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Welcome to the archives of Connector, the e-newsletter of Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), a national non-profit committed to developing character through youth and high school sports. Click any of the links below to read back issues containing:
  • Coaching and sports parenting tips and news
  • Links to the "Ask PCA" blog, where coaches and parents ask and answer each others' youth sports questions and get expert advice from PCA
  • Insights into the PCA Movement to "transform youth sports so sports can transform youth."
  • Connector August 26, 2011
  • Free "Coach's Guide to Elevating Your Game" Now Available
    PCA Celebrates 10,000th Workshop!
    PCA Connector to Change Formats
    Responsible Sports Parenting Tip: How to Cheer for Your Children
    Ask PCA: Bullying and Exclusion of a Teammate
  • Connector August 18, 2011
  • PCA Congratulates Hall of Famer Tara VanDerveer
    Ask PCA: Bullying and Exclusion of a Teammate
    Responsible Coaching Tip: Imparting Values to Your Players
  • Connector August 11, 2011
  • Phil Jackson on Tex Winter and Coaches as Teachers
    Ask PCA: How to Develop Team Chemistry
    "InSideOut Coaching" by PCA National Advisory Board Member Joe Ehrmann
    Responsible Coaching Tip: Approaching Overzealous Parents
  • Connector August 4, 2011
  • Online Course for Officials Launches
    Responsible Sports Parenting Tip: Avoiding Athlete Burnout
    Ask PCA: How to Handle a Hard Foul
  • Connector July 21, 2011
  • Dusty Baker Coaching Tip: Helping Players Overcome "Failure"
    PCA in the News
    Responsible Coaching Tip: Accepting Officials' Calls and Decisions
    Ask PCA: Should My Son Quit or Risk Further Loss of Confidence?
  • Connector July 7, 2011
  • External Evaluation Reports Change In Behavior of PCA-Trained Coaches
    Register for "Elevating Your Game" Webinar
    Responsible Coaching Tip: Effort-Based Statistics
    Ask PCA: Parents Discussing Game Performance With Their Children
  • Connector June 22, 2011
  • Summer Reading Recommendation: "Parents Behaving Badly"
    Responsible Coaching Tip: Magic Ratio
    Ask PCA: Struggling to Motivate Nine-and-10-Year-Olds
  • Connector June 16, 2011
  • Doc Rivers Coaching Tip: Value All Your Players
    PCA in the News
    Responsible Sports Parenting Tip: How to Handle Mistakes
    Ask PCA: Opposing Coach Abuses Officials and Players and Encourages Foul Play
  • Connector June 9, 2011
  • Summer Reading: How Coaches Are Using Elevating Your Game
    Responsible Coaching Tip: The Right Way to Win (and Lose)
    Ask PCA: Player and Dad Question My Coaching Decisions
    Winners of PCA/Shutterfly Photo Contest
  • Connector June 2, 2011
  • Bruce Bochy on Coaching Players to Develop Resilience
    PCA in the News
    Responsible Coaching Tip: How to Fill Players' Emotional Tanks
    Ask PCA: Selecting All-Star Team Coaches
    Past Double-Goal Coach Award Winner Puts Character Education into Action
  • Connector May 24, 2011
  • PCA in "The New York Times"
    May 31 Application Deadline for Triple-Impact Competitor® Scholarships
    Responsible Coaching Tip: Handling Failure
    Ask PCA: My Son Gets So Nervous That He Ends Up Sick
    Pop Warner Double-Goal Coach® Award Winners Announced
    Apply for the National Coaches Institute (July 10-13)
  • Connector May 18, 2011
  • PCA-Boston Launches!
    May 31 Application Deadline for Triple-Impact Competitor® Scholarships
    Responsible Coaching Tip: Coaching for Mastery
    Ask PCA: Jealous Teammates
  • Connector May 12, 2011
  • NFL Commentator Jim Mora Joins PCA National Advisory Board
    "Like" Elevating Your Game on Facebook
    Shane Battier Tip for Student-Athletes
    Responsible Coaching Tip: End-of-Season Awards
    Ask PCA: Replay a Game Due to a Mistaken Ruling?
  • Connector May 5, 2011
  • External Evaluation Shows Impact of PCA Training
    Responsible Sports Parenting Tip: For Parents Who Coach, Separate Those Roles
    Ask PCA: Helping A Player Maintain Effort and Change Her Dad's Approach
  • Connector April 28, 2011
  • Deloitte's Mark Edmunds and the 100-Book Challenge
    Ask PCA: Clubs as Feeder Programs for High Schools
    Responsible Sports Coaching Tip: Symbolic Rewards
    Scores of First-Time Partners Join PCA Movement in 2011
    Highlights of National Youth Sports Awards Dinner and Auction Sponsored By Deloitte
  • Connector April 12, 2011
  • Why Shane Battier Is Excited About Jim Thompson's Latest Book
    PCA In The News
    New Issue of "Momentum" Now Online
    Ask PCA: MVP Awards for 6th-Graders?
    Responsible Sports Coaching Tip: Dealing With Losing
  • Connector March 30, 2011
  • How the Green Bay Packers Use PCA Principles...and a Unique Offer From Packers President Mark Murphy
    Ask PCA: Honoring the Game When the Opponent Does Not
    Responsible Sports Parenting Tip: Relax!
    PCA In The News
    My Youth Sports Story: Play for the Love of It by Gloria Averbuch
  • Connector March 24, 2011
  • Women's Sports Legend Joins PCA National Advisory Board
    Ask PCA: Too Much Coaching During Game Action?
    Responsible Coaching Tip: Criticism Sandwich
    PCA In The News
  • Connector March 8, 2011
  • Doc Rivers Coaching Tip
    Ask PCA: The Cold Shoulder
    Responsible Coaching Tip: Learning From Mistakes
    PCA In The News
  • Connector March 1, 2011
  • Celebrating the 2011 Sports Ethics Fellows
    Ask PCA: Injured Players Making the Cut
    Get a Piece of the $65,000 to Be Awarded May 31
    A Closing Thought on National Sportsmanship Day
  • Connector February 24, 2011
  • PCA and Jim Thompson Honored on National Sportsmanship Day
    Sports-Parenting Tip: Summer Sanders on the Parent-Coach Partnership
    Responsible Coaching Tip: Keep Non-Traditional Stats
    Ask PCA: Should Line Drills be Called "Suicides"?
    PCA In The News
  • Connector February 10, 2011
  • USTA Partners with PCA
    Positive Sports Parenting Goes International
    Responsible Sports Parenting Tip: Enjoy the Journey
    Ask PCA: Skilled But Passive in Games
    PCA-Houston Board of Directors Member Ray Seals Wins NFL's Shula Award
  • Connector February 1, 2011
  • Super Message From a Super Bowl Competitor (VIDEO)
    Responsible Sports Parenting Tip: Encouragement After Practice
    Ask PCA: Emotional Change in a 6th-Grader
    Three Double-Goal Coaches Nominated for NFL's Shula Award
  • Connector January 19, 2011
  • Applications Open for Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarships
    Coaching Tip: Halftime Speech
    Ask PCA: Benefits of a Bus Ride
    PCA Seeking to Hire a Development Associate
  • Connector January 12, 2011
  • National Award for Jim Thompson's The High School Sports Parent
    Coaching Tip: Closing Ritual
    Ask PCA: Playing Underclassmen Ahead of Seniors
    Thanks for Helping PCA Meet Its Annual Fund Matching Challenge
  • Connector January 4, 2011
  • What Is Your New Year's Resolution?
    Coaching Tip: How to Teach ROOTS
    Ask PCA: Should I Make My Child Play?
    Jim Thompson on Andrew Luck
  • Connector December 14, 2010
  • Shane Battier on Officials
    Sports Parenting Tips and Holiday Gifts
    Coaching Tip: Criticism Sandwich
    Ask PCA: Questionable Transfer
    Nominate Coaches for PCA's Double-Goal Coach Award Presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance
    Support PCA's Annual Fund Now and Have Twice the Impact
  • Connector December 8, 2010
  • Leadership Tip: Bring Business Processes to Your Youth Sports Organization
    Ask PCA: Punished for Poor Performance?
    Ron Wilson Coaching Tip: Delivering Criticism
  • Connector November 17, 2010
  • Five Easy Pieces: Quick Tips From Jim Thompson's Positive Sports Parenting
    Ask PCA: Whatever Happened to Helping an Opponent Up?
    Coaching Tip: Leading a Parent Meeting
  • Connector November 10, 2010
  • Phil Jackson Coaching Tip in Latest Responsible Sports Podcast
    Ask PCA: Will House League Play Diminish My Son's Talent?
    Nominate Coaches for PCA's Double-Goal Coach Award Presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance
  • Connector November 3, 2010
  • Herm Edwards Tip on Team Culture
    Ask PCA: Interviewing Coaching Candidates
    Earn a $2,500 Responsible Sports Community Grant
    Giants Win A Victory for Youth Sports Coaches
    Nominate Coaches for PCA's Double-Goal Coach Award Presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance
    Support PCA's Annual Fund Now and Have Twice the Impact
  • October 27, 2010
  • Summer Sanders' Sports Parenting Tip
    Ask PCA: Coach Wants to Text My Son
    Coaching Tip: Honor the Game
    Nominate Coaches for PCA's Double-Goal Coach Award Presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance
  • Connector October 20, 2010
  • Shane Battier Tips for Triple-Impact Competitors
    Ask PCA: Abandoned Teammate
    PCA Champion Bob Rhein Brings Workshops to School District
  • Connector October 13, 2010
  • Coaching Tip from Dusty Baker
    Help Mark Hyman Write His Next Book!
    Ask PCA: Athlete Does Not Want to Participate in Meets
    Coaching Tip: If/Then Statements
  • AAU Partners with PCA
  • Connector September 22, 2010
  • New High School Coach Online Course
    Ask PCA: Publish Stats for 10-Year-Olds?
    Coaching Tip: Seize Teachable Moments
    Communications Tools to Reinforce PCA Principles
  • Connector September 16, 2010
  • Coaching Tip: Catch Players Doing Things Right
    Ask PCA: Happy Holidays?
    Best Back-to-School (And Football) Book
  • Connector September 8, 2010
  • Coaching Tip: Help Youth Athletes Achieve Effort Goals
    Ask PCA: When Coaches Poach
    What Is Your Back-to-School Resolution?
  • Connector September 1, 2010
  • Win a $2,500 Grant for Your School or Organization!
    Ask PCA: Should Our Organization Require Mentor Coach Counseling?
    PCA Partners on National TV
  • Connector August 24, 2010
  • Coaching Tip: Opening Ritual at Practice
    Ask PCA: Improving Our Organization's Officiating
    In Memoriam: Scotty Zornes, Double-Goal Coach
  • Connector August 17, 2010
  • Insights from Softball Star Jennie Finch on Playing Multiple Sports
    Ask PCA: Coaches Saving Spots For Athletes Who Miss Tryouts
    Coaching Tip: Improve Performance with Stretch Goals
  • Connector August 3, 2010
  • Sportskool Launches New Cable TV Videos Featuring PCA
    Ask PCA: My Son Swore at the Coach
    Sports Parenting Tip: Ask Your Child to Imitate Your Sideline Behavior
    Twenty $2,500 Grants Are Up for Grabs!
  • Connector July 27, 2010
  • Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarship Finalists
    Ask PCA: Term Limits for Coaches?
    Coaching Tip: "Quiet Drill" Re-Energizes Practice
  • Connector July 22, 2010
  • New Database of Double-Goal Coaches
    Coaching Tip: Teaching Players to Respect Officials
    Ask PCA: Player Behavior in Practices
    Familiar Faces?
  • Connector July 15, 2010
  • Leadership Tips from Julie Foudy
    Ask PCA: Crowd Control
    Inspiration: A Beautiful Game
  • Connector June 24, 2010
  • PCA Expands Chicago Operations
    Coaching Tip: Targeted Symbolic Rewards
    World Cup Lessons for Coaches, Parents and Players
    Ask PCA: Coaches Using Stalling Tactics
    PCA, Pop Warner Honor Coaches
    PCA's Pruszynski Leads Team to State Title
  • Connector June 17, 2010
  • 45,000 Double-Goal Coaches for Texas Schools
    Sports Parenting Tips from Former Women's World Cup Star Joy Fawcett
    Ask PCA: Managing Schedule Conflicts
    "Long-Life Lessons From John Wooden" by Jim Thompson
  • Connector June 10, 2010
  • World Cup Special: Rick Davis on Pele
    Sports Parenting Tip: Televised Teachable Moments
    Ask PCA: Does the "24-Hour Rule" Work?
    Farewell to a Legend: John Wooden
  • Connector June 3, 2010
  • The Second All-PCA NBA Finals: Phil Jackson and Doc Rivers Speak Out
    Honoring the Game Award Winner: Menlo-Atherton Little League
    A Perfect Ending to an Almost-Perfect Game
    Ask PCA: My Son Wants to Compete at a Higher Level
  • Connector May 26, 2010
  • Joe Ehrmann Essay on UVA Lacrosse
    Ask PCA: Is the "Rest Rule" Right for My 13-Year-Old?
    Coaching Tip: Use a Buddy System to Fill Emotional Tanks (Video)
  • Connector May 20, 2010
  • Ask PCA: Is T-Ball Parents' Discipline Out of Line?
    Invitation to Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy
    Coaching Tip: Nervous is Normal
  • Connector May 13_2010
  • Last Call for Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarship Applications
    Shane Battier Student-Athlete Tip
    Ask PCA: Guidelines for High School Practice Times
  • Connector May 6, 2010
  • PCA Adds Second-Level Online Course for Coaches
    Honoring the Game Award Winner: Huntley (IL) Park District
    Coaching Tip from Tony Granato: An Environment that Supports Team Morale
    Ask PCA: Blowing the Whistle on Players' "Tweets"
  • Connector April 30, 2010
  • PCA Triple-Impact Competitor Online Course
    National Youth Sports Awards Dinner Sponsored by Deloitte
    PCA Stars in Sportskool Video Series
    Ask PCA: Coach Plays My Daughter Out of Position
    Coaching Tip: NHL Coach Tony Granato on Honoring Opponents
    MMA Star Urijah Faber Supports PCA In and Out of the Cage
  • Connector April 22, 2010
  • May 31 Deadline to Apply for Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarships
    PCA Launches New Second-Goal Parent Online Course
    Honoring the Game Award Winner: Roswell Youth Lacrosse Association
    Paul Peterson: Profile of a Double-Goal Coach
    Coaching Tip: How to Coach Honoring the Game
    Ask PCA: Encouraging "Selfishness"
  • Connector April 8, 2010
  • Honoring the Game Award Winners
    Monica Smith: Profile of a Double-Goal Coach
    Ask PCA: Videotaping Opponents
  • Connector April 1, 2010
  • Jack Tierney: Profile of a Double-Goal Coach
    Ask PCA: Benching My Own Son
    Coaching Tip: Making Parents an Asset
    Register for Character Combine by April 5
    Bruce Horowitz, Beverly Hills Basketball League, Support LA-Area Workshops
  • Connector March 25, 2010
  • Coaching Tips from Phil Jackson
    Roger Barta: Profile of a Double-Goal Coach
    Ask PCA: Advice on U-8 Co-Ed Sports Coaching Tip from The Power of Double-Goal Coaching
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  • National Recreation and Park Association Joins PCA Movement
    Phil Jackson on The Power of Double-Goal Coaching
    Coaching Tip: Use Positive Charting to Catch Players Doing Things Right
    Ask PCA: Addressing Players Who Resent a Highly Praised Teammate
  • Connector March 11, 2010
  • Your Legacy as Coach
    Ask PCA: Why Do Some PCA-Trained Coaches Still Behave Badly?
    Alexi Lalas: Coaching and Sports Parenting Insights
    Corrections from Previous Connector
  • Connector March 5, 2010
  • Celebrating the 2010 Sports Ethics Fellows
    Ask PCA: Maintaining Support for a Double-Goal Coach During a Losing Streak
    Earn a $2,500 Grant for Your School or Youth Sports Organization
  • Connector February 25, 2010
  • "The Coach as Bully: Lessons from the Yellowstone Wolves" by Jim Thompson
    Ronnie Lott on Coaching to Honor the Game
    Ask PCA: How Can Refs Work With Others to Stop the Madness?
    Second-Goal Parenting Scores with Cuties and Joy Fawcett
  • Connector February 17, 2010
  • Winners of Double-Goal Coach Awards presented by Liberty Mutual
  • Connector February 11, 2010
  • Advice for Youth Athletes from Olympic Softball Gold Medalist Dot Richardson
    Ask PCA: How Can I Support Players and Still Speak Honestly About Winning?
    eteamz Joins PCA Movement
  • Connector February 4, 2010
  • The Real Reason Youth Athletes Play Sports
    Register Your Team or League to Earn a $2,500 Grant
    Ask PCA: Do Dirty Tactics Turn People Off to Sports?
  • Connector January 28, 2010
  • The Solution to EVERY Youth Sports Problem by Jim Thompson
    Coaching Tip from Doc Rivers
    Ask PCA: Using Sports Psychology with Youth Athletes
    Sports Parenting Insights from Joe Ehrmann
    Support Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarships
  • Connector January 14, 2010
  • Macho Approach to Concussions Gives Me a Headache by Jim Thompson
    Life Lessons and Sports Parenting Insights from NFL Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett
    Ask PCA: Should Coaches Try to "Demoralize" Opponents?
  • Connector January 7, 2010
  • A New Year's Resolution For Double-Goal Coaches by Jim Thompson
    Continental Airlines Takes PCA to New Heights
    Can You Win 170-35 and Still Honor the Game?
    Ask PCA: Awarding Stickers to Players
  • Connector December 16, 2009
  • Four PCA Partners Win Honoring the Game Awards
    New Responsible Sports Podcast: Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer Summer Sanders
    Ask PCA: My Daughter Misses Her Old Club...Yelling Coaches and All
    PCA's Holiday Reading List
  • Connector December 10, 2009

  • "Seriously Fun: Bill Campbell on the Football Field" by Jim Thompson
    Ask PCA: Too Young to Watch Game Film?
    PCA Supporter Terri Valenti: First Female to Officiate a Pro Football Game
    Silicon Valley Shootout Features Women's Draw, Vivo Girls Sports Partnership
    Coaching and Sports Parenting Girls: Video Insights from PCA National Advisory Board Member Mike McCaffery
  • Connector November 19, 2009
  • Introducing Responsible Sports Season Evaluation!
    Ask PCA: The Right Age for Travel Teams and Player Cuts
    PCA Supporters Lead San Jose Giants to Minor League Baseball's Top Award
  • Connector November 12, 2009
  • "Positivity Reconsidered" by Jim Thompson
    Fall 2009 Issue of Momentum Available
    Three Shots at High School Sports: Excerpt From "The High School Sports Parent"
    Nominations Due Nov. 30 for PCA's Double-Goal Coach Awards Presented by Liberty Mutual
    Ask PCA: Player's Temper Tantrums
    Pony Tail Pulls: PCA National Advisory Board Member Julie Foudy Responds
    One Warm Shirt: An Initiative by San Francisco 49ers COO Andy Dolich
  • Connector October 29, 2009
  • Coaching Tip: The Value in Seeing Players' Bad Days
    Ask PCA: Handling Parents' Complaints About Playing Time
    Positive Coach's Bookshelf: "True Competition"
  • Connector October 22, 2009
  • New Doug Wilson Podcast: Latest Addition to the Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports Program
    Ask PCA: Players Missing Practices
    Sports Parenting Tip from Jim Thompson's "The High School Sports Parent": Model Honoring the Game
  • Connector October 15, 2009
  • Four National Youth Sports Organizations Adopt Double-Goal Coaching
    Ask PCA: Urging Coaches to Teach Teammates to Respect Each Other
    Coaching Tip: Golden Spike Award
  • Connector October 8, 2009
  • Nominate Coaches for PCA's Double-Goal Coach Award Presented by Liberty Mutual
    Ask PCA: Conflict With Another Family Affects My Husband and Son
    Sports Parenting Tip from Jim Thompson's "The High School Sports Parent": Talent Trap
  • Connector October 1, 2009
  • Testimonial From a Coach
    Ask PCA: Parents Paying Players For Scoring Goals
    Coaching Tips from PCA National Advisory Board Member Joe Ehrmann
  • Connector September 24, 2009
  • Congratulations Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarship Winners
    Ask PCA: Establishing Cell Phone Policies
    Coaching, Sports Parenting Tips from Golden State Warriors Assistant Coach Keith Smart
  • Connector September 17, 2009
  • Three PCA Partners Receive Honoring the Game Awards
    Ask PCA: Changing My Co-Coaches' Approach
    Sports Parenting Tip: Help Your Youth Athletes Talk To Their Coaches
  • Connector September 3, 2009
  • Ask PCA: E-Mailing Parents After Practice
    Responsible Sports Season Evaluation Tool
  • Connector August 27, 2009
  • Ask PCA: Club vs. High School Dilemma (Excerpt from Jim Thompson's "The High School Sports Parent")
  • Connector August 19, 2009
  • Jim Thompson on Michael Vick
    Ask PCA: Coaching Players of Mixed Skill Levels
    "The Long Snapper" by Jeffrey Marx
    Coaching Tip: Putting the "F-Word" Back in Sports
  • Connector August 11, 2009
  • Joe Ehrmann Joins PCA
    Ask PCA: Correcting an "I" Attitude
    Coaching Tip: Practice With Your Players
  • Connector August 6, 2009
  • Ask PCA: Self-Image in Young Girls
    Coaching Tip: Debriefing Your Last Game
    Video: What Youth Can Learn From Sports
    My Youth Sports Story: The Most Important Lesson
  • Connector July 29, 2009
  • Ask PCA: Adjusting to a New Coach
    Lance Armstrong on Teammates
    New Video: "Insights from Sports Experts"
    Coaching Tip: Reward Desired Effort
  • Connector July 21, 2009
  • The Gift of Sportsmanship
    Ask PCA: Coach Won't Stop Swearing
  • Connector July 16, 2009
  • "So Hard to Be a Good Teammate" by Jim Thompson
    Ask PCA: Pressure to Place My Children on a Travel Team
  • Connector July 7, 2009
  • "The Biggest Mystery in Youth Sports" by Jim Thompson
    Ask PCA: Parents Who Request Their Children's Friends on the Same Team
    My Youth Sports Story: A Story of Courage
  • Phil Jackson, June 15, 2009
  • "Phil Jackson: Role Model Coach" by Jim Thompson, on the occasion of PCA National Spokesperson Phil Jackson winning his 10th NBA Championship
  • Connector June 9, 2009
  • Ask PCA: Are Players Over-Coached?
    Courtney Lee's Gift to Sports Parents
    Honor the Game Patches Available
  • LeBron James, June 1, 2009
  • "LeBron James is Confused" by Jim Thompson (commentary on LeBron James handhake controversy)
  • Connector May 26, 2009
  • Ask PCA: What Can I Do About Coach Benching My Child?
    Youth Sports Spotlight: Your Thoughts About a Coaching Quandary
    PCA Bookshelf: "Get Your Game Face On" by Kathy Toon
  • Connector May 19, 2009
  • Coaching Tip: How PCA National Advisory Board Member Ken Ravizza Helps Major League Baseball Star Evan Longoria
    Ask PCA: Coach's Wife Sees "Problems When Dads Coach"
  • Connector May 12, 2009
  • Phil Jackson and Shane Battier: Honoring the Game And PCA
    Ask PCA: Player Cuts
    Latest Momentum Newsletter Now Online
    Pop Warner Double-Goal Coach of the Year Winners
  • Connector April 30, 2009
  • Boston Celtics Owner Steve Pagliuca Shares Life Lessons Learned Through Sports
    Ask PCA: How Much Time Should My Child Devote to Sports?
    PCA Bookshelf: Until It Hurts by Mark Hyman
  • Connector April 15, 2009
  • Ask PCA: How Can Parents Hold Coaches Accountable?
    Coaching Tip: Awarding Game Balls
  • Connector March 31, 2009
  • National Conversation on Good Coaching Case Study #12: When a Star Burns Too Bright
    New Feature on PCA's Website: Youth Sports Spotlight
  • Connector March 10, 2009
  • PCA Names Winners of National Youth Sports Awards Sponsored by Deloitte
    Coaching Tip: Facing Tough Times During a Game? "Keep Coaching"
  • Connector March 3, 2009
  • Ask PCA: How Can Coaches Help Parents See Past The Starting Line-Up?
    Podcasts Available for Download From PCA's Website
    PCA and Institute for International Sport Name Sports Ethics Fellows
  • Connector February 24, 2009
  • National Conversation on Good Coaching Case Study #11: "Working" The Refs
    Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports Blog by Jim Thompson: The Envelope, Please
    Excerpt from Jim Thompson's "Positive Sports Parenting": What Parents Say and How Parents Act
  • Connector February 10, 2009
  • Ask PCA: How Can I Help My Son Motivate His Teammates?
    Excerpt from Jim Thompson's "Positive Sports Parenting": It's All About Effort
    Soccer Hall of Fame Taps National Advisory Board Member Joy Fawcett
  • Connector January 27, 2009
  • Jim Thompson: No Winners in Dallas' 100-0 Basketball Game
    Good Coaching Case Study #10: When Nice Is Not Enough
    National Youth Sports Leaders Praise "Positive Sports Parenting"
  • Connector January 20, 2009
  • National Conversation on Good Coaching Case Study #9: "Televised Teachable Moments"
    New Jim Thompson Book: "Positive Sports Parenting"
    Coaching Tip: For Holidays, Teach Players to Give The Gift of Full Emotional Tanks
  • Connector December 11, 2008
  • National Conversation on Good Coaching Case Study #9: "Televised Teachable Moments"
    New Jim Thompson Book: "Positive Sports Parenting"
    Coaching Tip: For Holidays, Teach Players to Give The Gift of Full Emotional Tanks
  • Connector November 20, 2008
  • National Conversation on Good Coaching Case Study #8: "Trophy Time"
    Jim Thompson's Responsible Sports Blog on Pete Newell
    Coaching Tip: Get to Know Opposing Coaches Before the Game
  • Connector October 29, 2008
  • National Conversation on Good Coaching Case Study #7: "The Ringers"
    Interview with Dan Hawkins, University of Colorado Football Coach
    PCA Partners with SportsRox on Video Initiative
    Coaching Tip: Cultivate Communication
  • Connector September 22, 2008
  • National Conversation on Good Coaching Case Study #6: "Collision Course"
    Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports Program Powered by Positive Coaching Alliance Offers Grants to Youth Sports Organizations
    WePlay, PCA Launch Online Social Network
    Congratulations to Winners of Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarships sponsored by Deloitte
  • Connector August 20, 2008
  • National Conversation on Good Coaching Case Study #5: "The Hot- Air Fan"
    PCA Founder Jim Thompson Responds to Case Study #4
    Coaching and Sports Parenting Tip: Introducing "Triple-Impact Competitor"
    Shawn Johnson and Other Olympic Inspirations
  • Connector July 29, 2008
  • National Conversation on Good Coaching Case Study #4: "State of Play"
    PCA Founder Jim Thompson Responds to Case Study #3
    Coaching and Sports Parenting Tip: Tune Into Teachable Moments
  • Connector June 30, 2008
  • Three More National Organizations Join National Conversation on Good Coaching for Case Study #3: "The Limits of Sportsmanship"
    Congratulations to PCA National Advisory Board Members
    Phil Jackson and Doc Rivers
    Coaching Tip: Point Out Little Things Your Players Do Right
    Blog: Sports Illustrated's Top Sports High School Partners with PCA
  • Connector May 27, 2008
  • National Conversation on Good Coaching: Case Study # 2 --
    "The Specialist"
    Reader Comments on Case Study #1 -- "Old Yeller"
    Jim Thompson Responds
    New to the Bookshelf: Tom Farrey's "Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children"
    PCA Flies With Newest Corporate Ally: Continental Airlines
    Blog: Women Who Win
    Coaching Tip: The Route to the Magic Ratio
  • Connector April 2008
  • Join the National Conversation on Good Coaching
    New Issue of Momentum Newsletter Available Online
    PCA on CNBC's "Closing Bell"
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