Connector -- July 29, 2009 |
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Ask PCA: Adjusting to a New Coach
Lance Armstrong on Teammates
New Video: "Insights from Sports Experts"
Coaching Tip: Reward Desired Effort |
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Ask PCA: Adjusting to a New Coach |
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Thanks, as always, to the many of you who answer our "Ask PCA" questions. Last week's question about coaches swearing elicited some strong responses, mostly along the lines of "zero-tolerance" policies and seeking removal of the offending coach from the organization.
Here's this week's question:
"Our girls select youth soccer team had a very dynamic coach for three years, but now he is leaving the area. What tips or suggestions can you give our team and parents for transitioning to a new coach?"
-- Lisa, Florida
To read all responses to the previous "Ask PCA" question -- "Coach Won't Stop Swearing" -- including PCA's response, click here. |
| Lance Armstrong on Teammates |
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The war of words between Astana cycling teammates Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong points out the difficulty of being a Triple-Impact CompetitorTM (who makes self, teammates and the sport better) when the stakes get high.
Contador, who won the Tour de France, took pains to blast Armstrong afterward, according to an Associated Press article: "My relationship with Lance Armstrong is zero. He's a great rider and he did a great Tour. Another thing is on a personal level, where I have never admired him and never will."
Armstrong responded with the right idea if not the most diplomatic wording: "...If I were him I'd drop this drivel and start thanking his team...A champion is also measured on how much he respects his teammates and opponents."
No doubt it's harder to maintain a Triple-Impact Competitor ethos when teammates are both competing and cooperating with each other as Contador and Armstrong were. But no one ever said being a Triple-Impact Competitor was easy.
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| New Video: "Insights from Sports Experts" |
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| As part of PCA's "National Conversation on Coaching," a communications campaign fueled by a grant from the Morgan Family Foundation, PCA held an Open Forum last month at Nike Western Region headquarters outside Los Angeles.
Before a crowd of roughly 100 invitees, an oustanding panel, moderated by Ray Lokar, PCA's Lead Trainer-Southern California, included: PCA Founder and Executive Director Jim Thompson; Loyola High School Basketball Coach and National Double-Goal Coach� Award Winner Jamal Adams; Youth Sports Psychologist, KLAA Radio host and PCA Champion Dr. Casey Cooper; Director of Major League Baseball's Urban Youth Academy Darrell Miller; Westmont College Basketball Coach John Moore; and Punahou School Athletic Director and PCA Trainer Jeaney Garcia.
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| Coaching Tip: Reward Desired Effort |
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| If practice is dragging and your players need a boost, try Rewarding Desired Effort. This high-energy, ultra-positive approach can turn around that practice in minutes and fuel improved attitudes for you and your players.
If you appreciate these tips and want to support PCA's effort to transform youth sports so sports can transform youth, consider joining or renewing as a PCA Member. With your support we can do more! | |
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