1st Time Sports Coaching Tips

New to coaching? Browse our articles about first time sports coaching tips around topics such as handling player cuts, team motivation, working with assistant coaches, etc.

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  Mike Brey Speak On How Youth Coaches Are On the Front Lines of Education

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  Notre Dame Head Men's Basketball Coach, Mike Brey, joined PCA's Casey Miller for our Live Speaker Series.

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  Mike Brey Speaks About Being A Confidence Giver

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  Notre Dame Head Men's Basketball Coach, Mike Brey, joined PCA's Casey Miller for our Live Speaker Series.

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  Understanding Trauma's Impact on Behavior

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  This resource guides coaches to understand how trauma can impact a kid's behavior and how to respond.

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  Coaching with Empathy

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  Tips and guidelines for coaches to bring empathy into practice.

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  10 Things We've Learned About Youth and HS Sports During the Pandemic

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  Now seven months in, we’ve learned a few things about the pandemic’s wider impact on youth & HS sports.

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  Joe Dumars Explains the Importance of Coaches Connecting to their Players

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  Joe Dumars explains how coaches can lose an athlete if they cannot connect to their players.

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  Discussion Guide: Hoosiers

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  Learn life lessons and engage with the movie Hoosiers by using these discussion questions.

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  Erin Chastain: World Cup Dreams and Keeping Perspective

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  We hosted DePaul Women's Soccer Coach Erin Chastain on the Power of Positive Podcast, powered by Tipevo.

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  How Coaches Can Stay Positive Even When They're Frustrated

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  Tom Herman explains how coaches use messages they teach to maintain their own positive mindsets.

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  How Steve Kerr And Gregg Popovich Use “Appropriate Fear”

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  Chris Ballard explains a technique used by current NBA coaches to instill "earned" authority on their teams.