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 Should Line Drills Be Called “Suicides”? If it were ever appropriate to call running drills "suicides" it is no longer. The Impact of College ‘Name-Image-Likeness’ Rule Changes on Youth and High School Sports NIL legislation was recently passed in all 50 states which allows college athletes to make money off of their name, image, and likeness. Hear the impacts from these stand-out athletes. Helping Your Athlete Who Is Lacking Playing Time Tips for Assistant Coaches As players need each other, coaches need assistance too. This resource displays how your role as an assistant coach is vital to the team’s success. How to Handle the Pouting Athlete With Attitude Problems PCA lead trainer, Joe Terrasi, addresses how to handle kids behavioral issues on and off the field. Take Back the Game—Linda Flanagan’s Advice to Coaches In her latest book, Linda Flanagan discusses how and why youth sports have changed so dramatically over the last 30 years. Take a peek behind the cover as she dives into the legendary coaching style of Bruce Girdler. Athletes & Mental Health: The Role of Sports in a Young Person’s Life Join Positive Coaching Alliance as they discuss in collaboration with the Jed Foundation, the impact of sports on a young person's life. 3 Must-Use Strategies For Coaches To Gain Support From Parents Oliver Luck's perspective on how to get the support of parents in youth sports Adopting an Olympian’s Mindset Winning isn't everything, as any athlete can perform the same as an Olympian with a certain mindset. 11 Tips for the First Time Coach Coaching a youth sports team for the first time can be both exciting and daunting. Here are 11 tips to help first-timers navigate the challenges. Sports Are What I Do, They Are Not Who I Am When athletes get to the top ranks of their sports, they often think that other people only think of them as an athlete. How Teammates Can Support Each Other’s Mental Health In partnership with US Club Soccer, this is the first video in of a series of Facebook Live conversations for parents, coaches, and athletes. View More