Download or read book Your First Coaching Book written by The National Alliance for Youth Sports and published by Square One Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a youth sports volunteer, you should get used to wearing many hats, for you’ll be not just a coach, but also a teacher, friend, and confidant. Coaching can be rewarding, but if you venture into the season unprepared, the role can be a frustrating one. Enter Your First Coaching Book. Created by The National Alliance For Youth Sports, it provides valuable tips on how to encourage fun and good sportsmanship, maximize basic skill development, deal with inappropriate behavior from players and parents, and prevent injuries by maintaining high safety standards. Whether you’re a first-year coach or a seasoned veteran, the children on your team will remember you and their sports experience for the rest of their lives. Your First Coaching Book will help ensure that these memories are happy ones.
Download or read book The Youth Sports Volunteer Coach Experience written by Alysia J. Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inclusion of sport participation during childhood reaches beyond the boundaries of childhood backyards and open streets. For many, youth sports have been considered a right of passage to adolescence with organized youth sports programs being encased in communities for a handful of decades. Within that time, a plethora of research has examined various psychological and social outcomes to participation, including perceived enjoyment of sport participation, self-confidence, and social relationships. In addition, the role and contribution of the coach to such outcomes have been well studied suggesting children of trained coaches are more likely to have higher levels of perceived enjoyment of sport participation, self-confidence, and social skills. Despite the breadth of research in the field, much of the knowledge of physical activity has stemmed from the assumption that higher levels of such psychosocial attributes produce higher levels of participation and daily physical activity via sport play. Unfortunately, few studies have gone so far as to measure physical activity levels of children participating in youth sports. The purpose of this study was to explore physical activity levels and contextual factors of physical activity among children participating in organized youth sport practices, and influence of coaching experience and coaching efficacy on levels of physical activity. Physical activity levels were obtained via Actigraph accelerometer and the OSRAC:YS direct observation system, with the latter also used to collect information on the contextual factors of physical activity during youth sport practices. Adult volunteer coaches completed coaching experience and coaching efficacy questionnaires. Results of the study suggest approximately one-third of practice time is spent in recommended levels of physical activity and 40% in sedentary activity. Practice context and coach behavior were shown to be significantly associated with MVPA. Across all teams, coaches spent a significant proportion of practice time providing general instruction and management of players/activities, which were less likely to be associated with MVPA. Coaching efficacy was not significantly associated with children's MVPA. Lastly, end of the season coaching efficacy scores were significantly related to scores measured earlier in the season.
Download or read book Changing the Game written by John O'Sullivan and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern day youth sports environment has taken the enjoyment out of athletics for our children. Currently, 70% of kids drop out of organized sports by the age of 13, which has given rise to a generation of overweight, unhealthy young adults. There is a solution. John O’Sullivan shares the secrets of the coaches and parents who have not only raised elite athletes, but have done so by creating an environment that promotes positive core values and teaches life lessons instead of focusing on wins and losses, scholarships, and professional aspirations. Changing the Game gives adults a new paradigm and a game plan for raising happy, high performing children, and provides a national call to action to return youth sports to our kids.
Download or read book Essential Tips for Coaching Youth Sports written by Dan Cowan and published by Austin Brothers Publishers. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coaching youth sports can be one of the most rewarding experiences of your life. However, it can also be one of the most difficult and discouraging. The difference will be determined by you-the coach. This book provides Essential Coaching Tips that will benefit everyone who wants to be a successful coach. As you know already, it is not about winning and losing. The most important element is to make it a positive experience for the youth and their parents. Teaching the appropriate situational behaviors, techniques, and bio-mechanical movements will create an environment where the winning will take care of itself. Many coaching resources focus on skills and drills, and omit the internal issues faced by participants during the season. However, these tips will help you set behavioral expectations that will encourage and motivate your players; the issues volunteer coaches confront on a daily basis. These skills will help you establish a safe and beneficial atmosphere that will benefit everyone on your team-players as well as parents. If you desire even greater training, National Athletic Coaching Certification Center (NACCC) is a ready resource for you. Visit the website (www.naccc.info) for more information. Essential Tips for Coaching Youth Sports include... Preparations before a practice and competition Establishing good relations with parents Dealing with troublesome athletes Safety issues Communication Utilizing social media Establishing a discipline policy and many other crucial issues. Dan Cowan founded National Athletic Coaching Certification Center after years of working with athletes at all levels of competition. A graduate from Baylor University with a Masters of Education with a focus on Sports Pedagogy, he did his undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin. In his spare time, Mr. Cowan coaches baseball and wrestling. Dan is the Central Region Director for Texas USA Wrestling, and is helping to grow the sport in a nontraditional region."
Download or read book The Youth Sports Coaching Guide written by Doug MacGregor and published by Page Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Youth Sports Coaching Guide contains the advice every coach wishes they had been given when they first started. Written by a father of four with coaching experience spanning three decades, the book reads like a down-to-earth conversation with someone who has been in the youth sports coaching trenches. The book covers every aspect of navigating the twenty-first century youth sports coaching arena. The book travels from the logistics of team selection and practice itineraries to the interpersonal complexities of working with players, parents, other coaches and officials. The book challenges coaches to look at their own motivations and relationships and to have awareness of their actions and words. The Youth Sports Coaching Guide is divided into six sections: • Coaching Essentials: Eight guiding principles every coach needs to know to lead a team with integrity, hard work and fun. • Building the Team: Strategies and tips for choosing assistants, drafting players, running tryouts, the hard decisions of selecting players and the tough discussions that follow. • Practices: Designing and running practices with an emphasis on how to teach and speak to children. • Parents: Communication advice from the mundane to the ultra-sensitive. Includes a special section for coaches for when youth sports goes off the rails of the Crazy Train. • Games: Real-life examples on how to prepare for games and to coach in the heat of the moment, win or lose. • Wrapping up the Season: Describes different ways to cap off the season on a positive and fun note. Whether you are a new coach or someone who has been at it for years, The Youth Sports Coaching Guide is sure to inspire and drive you to have a more positive experience coaching the kids.
Download or read book Model Coach written by Daniel L. Sedor and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winning isn't everything. It's becoming more and more evident: Parents and coaches are losing sight of the purpose and value of youth sports programs. Youth sports should be as much about developing social skills, understanding what it takes to become a leader, and learning how to become a young upstanding member of society as it is about kicking, hitting, spiking, or shooting a ball. MODEL Coach is focused on reinstituting the value youth sports has on our children by refining and developing the coach's role. As the first installment in the MODEL Book Series,MODEL Coach helps coaches become well-rounded; and more effective at developing players, creating better leaders, and impacting their community in a positive manner. Success is a result of doing the right things. MODEL Coach is about doing the right things.
Download or read book Coaching Youth Sports written by Juan Carlos Buitron and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This instructional book shares youth coaching experience, insights, and advice from a parent-turned-volunteer, who led successful and winning teams by using his own style of instruction, communication, and leadership with not only his players, but also his players' parents.
Download or read book Parent Identity and Youth Sport Volunteerism written by Randall Joseph Griffiths and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Youth sport relies on parents to volunteer for positions at all levels of the organization. Among these volunteer positions, the volunteer-coach is often responsible for the creation and delivery of most services in youth sport. The current scope of youth sport would be unattainable without parents' continuous support; therefore, recruitment and retention of these parent-volunteer-coaches is a critical task for youth sport organizations. Parents, however, do not respond to volunteer service as would be predicted from current volunteer literature (Kim, Chelladurai, & Trail, 2007). Perhaps is the behavior of volunteers in the youth sport setting is due to their identities as parents. The presence of their children in a youth sport setting has always been assumed to be a primary motivator for parents to volunteer as youth sport coaches. This research used narrative analysis (Polkinghorne, 1995), identity theory (Stryker, 1968, 2000) and inductive coding to interpret the experiences of parent-volunteer-coaches in the youth sport setting. The inductive coding analysis yielded two groups of roles available within the youth sport setting: aspirational roles and avoided roles. The narrative analysis yielded seventeen parent stories by identifying the central plot that connected important events to role choices. Five groups of stories--History, Prior Arrangements, Crucible, Right Role, and System--resulted from an examination of the similarities among the plots. Ultimately, the role choices made in response to tension in each plot led to choosing the volunteer-coach role. These results suggest that the experience of youth sport volunteer coaching is not primarily based on a relationship with the organization. These volunteer stories rarely included the organization as the most important influence on their experience; instead, parent volunteer experiences were driven by identities that led to role choices within the parent-child relationship. Role choices were not static throughout the volunteer experience; several parents continued to shift the roles played in response to changes in perceptions of the context. Youth sport organizations that recognize the impact of the parent-child relationship can design volunteer recruitment and retention programs leading to greater satisfaction for parents while at the same time fulfilling the organizational need for dedicated volunteers.
Download or read book Coaching Youth Baseball the Ripken Way written by Cal Ripken, Jr. and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2006-12-15 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coaching young players, developing their skills, and cultivating a love for the sport may be the most rewarding experience baseball can offer. Cal and Bill Ripken understand this like few others. From their father, Cal Sr., a legend in the Baltimore Orioles organization for 37 years, they learned to play the game the right way. Those lessons, paired with their combined 33 years of big league experience, helped develop the Ripken Way, a method of teaching the game through simple instruction, solid explanations, encouragement, and a positive atmosphere. In Coaching Youth Baseball the Ripken Way, Cal and Bill share this approach to coaching and development. Whether you're teaching your children at home, managing the local travel team, or working with high school-level players, Coaching Youth Baseball the Ripken Way will help you make a difference both on and off the field, with these features: More than 50 drills covering defense, hitting, pitching, and baserunning Age-specific practice plans for players ranging from 4 to 15+ Strategies for setting goals and reasonable expectations for your players and team Advice on communicating with parents, players, and staff Methods for creating a positive and fun environment in which kids can learn the skills and strategies of the game Bill Ripken was once voted by his peers as one of the big league players most likely to become a manager. Cal Ripken, Jr., known as baseball's Iron Man, is a member of the game's All-Century Team and a future Hall of Famer. Together, they are proof positive that the Ripken Way is the right way to teach the game of baseball.
Download or read book Doing It for the Kids written by Nathan Patrick and published by Alpha Book Publisher. This book was released on 2021-10-13 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collaboration of experiences and situations you may encounter as a youth sports volunteer coach. Coaching youth sports can be rewarding and challenging. By placing all my trials and tribulations in one book I hope to help mentor and inspire other youth coaches in their journey as a volunteer.
Download or read book Mental and Emotional Training for Tennis written by Peter C. Scales (Tennis coach) and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Study of the Volunteer Coach in Youth Sports Programs written by Craig William Menozzi and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coaching Youth Sports written by Charlie Sullivan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From research that has taken place on youth sports, to the structure you should use when starting your team, and the importance of winning, this book gives you valuable information for you as a coach. A coach will learn the science of how a player learns and techniques to be used to increase motivation. The best coaches are the best teachers and this book gives coaches the most important tricks that great teachers use.
Download or read book To Be a Better Coach written by Pete Van Mullem and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In To Be a Better Coach: A Guide for the Youth Sport Coach and Coach Developer, Pete Van Mullem and Lori Gano-Overway combine hands-on experience and comprehensive research to offer coaches and coach developers concrete, practical suggestions to improve coaching performance in youth sports. To Be a Better Coach shares common and best practices in coaching, such as providing a safe sport environment, engaging in ethical practices, creating a positive and inclusive environment, building relationships with all stakeholders, and developing leadership and motivational skills. Each chapter explains the skills and guidelines needed to develop as a youth coach in that specific area, followed by examples of real-world scenarios from practicing coaches. In addition, each chapter includes useful resources and practical strategies for the development of coaches. With the continued rise in youth sports, the need for trained and qualified coaches is growing. Using an applied approach, To Be a Better Coach is a needed guide for youth sport coaches and coach developers working in community youth sport programs, interscholastic sport, and private youth sport organizations.
Download or read book Coaching Flag Football written by Jason Richardson and published by J.D. Richardson. This book was released on with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After over two decades of coaching youth sports, Jason is sharing some of the secrets of success. This book will take you from pre-season to post-season, helping you survive and enjoy your volunteer time. Focusing on the reason we are volunteering, our kids, you'll walk into practices and games with more confidence that you are bringing value to their time. Although this is geared toward parents who are fairly new to coaching (or new to coaching flag football) it is also relevant to coaches that were assistants but never head coaches and any coach that may have struggled coaching flag football in the past. There are drills to run during practices and a methodology for easily communicating plays to the kids. That methodology applies to the 5 on 5 that most leagues run, but can expand to other leagues as necessary. It's also flexible enough to take advantage of the flag football plays you can find with a simple Internet search. Jason also focuses on teaching defensive skills like flag pulling techniques and "staying home". We know that you want confidence in your coaching while making sure your child and their teammates are both having fun and improving. The focus of this book is to make sure both you and those players are covered. Expect answers to the following questions: What do I need to focus on in practice? What drills can I run to keep players engaged, active, and improving? How do I teach the players the plays and have them run them during the games? How do I take the millions of plays that are on the Internet and adapt them ? How do I teach my players how to defend? Effectively? What should I be doing before the games, after the games? What should I be saying to the parents? What happens after the last game?
Download or read book Creating a Season to Remember written by Jack Perconte and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains techniques that intend to bring enjoyment back to athletic games for all--athletes, parents, and coaches. Using his coaching experience, personal stories, and analysis of the teaching methods of all the greats in coaching, the author suggests the answers.
Download or read book The Coach s Guide to Real Winning written by John L. Shannon and published by Addicus Books. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty million children scramble across the playing fields of America each year. They are coached by 4 million youth coaches. Coaches are in a unique position to teach kids lessons that will serve them throughout life. This book encourages coaches to see themselves as teachers and realize the impact they have on children. Also addressed is the increasing number of coaches exhibiting unhealthy levels of intensity in youth sports.
