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 Choosing to Do Youth Sports Better When They Reopen Youth and high school sports have been put on hold because of the devastating Coronavirus global health pandemic Protecting Youth Athletes from Abuse—Key Actions for Parents and Coaches These materials for youth and high school sports parents and coaches can help prevent sex abuse. How to Help a Child Being Bullied This resource will explore identifying bullying, warning signs of bullying, cyberbullying, who is involved with bullying, what to do if your child is bullied, risk factors for bullying, and different types of bullying Discussion Guide: Miracle Miracle follows the story of Herb Brooks as he leads the 1980 U.S. Olympic Men’s Hockey Team against the powerhouse Soviet team of the time The Coaches’ Guide to Supporting High School Athlete Mental Health Sports teams offer unique opportunities to create spaces where teens and young adults feel safe, seen, heard, and valued, and coaches are ideally positioned to provide that support. You can be the first to notice when an athlete is struggling... Discussion Guide: The Legend Of Bagger Vance This film includes themes of mental preparation and focus in sports, coping with societal pressure, and overcoming struggle What Team Building Activities Can I Use to Help My Team Move On From Mistakes Voices From the Black Community: How Sports Can Unite Us for the Better Dive into Black History Month as former UCLA Softball NCAA Champion, Marti Reed discusses how sports can bring people from every walk of life together. Discussion Guide: Her Best Move Her Best Move is the story of soccer player Sara Davis, a high school girl trying to balance teenage life with the chance to join the US National Team. Role of the Team Parent/Caregiver Learn how a “Team Parent/Caregiver” program can support athletes, coaches, and families by creating a welcoming, respectful, and values-driven team culture from the sidelines. Concepts, Behaviors, and What Youth Sports Leaders Can Learn from the NBA Certain behaviors, concepts and characteristics can help leaders as they seek to do their best for their communities Adopting an Olympian’s Mindset Winning isn't everything, as any athlete can perform the same as an Olympian with a certain mindset. View More