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 10 Tips for Sports Parents From a National Team Athlete Parents are an integral part to a child’s growth, success, and enjoyment of sports How to Handle the Defeated Mindset and Fill Your Player’s Tank Using Veteran Players as Mentors A mentor program empowers team veterans, creates opportunities for stronger relationships among players, and can help prevent issues that erode team chemistry such as cliques, individual agendas, and status gaps based on talent. Create Awards To Reward Effort Read below for suggested award titles that help you create an award that recognizes a strength, ability, or character quality an individual is learning, growing, or developing. Giving Athletes Voice and Choice Top 10 Tips for Sports Parents Winning is great - but joyful, meaningful winning comes from a good team process. First and foremost, teach children the purpose of youth sports. Sports Can Teach Us to Overcome Hardships COVID-19 has sidelined thousands of youth sports teams, programs, schools and millions of young athletes. How Parents/Caregivers Can Help Athletes Build Confidence What Makes A Great Teammate? Here Are 12 Qualities Mike Klintzing, the Founder and Executive Director of Head Start Basketball, shares 12 characteristics that make a great teammate. The Coaches’ Guide to Supporting High School Athlete Mental Health Learn how you can create a space where teens and young adults feel safe, seen, and heard. Supporting Your Children When They Make Mistakes Discover how to support your youth athlete when they make mistakes. Top 10 Tips For Helping Youth Athletes Learn How to Play for ‘More Than the Score’ Discover the top 10 tips for parents and coaches to focus on making the game about 'more than the score.' View More