National Youth Sports Week Tuesday, Oct 25—Coaches Day Let’s emphasize the importance of access to quality coaching tools and resources and the role trained coaches play in creating positive youth sports experiences. Brought to you by Positive Coaching Alliance PEP RALLY DAY | COACHES DAY | WELLNESS DAY | SAFETY DAY | SPIRIT DAY | PLAY DAY COACHING TOOLS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Develop Winners in Life Through Sports Join the Positive Coaching Alliance team as they walk through all the resources coaches and families can use to create a greater youth sports experience. Learn, Do, Celebrate An estimated 6.5 million coaches provide youth sports instruction, but less than 5% have received formal training. Join Positive Coaching Alliance on Tuesday, October 25th for a FREE coaching webinar as well as access to select courses in their coaching curriculum. Let’s help make every coaching experience a positive one! Learn Families: Learn how to “Develop Winners in Life Through Sports” with this informational webinar from Positive Coaching Alliance. Register to watch Clubs & Teams: Learn how to conduct a coach evaluation. Download these sample coaching evaluation forms. They are a great start to help build an end-of-season evaluation for your coaching staff. Get started Do Families: Have you ever thought about being a volunteer coach? Now is the time to sign up. Already coaching your youngster? These tips are still for you—Download PCA’s list of top 10 coaching tips. Learn more Clubs & Teams: Coaches receive FREE access to PCA’s Coaching for Winning & Life Lessons course through SportsEngine. Get access by signing up for your voucher code using the link below. Get the voucher Celebrate Families: Thank your coaches today! Nominate them for the PCA Double-Goal Coach® award and share their nomination on social media with the hashtags #nationalyouthsportsweek #thankyoucoach and tag @positivecoachus and @youthsportsNCYS on Twitter. Nominate a coach Clubs & Teams: The year-end party is a great place to celebrate your exemplary coaches. We've gathered the top tips for planning that year-end team party. See more ☆ BIG IDEA ☆ National Youth Sports Week Youth Development Techniques Join us in helping the Susan Crown Exchange train one million coaches in youth development techniques by 2025. As an anchor partner of Million Coaches Challenge, PCA will train over 400,000 youth sports coaches to incorporate SEL and PYD into their coaching practices. Will those be the coaches in your organization? Read More Featured Coaching Content PCA’s Development Zone® Resource Center hosts more than 1,800 tools and resources in a searchable platform for coaches and leaders to support their athletes on and off the field and create a positive youth sports experience. Here are a few of our top picks. Surviving Tryouts and Cuts Disagree With Your Child’s Coach? How To Handle, And When To Intervene Supporting Your Children When They Make Mistakes Seize Teachable Moments In Televised Sports To Reinforce Character Should Parents Intervene When the Coach is Being Unfair? See more at the Positive Coaching Alliance Dev Zone More from Positive Coaching Alliance Coaches Avoid Recruiting Players That Let Parents Speak For Them Stanford Women’ golf coach Anne Walker on how important it is for recruits to speak for themselves when meeting college coaches. Celebrating and Advancing Gender Equity in Youth Sports Discover how you can be supportive of girls in youth sports as a coach, staff member, or fan. The Power of Perspective, From a Former D1 Athlete Former D1 Athlete Mackenzie St. Onge talks through the power of changing perspective on her athletic career. How To Define Your Team Culture Goals With Your Athletes Discover this learning exercise to keep your coaching goals in check. Sports Parents Reap The Benefits When Their Kids Love Sports Discover the key benefits parents should get and see from their children playing sport. Age Appropriate Coaching, Developmental Characteristics and Coaching Strategies Coaching Players of Mixed Skill Levels Webinar Recap: “Empowering Youth Athletes: Building Resilience and Mental Health” Listen to Positive Coaching Alliance and Momentum Labs and learn the importance in helping your athlete build resilience and their mental health. Should Line Drills Be Called “Suicides”? If it were ever appropriate to call running drills "suicides" it is no longer. Safety Tips for Times When Parents Do Not Accompany Their Youth Athletes A checklist for parents to prepare kids before they go anywhere without adult protection Youth Athletes Reflection Questions During Their Sports Hiatus Athletes: check out some of these handy reflection questions and practices you can use during these times. Checklist for Positive Coaches Positive Coaches strive to develop their athletes as competitors and ensure the development of life skills by creating a positive sports culture. Here are simple but powerful things you can do to have a lifetime impact on your athletes as... View More