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YFBCA's Newsletter - 1st & 10
Making Good Coaches, Great Teachers!
January 2010
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Attended Glazier Clinic Free For Youth Coaches!
This program grants Youth Coaches FREE admission to the Frank Glazier Clinics. To clarify,
qualifying Youth Football Coaches do not hold a football coaching
position with any type of school or professional sports organization.
High school and junior high school coaches are not eligible for this
scholarship program.
If you meet these criteria and would like a scholarship to a Frank Glazier Clinics, click for dates and voucher to attend. |
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Visit http://yfbca.org/coaches_clinic_finder for more coaching clinics in 2010.
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 GET YOUR HEAD AROUND ALL THE CONCUSSION INFORMATION!
yfbca.org/concussion
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With the recent attention the NFL is getting from
Congress to address the issue of concussion care at the professional
level, we must trickle that attention down to the youth football ranks.
Recognition of concussions, how do we treat them and
what are the long term effects for youth sports participant is changing
daily. YFBCA has teamed with YouthSportsParents.com, the most comprehensive library of concusion information to provide updated content to YFBCA's Concussion Central page. YFBCA has added 10 new questions to the YFBCA Coaches Certification pertaining to concussion information. Get your FREE Head's Up Concussion Kit for your team previded by the CDC
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12 Pre-game Mental Strategies to Help Athletes Trust in Their Skills Presented by Kid's Sports Psychology- by Dr. Patrick Cohn & Lisa Cohn
 Improve your young athletes' pre-game mindset. Do your athletes perform better in practice than competition? This Sports Psychology e-booklet helps athletes perform as well in competition as they do in practice. With this e-booklet, you'll learn how to help young athletes trust in what they've learned in practice.
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Choosing between death and footballBy Tim Keown ESPN Published- November 17,2009
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This story aired on ESPN's Outside the Lines about a youth football coach in Oakland, CA. Todd Walker, the assistant coach of the Berkly Junior Bears Pop Warner team uses a very unique tactic to keep his players focused on the bigger picture of life off the football field.
You want to know what sports can do? Spend a minutes listening to Coach Walker.
Click Here to Read the Complete Story.
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