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Welcome to the archives of Connector, the e-newsletter of Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), a national non-profit committed to developing character through youth and high school sports. Click any of the links below to read back issues containing:
- Coaching and sports parenting tips and news
- Links to the "Ask PCA" blog, where coaches and parents ask and answer each others' youth sports questions and get expert advice from PCA
- Insights into the PCA Movement to "transform youth sports so sports can transform youth."
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- Connector September 8, 2010
- Coaching Tip: Help Youth Athletes Achieve Effort Goals
Ask PCA: When Coaches Poach
What Is Your Back-to-School Resolution?
- Connector September 1, 2010
- Win a $2,500 Grant for Your School or Organization!
Ask PCA: Should Our Organization Require Mentor Coach Counseling?
PCA Partners on National TV
- Connector August 24, 2010
- Coaching Tip: Opening Ritual at Practice
Ask PCA: Improving Our Organization's Officiating
In Memoriam: Scotty Zornes, Double-Goal Coach
- Connector August 17, 2010
- Insights from Softball Star Jennie Finch on Playing Multiple Sports
Ask PCA: Coaches Saving Spots For Athletes Who Miss Tryouts
Coaching Tip: Improve Performance with Stretch Goals
- Connector August 3, 2010
- Sportskool Launches New Cable TV Videos Featuring PCA
Ask PCA: My Son Swore at the Coach
Sports Parenting Tip: Ask Your Child to Imitate Your Sideline Behavior
Twenty $2,500 Grants Are Up for Grabs!
- Connector July 27, 2010
- Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarship Finalists
Ask PCA: Term Limits for Coaches?
Coaching Tip: "Quiet Drill" Re-Energizes Practice
- Connector July 22, 2010
- New Database of Double-Goal Coaches
Coaching Tip: Teaching Players to Respect Officials
Ask PCA: Player Behavior in Practices
Familiar Faces?
- Connector July 15, 2010
- Leadership Tips from Julie Foudy
Ask PCA: Crowd Control
Inspiration: A Beautiful Game
- Connector June 24, 2010
- PCA Expands Chicago Operations
Coaching Tip: Targeted Symbolic Rewards
World Cup Lessons for Coaches, Parents and Players
Ask PCA: Coaches Using Stalling Tactics
PCA, Pop Warner Honor Coaches
PCA's Pruszynski Leads Team to State Title
- Connector June 17, 2010
- 45,000 Double-Goal Coaches for Texas Schools
Sports Parenting Tips from Former Women's World Cup Star Joy Fawcett
Ask PCA: Managing Schedule Conflicts
"Long-Life Lessons From John Wooden" by Jim Thompson
- Connector June 10, 2010
- World Cup Special: Rick Davis on Pele
Sports Parenting Tip: Televised Teachable Moments
Ask PCA: Does the "24-Hour Rule" Work?
Farewell to a Legend: John Wooden
- Connector June 3, 2010
- The Second All-PCA NBA Finals: Phil Jackson and Doc Rivers Speak Out
Honoring the Game Award Winner: Menlo-Atherton Little League
A Perfect Ending to an Almost-Perfect Game
Ask PCA: My Son Wants to Compete at a Higher Level
- Connector May 26, 2010
- Joe Ehrmann Essay on UVA Lacrosse
Ask PCA: Is the "Rest Rule" Right for My 13-Year-Old?
Coaching Tip: Use a Buddy System to Fill Emotional Tanks (Video)
- Connector May 20, 2010
- Ask PCA: Is T-Ball Parents' Discipline Out of Line?
Invitation to Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy
Coaching Tip: Nervous is Normal
- Connector May 13_2010
- Last Call for Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarship Applications
Shane Battier Student-Athlete Tip
Ask PCA: Guidelines for High School Practice Times
- Connector May 6, 2010
- PCA Adds Second-Level Online Course for Coaches
Honoring the Game Award Winner: Huntley (IL) Park District
Coaching Tip from Tony Granato: An Environment that Supports Team Morale
Ask PCA: Blowing the Whistle on Players' "Tweets"
- Connector April 30, 2010
- PCA Triple-Impact Competitor Online Course
National Youth Sports Awards Dinner Sponsored by Deloitte
PCA Stars in Sportskool Video Series
Ask PCA: Coach Plays My Daughter Out of Position
Coaching Tip: NHL Coach Tony Granato on Honoring Opponents
MMA Star Urijah Faber Supports PCA In and Out of the Cage
- Connector April 22, 2010
- May 31 Deadline to Apply for Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarships
PCA Launches New Second-Goal Parent Online Course
Honoring the Game Award Winner: Roswell Youth Lacrosse Association
Paul Peterson: Profile of a Double-Goal Coach
Coaching Tip: How to Coach Honoring the Game
Ask PCA: Encouraging "Selfishness"
- Connector April 8, 2010
- Honoring the Game Award Winners
Monica Smith: Profile of a Double-Goal Coach
Ask PCA: Videotaping Opponents
- Connector April 1, 2010
- Jack Tierney: Profile of a Double-Goal Coach
Ask PCA: Benching My Own Son
Coaching Tip: Making Parents an Asset
Register for Character Combine by April 5
Bruce Horowitz, Beverly Hills Basketball League, Support LA-Area Workshops
- Connector March 25, 2010
- Coaching Tips from Phil Jackson
Roger Barta: Profile of a Double-Goal Coach
Ask PCA: Advice on U-8 Co-Ed Sports Coaching Tip from The Power of Double-Goal Coaching
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- National Recreation and Park Association Joins PCA Movement
Phil Jackson on The Power of Double-Goal Coaching
Coaching Tip: Use Positive Charting to Catch Players Doing Things Right
Ask PCA: Addressing Players Who Resent a Highly Praised Teammate
- Connector March 11, 2010
- Your Legacy as Coach
Ask PCA: Why Do Some PCA-Trained Coaches Still Behave Badly?
Alexi Lalas: Coaching and Sports Parenting Insights
Corrections from Previous Connector
- Connector March 5, 2010
- Celebrating the 2010 Sports Ethics Fellows
Ask PCA: Maintaining Support for a Double-Goal Coach During a Losing Streak
Earn a $2,500 Grant for Your School or Youth Sports Organization
- Connector February 25, 2010
- "The Coach as Bully: Lessons from the Yellowstone Wolves" by Jim Thompson
Ronnie Lott on Coaching to Honor the Game
Ask PCA: How Can Refs Work With Others to Stop the Madness?
Second-Goal Parenting Scores with Cuties and Joy Fawcett
- Connector February 17, 2010
- Winners of Double-Goal Coach Awards presented by Liberty Mutual
- Connector February 11, 2010
- Advice for Youth Athletes from Olympic Softball Gold Medalist Dot Richardson
Ask PCA: How Can I Support Players and Still Speak Honestly About Winning?
eteamz Joins PCA Movement
- Connector February 4, 2010
- The Real Reason Youth Athletes Play Sports
Register Your Team or League to Earn a $2,500 Grant
Ask PCA: Do Dirty Tactics Turn People Off to Sports?
- Connector January 28, 2010
- The Solution to EVERY Youth Sports Problem by Jim Thompson
Coaching Tip from Doc Rivers
Ask PCA: Using Sports Psychology with Youth Athletes
Sports Parenting Insights from Joe Ehrmann
Support Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarships
- Connector January 14, 2010
- Macho Approach to Concussions Gives Me a Headache by Jim Thompson
Life Lessons and Sports Parenting Insights from NFL Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett
Ask PCA: Should Coaches Try to "Demoralize" Opponents?
- Connector January 7, 2010
- A New Year's Resolution For Double-Goal Coaches by Jim Thompson
Continental Airlines Takes PCA to New Heights
Can You Win 170-35 and Still Honor the Game?
Ask PCA: Awarding Stickers to Players
- Connector December 16, 2009
- Four PCA Partners Win Honoring the Game Awards
New Responsible Sports Podcast: Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer Summer Sanders
Ask PCA: My Daughter Misses Her Old Club...Yelling Coaches and All
PCA's Holiday Reading List
- Connector December 10, 2009
"Seriously Fun: Bill Campbell on the Football Field" by Jim Thompson
Ask PCA: Too Young to Watch Game Film?
PCA Supporter Terri Valenti: First Female to Officiate a Pro Football Game
Silicon Valley Shootout Features Women's Draw, Vivo Girls Sports Partnership
Coaching and Sports Parenting Girls: Video Insights from PCA National Advisory Board Member Mike McCaffery - Connector November 19, 2009
- Introducing Responsible Sports Season Evaluation!
Ask PCA: The Right Age for Travel Teams and Player Cuts
PCA Supporters Lead San Jose Giants to Minor League Baseball's Top Award
- Connector November 12, 2009
- "Positivity Reconsidered" by Jim Thompson
Fall 2009 Issue of Momentum Available
Three Shots at High School Sports: Excerpt From "The High School Sports Parent"
Nominations Due Nov. 30 for PCA's Double-Goal Coach Awards Presented by Liberty Mutual
Ask PCA: Player's Temper Tantrums
Pony Tail Pulls: PCA National Advisory Board Member Julie Foudy Responds
One Warm Shirt: An Initiative by San Francisco 49ers COO Andy Dolich
- Connector October 29, 2009
- Coaching Tip: The Value in Seeing Players' Bad Days
Ask PCA: Handling Parents' Complaints About Playing Time
Positive Coach's Bookshelf: "True Competition"
- Connector October 22, 2009
- New Doug Wilson Podcast: Latest Addition to the Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports Program
Ask PCA: Players Missing Practices
Sports Parenting Tip from Jim Thompson's "The High School Sports Parent": Model Honoring the Game
- Connector October 15, 2009
- Four National Youth Sports Organizations Adopt Double-Goal Coaching
Ask PCA: Urging Coaches to Teach Teammates to Respect Each Other
Coaching Tip: Golden Spike Award
- Connector October 8, 2009
- Nominate Coaches for PCA's Double-Goal Coach Award Presented by Liberty Mutual
Ask PCA: Conflict With Another Family Affects My Husband and Son
Sports Parenting Tip from Jim Thompson's "The High School Sports Parent": Talent Trap
- Connector October 1, 2009
- Testimonial From a Coach
Ask PCA: Parents Paying Players For Scoring Goals
Coaching Tips from PCA National Advisory Board Member Joe Ehrmann
- Connector September 24, 2009
- Congratulations Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarship Winners
Ask PCA: Establishing Cell Phone Policies
Coaching, Sports Parenting Tips from Golden State Warriors Assistant Coach Keith Smart
- Connector September 17, 2009
- Three PCA Partners Receive Honoring the Game Awards
Ask PCA: Changing My Co-Coaches' Approach
Sports Parenting Tip: Help Your Youth Athletes Talk To Their Coaches
- Connector September 3, 2009
- Ask PCA: E-Mailing Parents After Practice
Responsible Sports Season Evaluation Tool
- Connector August 27, 2009
- Ask PCA: Club vs. High School Dilemma (Excerpt from Jim Thompson's "The High School Sports Parent")
- Connector August 19, 2009
- Jim Thompson on Michael Vick
Ask PCA: Coaching Players of Mixed Skill Levels
"The Long Snapper" by Jeffrey Marx
Coaching Tip: Putting the "F-Word" Back in Sports
- Connector August 11, 2009
- Joe Ehrmann Joins PCA
Ask PCA: Correcting an "I" Attitude
Coaching Tip: Practice With Your Players
- Connector August 6, 2009
- Ask PCA: Self-Image in Young Girls
Coaching Tip: Debriefing Your Last Game
Video: What Youth Can Learn From Sports
My Youth Sports Story: The Most Important Lesson
- Connector July 29, 2009
- Ask PCA: Adjusting to a New Coach
Lance Armstrong on Teammates
New Video: "Insights from Sports Experts"
Coaching Tip: Reward Desired Effort
- Connector July 21, 2009
- The Gift of Sportsmanship
Ask PCA: Coach Won't Stop Swearing
- Connector July 16, 2009
- "So Hard to Be a Good Teammate" by Jim Thompson
Ask PCA: Pressure to Place My Children on a Travel Team
- Connector July 7, 2009
- "The Biggest Mystery in Youth Sports" by Jim Thompson
Ask PCA: Parents Who Request Their Children's Friends on the Same Team
My Youth Sports Story: A Story of Courage
- Phil Jackson, June 15, 2009
- "Phil Jackson: Role Model Coach" by Jim Thompson, on the occasion of PCA National Spokesperson Phil Jackson winning his 10th NBA Championship
- Connector June 9, 2009
- Ask PCA: Are Players Over-Coached?
Courtney Lee's Gift to Sports Parents
Honor the Game Patches Available
- LeBron James, June 1, 2009
- "LeBron James is Confused" by Jim Thompson (commentary on LeBron James handhake controversy)
- Connector May 26, 2009
- Ask PCA: What Can I Do About Coach Benching My Child?
Youth Sports Spotlight: Your Thoughts About a Coaching Quandary
PCA Bookshelf: "Get Your Game Face On" by Kathy Toon
- Connector May 19, 2009
- Coaching Tip: How PCA National Advisory Board Member Ken Ravizza Helps Major League Baseball Star Evan Longoria
Ask PCA: Coach's Wife Sees "Problems When Dads Coach"
- Connector May 12, 2009
- Phil Jackson and Shane Battier: Honoring the Game And PCA
Ask PCA: Player Cuts
Latest Momentum Newsletter Now Online
Pop Warner Double-Goal Coach of the Year Winners
- Connector April 30, 2009
- Boston Celtics Owner Steve Pagliuca Shares Life Lessons Learned Through Sports
Ask PCA: How Much Time Should My Child Devote to Sports?
PCA Bookshelf: Until It Hurts by Mark Hyman
- Connector April 15, 2009
- Ask PCA: How Can Parents Hold Coaches Accountable?
Coaching Tip: Awarding Game Balls
- Connector March 31, 2009
- National Conversation on Good Coaching Case Study #12: When a Star Burns Too Bright
New Feature on PCA's Website: Youth Sports Spotlight
- Connector March 10, 2009
- PCA Names Winners of National Youth Sports Awards Sponsored by Deloitte
Coaching Tip: Facing Tough Times During a Game? "Keep Coaching"
- Connector March 3, 2009
- Ask PCA: How Can Coaches Help Parents See Past The Starting Line-Up?
Podcasts Available for Download From PCA's Website
PCA and Institute for International Sport Name Sports Ethics Fellows
- Connector February 24, 2009
- National Conversation on Good Coaching Case Study #11: "Working" The Refs
Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports Blog by Jim Thompson: The Envelope, Please
Excerpt from Jim Thompson's "Positive Sports Parenting": What Parents Say and How Parents Act
- Connector February 10, 2009
- Ask PCA: How Can I Help My Son Motivate His Teammates?
Excerpt from Jim Thompson's "Positive Sports Parenting": It's All About Effort
Soccer Hall of Fame Taps National Advisory Board Member Joy Fawcett
- Connector January 27, 2009
- Jim Thompson: No Winners in Dallas' 100-0 Basketball Game
Good Coaching Case Study #10: When Nice Is Not Enough
National Youth Sports Leaders Praise "Positive Sports Parenting"
- Connector January 20, 2009
- National Conversation on Good Coaching Case Study #9: "Televised Teachable Moments"
New Jim Thompson Book: "Positive Sports Parenting"
Coaching Tip: For Holidays, Teach Players to Give The Gift of Full Emotional Tanks
- Connector December 11, 2008
- National Conversation on Good Coaching Case Study #9: "Televised Teachable Moments"
New Jim Thompson Book: "Positive Sports Parenting"
Coaching Tip: For Holidays, Teach Players to Give The Gift of Full Emotional Tanks
- Connector November 20, 2008
- National Conversation on Good Coaching Case Study #8: "Trophy Time"
Jim Thompson's Responsible Sports Blog on Pete Newell
Coaching Tip: Get to Know Opposing Coaches Before the Game
- Connector October 29, 2008
- National Conversation on Good Coaching Case Study #7: "The Ringers"
Interview with Dan Hawkins, University of Colorado Football Coach
PCA Partners with SportsRox on Video Initiative
Coaching Tip: Cultivate Communication
- Connector September 22, 2008
- National Conversation on Good Coaching Case Study #6: "Collision Course"
Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports Program Powered by Positive Coaching Alliance Offers Grants to Youth Sports Organizations
WePlay, PCA Launch Online Social Network
Congratulations to Winners of Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarships sponsored by Deloitte
- Connector August 20, 2008
- National Conversation on Good Coaching Case Study #5: "The Hot- Air Fan"
PCA Founder Jim Thompson Responds to Case Study #4
Coaching and Sports Parenting Tip: Introducing "Triple-Impact Competitor"
Shawn Johnson and Other Olympic Inspirations
- Connector July 29, 2008
- National Conversation on Good Coaching Case Study #4: "State of Play"
PCA Founder Jim Thompson Responds to Case Study #3
Coaching and Sports Parenting Tip: Tune Into Teachable Moments
- Connector June 30, 2008
- Three More National Organizations Join National Conversation on Good Coaching for Case Study #3: "The Limits of Sportsmanship"
Congratulations to PCA National Advisory Board Members
Phil Jackson and Doc Rivers
Coaching Tip: Point Out Little Things Your Players Do Right
Blog: Sports Illustrated's Top Sports High School Partners with PCA
- Connector May 27, 2008
- National Conversation on Good Coaching: Case Study # 2 --
"The Specialist"
Reader Comments on Case Study #1 -- "Old Yeller"
Jim Thompson Responds
New to the Bookshelf: Tom Farrey's "Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children"
PCA Flies With Newest Corporate Ally: Continental Airlines
Blog: Women Who Win
Coaching Tip: The Route to the Magic Ratio
- Connector April 2008
- Join the National Conversation on Good Coaching
New Issue of Momentum Newsletter Available Online
PCA on CNBC's "Closing Bell"
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