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 What Coaches Can Do To Protect Youth Athletes from Sexual Abuse Join us for a powerful conversation about what sports coaches can do to help keep youth athletes safe from abuse. Discussion Guide: Chariots Of Fire Major themes presented in this film include the determination to succeed, ability to not give up, and a notion that athletes are participating in something bigger than themselves “Social Distancing” Allows Athletes to Prepare Dove Body Confident Sport Resources for Coaches & Athletes Dove and Nike join forces to break barriers for girls in sports! Introducing the Body Confident Sport program, empowering coaches and athletes worldwide. Sports Can Battle Racism: Courageous Conversations Sports can be a very powerful tool in supporting inclusion and equality. Here are five questions to ask to make sure you do your part. Year-Round Fitness Prevents In-Season Injury Dr. Anne Moore and Dr. Heather Bergeson point to the key to staying injury-free. An Inside Look at PCA’s Sports Can Battle Racism Workshop Join PCA as they share their effective tool to help combat racial discrimination and stretch moral courage within ourselves and others in a positive way. Discussion Guide: We Are Marshall This film includes themes of overcoming tragedy and loss, using sports to heal a community, playing multiple sports, absolute dedication, and effective teamwork Herm Edwards Just Gave Everyone in America a High 5: Who Will You High 5? Now more than ever, we need to help each other get through these times and emerge ready to play. So the national nonprofit Positive Coaching Alliance has launched a #High5Challenge. 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. Sports Parents Reap The Benefits When Their Kids Love Sports Discover the key benefits parents should get and see from their children playing sport. Getting and Keeping K-12 Girls in Sports and Physical Activity: Evidence-Based Best Practices and Keys View More