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The Jr. NBA is the league’s official youth basketball participation program for boys and girls ages 6-14 that teaches the fundamental skills and core values of the game at the grassroots level to help grow and improve the youth basketball experience for all.
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Mastery Approach (ELM)
Winning on the scoreboard is not the only way to win. A Mastery Approach to sport creates winning character traits in youth and high school athletes. At the center of Positive Coaching Alliance’s Mastery Approach is the acronym ELM for Effort, Learning and Mistakes are OK. Coaches and parents can help athletes understand that as long as they give their best effort, continue to learn and are not afraid of mistake, they are more likely to win on the scoreboard and in life.
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Brad Stevens talks about how his learning, even at the NBA level, never stops.
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In this video, Graham Betchart of Lucid Performance explains how positive body language can affect feelings.
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PCA is proud to join the Body Confident Sport program to help girls build body confidence and make sports a...
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Katie Hurley, The Jed Foundation provides parents and caregivers 12 tips for talking to their teen athletes
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Sports teams offer unique opportunities to create spaces where teens and young adults feel safe, seen,...
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Zaza Pachulia discussing different lessons that student-athletes can learn by following professional athletes
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Players will begin competing more frequently in order to apply and refine the skills they have developed.
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The goal of the All-Star level is to begin applying skills & team concepts more directly into game situations.
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The goal of the All-Star level is to begin applying skills & team concepts more directly into game situations.
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Coaches who stop learning set an example for players to stop learning, too, says Graham Betchart of Lucid.
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Graham Betchart talks about the importance of persistence when trying to accomplish something.
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Mental skills coach Graham Betchart says confidence based on external feedback is "shaky confidence."
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Assistant GM Trent Redden highlights the importance of two qualities that coaches should focus on in sports.