The Badger Region has partnered with The Positive Coaching Alliance to bring to our region’s club members the ideals and values promoted by the Alliance.
See the bottom of this page for great two-minute drills for athletes, parents and coaches!
Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) is transforming youth sports so sports can transform youth. Through partnership with more than 1,100 youth sports organizations, leagues, schools and cities nationwide, PCA has conducted 6,000-plus workshops for youth sports coaches, parents, organizational leaders and athletes.
Badger Region hosted a webinar for junior club directors and workshops around the state for parents, athletes and coaches in January and February, and the feedback was outstanding!
The PCA Mission
Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) is a nonprofit organization founded at Stanford University with the mission to transform youth sports so sports can transform youth. PCA was created to transform the culture of youth sports to give all young athletes the opportunity for a positive, character-building experience.
We have three national goals:
- Replace the "win-at-all-cost" model of coaching with the Double-Goal Coach®, who wants to win but has a second, more important, goal of using sports to teach life lessons;
- Teach youth sports organization leaders how to create an organizational culture in which Honoring the Game is the norm; and
- Spark and fuel a "social epidemic" of Positive Coaching that will sweep this country.
There are many people in this nation who want to change the culture of youth sports, but they do not feel equipped to do so. Positive Coaching Alliance has developed practical tools to change the culture of youth sports and is making them available to coaches, parents, league organizers and others who will fire this movement.
Click here for the Ask PCA blog! This blog deals with a variety of different issues for coaches, parents and athletes.
PCA is a great building block for positive relationships.
Click here for an outline of a parent/guardian meeting. You can also
click here for a sample parent/guardian letter or
click here for a sample parent pledge.
Two-minute drills are adapted from books by PCA Executive Director Jim Thompson, as well as PCA's Triple-Impact Competitor workshop for athletes. To purchase books by Jim Thompson please visit
http://www.balancesportspublishing.com/Books/tabid/364/Default.aspx.
March
Coaches: Nip Problems In The Bud
Parents: The Coach/Parent Partnership
Athletes: Great Competitors and Challenges
February
Coaches: The Big 3 and Rule #1
Parents: Post-game conversations – the Debrief
Athletes: The ELM Tree of Mastery – L is for Learning
January
Coaches: Tips from Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers on filling players E-tanks.
Parents: Offer suggestions only when asked – tips from Archie Manning, father of Super Bowl-bound Peyton.
Athletes: Tips from Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers to help make yourself better.
December
2 Minute Drill For Athletes
2 Minute Drill For Coaches
2 Minute Drill For Parents