organizations more efficient, minimize bureaucracy in these groups, and reduce administrative costs. We also want to enhance coaching effectiveness and increase the time being devoted to the players.

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Go! Is Your Go-To Expert Resource for Youth Sports Governance & Operations

GO! resources are curated from over 30 years of on-the-ground experience.

GO! offers resources in 5 critical areas:

  • Eliminating Team Management Hassles by setting expectations and boundaries
  • Getting (and Staying) Financially Healthy, including how to find and drive sponsorship dollars
  • Building a Productive Board of Directors and how to get more done in shorter meetings with better results
  • Designing and Executing the Perfect Volunteer Program to fill vacancies and keep them coming back
  • Learning Coaching Survival Skills with expert insights from soccer legend Bobby Howe on the things that are not taught in traditional coaching education courses
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"Ruth has developed a one-of-a-kind program offering valuable resources for leadership and administrative operations. These practical tools ease the administrative burden on Directors of Coaching and build the effective team of adults in coaching leadership and administrative roles needed to support our players."

Bobby Howe

Former Director of Coaching
US Soccer Federation

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GO! On-Demand

GO! On-Demand is a monthly subscription service with over 60 instant access to easy-to-use guides, checklists, and templates designed to simply and efficiently improve club operations. These organically grown and field-tested tools are available 24/7, along with an ongoing live and recorded webinar series. The service offers over 35 recorded webinars. New documents and webinars are added monthly.

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GO! On-Call

GO! On-Call provides 1-on-1 direct access to book time with GO! experts on a consultative basis on the topics of governance, administration, marketing, sponsorships, and coaching/director of coaching mentoring.

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GO! Enterprise

GO! Enterprise provides additional exclusive services and support for organizations that purchase multiple annual subscription packages for their members.

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"After receiving encouragement and inspiration from US Youth Soccer and US Club Soccer on down to local Directors of Coaching, coaches, and administrators, I have made it my mission to share my own organically grown and field-tested library of tools, templates, and processes to improve the youth soccer experience for all stakeholders, from players and families to the President of the Board. GO! provides all that for a price that any organization can afford."

Ruth Nicholson

Founder, GO!

Get in Touch With Us

We are dedicated to improving the state of various youth sports clubs. For more information, contact us today.

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