Join The Conversation
What makes a Responsible Coach? How are Responsible Sport Parents changing the face of youth sports today? What examples of responsibility in youth sports are coming up in the media? Each week, Jim Thompson, the Executive Director of Positive Coaching Alliance, discusses recent topics in Responsible Sports and shares with you his thoughts and invites your reflections and comments. Read Jim's Blog.
Tips for Responsible Coaches
Each week, Responsible Sports delivers helpful tips and advice for volunteer youth sport coaches. These Tips include links to the Responsible Coaching resource center for additional information that may include drills, worksheets or further reading. Check out this week's tip, and have tips delivered to your email inbox each week.
Responsible Sport Parenting Tips
Looking for quick tips to help you stay focused on being a Responsible Sport Parent? Each week, the Responsible Sports Team provides easy-to-use tips for supporting your child in their youth sports activities. Tips include conversation starters, ideas for sideline cheering, or just thoughts on how to ensure that your child continues to enjoy their sports experience. Check out this week's tip, and have tips delivered to your email inbox each week.
What Would You Do? What Would You Say?
What would you do? Each week, we're asking Responsible Coaches and Responsible Sport Parents what they would do when faced with a certain situation. Our weekly Responsible Sports Poll chronicles your responses to these tough situations and shares responses from other coachs and parents around the country. Share your thoughts with us on what YOU might do!
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Join the Face-to-Face Sports Dialog at Positive Coaching Workshops
If you or anyone you know wants to take their coaching education to the next level, bring Positive Coaching to your school or youth sports organization through a partnership with Positive Coaching Alliance, centered on live group workshops for your organization's leaders, coaches, parents and athletes. Since PCA's founding at Stanford University in 1998, more than 1,100 schools and youth sports organizations throughout the country have used our research-based techniques to:
- Prepare youth athletes from pre-school through high school for success in life on and off the playing fields
- Emphasize character-education and life lessons through sports
- Become outstanding educational-athletic programs, using our Roadmap to Excellence to create a shared vision among organizational leaders, coaches, parents and athletes.
Visit our Workshop page to register and learn more!