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Double-Goal Coach®
 Coaching Philosophy - Design and Evaluate
A well-defined written philosophy equips you to handle a season's challenges, on and off the fields of play. This month PCA offers a simple approach to designing and evaluating your coaching philosophy.
Design Criteria
- Identify 3-5 guiding principles.
- Use simple, personalized language.
- Incorporate a phrase or slogan.
- Keep it to 150 words or less.
- Commit to it as the basis of all decision-making.
Designing the right philosophy is important, but nothing happens until you implement it. Work with it for a season, then evaluate and modify for the next season.
Evaluation Criteria
- Is it easy for everyone to understand?
- Is it practical and easy to implement?
- Can someone "see or hear" how it would shape your coaching?
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Second-Goal Parent™
 The Ineffective Coach
Your son's or daughter's coach is ineffective. He is occasionally late for practice, often appears disorganized, and doesn't command the respect of the athletes. You think the athletes deserve a more effective coach. As a Second-Goal Parent, what should you do?
The chances of you improving this situation by offering suggestions to the coach are very small, while the chances of making things worse are high...Here's what you CAN do:
- Write your suggestions on a piece of paper. Put it in an envelope. On the outside of the envelope, write "If I were the coach." Put it in a safe place. Whatever you do, don't give the suggestions to the coach.
- If the school or league has an evaluation mechanism to get input from parents, take advantage of it to share your feedback.
Let your athlete have his own experience with the coach. Having a subpar coach isn't a tragedy. Your teen will have talented and untalented supervisors in his life, and learning to deal with both kinds is a great life lesson. |
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Triple-Impact Competitor™
 Prepare for Practice -- PLAN
Top athletes practice the way they want to perform. It's very important for student-athletes to make a successful physical, mental and emotional transition from "student" to "athlete" prior to practice. Here are three tips for developing a pre-practice PREP routine that will help prepare you for "peak practice:"
- Physical Transition - What do you need to do to be physically ready for practice? (Light snack, water or sports drink, treatment from the trainer.)
- Emotional Transition - What do you need to do to be emotionally prepared? How can you create the feelings you need for "peak practice?" (Music on the way to practice, quiet time to visualize having a peak practice, talking and laughing with someone.)
- Mental Transition - What do you need to do to be mentally prepared? (Review your training notes, select 1-2 goals for practice and write them down.)
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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.
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