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. Should Parents Intervene When the Coach is Being Unfair? Seize Teachable Moments In Televised Sports To Reinforce Character Supporting Your Children When They Make Mistakes Disagree With Your Child’s Coach? How To Handle, And When To Intervene Surviving Tryouts and Cuts See more at the Positive Coaching Alliance Dev Zone More from Positive Coaching Alliance Discussion Guide: Coach Carter The film includes themes of coaching your own child, discipline techniques of coaches, how to be a student-athlete, making good life choices, and succeeding against the odds Adopting an Olympian’s Mindset Winning isn't everything, as any athlete can perform the same as an Olympian with a certain mindset. Coaching Girls: 4 Action Steps Follow these four actions to foster a sport experience where every girl feels respected, included, and engaged. 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. Sweet 16: Top Advice & Inspiration from College Basketball Coaches Positive Coaching Alliance selected their own "sweet sixteen" this year of insights and advice from coaches to coaches. Discussion Guide: The Rookie This film includes themes of overuse injuries in sports, burnout, effective teamwork, second chances, successful parent-athlete relationships, and seeing the bigger picture in sports 10 Best Sports For Kids With ADHD Or Learning Disabilities Choosing the right sport or activity for your child with ADHD/LD can make all the difference in boosting focus, mood and self-esteem. Brad Stevens: Coach To Your Personality Brad Stevens elaborates on how coaches can be more effective if they start to coach to their unique personalities. How Coaches Can Stop Bullying By Youth Sports Parents Sometimes the biggest bully on the field isn't a player, it's a parent. Here are a few strategies coaches can use to step in. Sam Peszek on How to Create Positive Body Image for Young Girls Olympic gymnast Sam Peszek discusses how to create a positive body image for young girls everywhere. Top 10 Tips With Dr. Kensa Gunter: Mental Well-Being for Youth Athletes A webinar with Dr. Kensa Gunter on tips for youth athlete mental well-being Coaching in Blowout Games Blowout games are a big frustration for players, coaches, and parents/caregivers. For the losing team, they can take the joy out of playing the game. For the winning team, they deny players the mental & physical challenges that contested games... View More