Connector -- September 3, 2009 |
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Ask PCA: E-Mailing Parents After Practice
Introducing The Responsible Sports Season Evaluation Tool Powered by Positive Coaching Alliance
Coaching Tip: What Coaches Can't Do
PCA Partner West University Little League Wins Little League's Senior League Baseball World Series |
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Ask PCA: E-Mailing Parents After Practice |
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Now, this week's question: "I coach a U-10 soccer team at my local club. To keep players and parents informed I send a detailed e-mail to the parents after each practice, highlighting what we covered that day. Another coach at the club told me that was too much, because I am not running a travel program, but I don't think it's fair to treat the in-house kids any different from the kids in the travel program. What are your thoughts?"
-- Mike Gayle, Fairless Hills, PA
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| Introducing the Responsible Sports Season Evaluation Tool Powered by Positive Coaching Alliance |
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 Youth sports parents, coaches, administrators -- and ultimately athletes -- all will benefit from the latest collaboration between Positive Coaching Alliance and our partner, Liberty Mutual: the Responsible Sports Season Evaluation Tool. This easy-to-use, free online survey tool helps schools, youth sports organizations and teams obtain valuable feedback that will help them provide youth athletes a positive, character-building youth sports experience.
The Responsible Sports Season Evaluation Tool:
- Provides survey questions designed by PCA to elicit meaningful feedback
- Delivers an easy-to-complete online survey right to parents' inboxes and allows for anonymous, confidential feedback
- Tabulates all of the results into easy-to-read tables and charts
- Includes tools and resources to help translate results into action plans.
Sign up today at ResponsibleSports.com for an e-mail alert that will let you know when the Season Evaluation Tool launches. Meanwhile, continue turning to PCA and ResponsibleSports.com for advice that will help you help youth athletes get the most from sports.
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| Coaching Tip: What Coaches Can't Do |
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| I have seen coaches and parents determined to make their kids into superstars. Tragically, they often have the reverse effect. You can't make kids into superstars.
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| PCA Partner West University Little League Wins Little League's Senior League Baseball World Series |
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| Here is more proof that Double-Goal Coaching� really does help teams achieve their first goal, winning, even while pursuing the second, more-important goal of life lessons through sports: Houston's West University Little League's championship in the Little League Senior League Baseball World Series.
West U, one of the first organizations to partner with PCA after launch of our Houston office, took a 9-7 victory over Niles-Centerville of Fremont, Calif. in the championship game.
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To celebrate the publication of PCA Founder Jim Thompson's latest book, The High School Sports Parent, last week's "Ask PCA" question -- "The Club vs. High School Dilemma" -- was drawn from one of the 10 Case Studies in the book. 