Sports Done Right

Sports Done Right web site

The Maine Center for Sport and coaching offers an excellent 55-page document as well as coach education and an excellent web site.

Being bigger and better comes with a hefty price tag

TH – Feature Stories Article

A Web site called Complete Athlete Development warns parents that “every single second you don’t spend working to optimally improve the strength, speed, power and athletic ability of your young athletes is a second that you let your competitors gain an edge.”

Now don’t get me wrong – I want to see our athletes develop. I do wonder, however, what it takes to become an elite athlete beyond just physical development. Are we developing academic prowess, character, social skills, and love of sport along with the intense physical development. In tandem with this, there is a lot of work being done to research what amount and type of physical development is appropriate at various ages.

PCA’s “Bottom 10 moments in sports 2007″

Positive Coaching :: PCA Blog

The “Mitchell Report” on steroid use in baseball “tops” PCA’s list of the “Bottom 10 Moments in Sports, 2007.” PCA releases this list of the worst behavior in sports from pee-wees to the pros to stimulate discussion among parents, coaches, players and educators. We also list the “Top 10 Moments in Sports, 2007″ and provide Discussing Sports Incidents with Children, to help youth and high school athletes process all the life lessons contained in the Bottom 10 and Top 10 Moments.

Joe Torre on Motivation

Positive Coaching :: Joe Torre on Motivation

At his press conference to explain why he rejected a one-year, $5 million contract to continue as manager of the Yankees, Joe Torre provided a graduate-level seminar on motivation for coaches at every level.