Positive Coaching Alliance Web Site

Developing Winners in Sports & Life

Positive Coaching Alliance, a national non-profit based at Stanford University, is creating a movement to transform the culture of youth sports so that every young athlete can have a positive, character-building experience.

Promoting a different approach to child sport, Positive Coaching Alliance is the idea of Jim Thompson, who maintains three coaching goals:

1. Help players redefine what it means to be a winner by focusing on effort and improvement, rather than on the scoreboard.
   
   
2. Fill players emotional tanks by using encouragement to help them play their best.
   
   
3. Honor the game by showing respect for the rules, opponents, officials, teammates, and game tradition.

Learn more at the the Positive Coaching Alliance Web site.

See also information about their national awards program for coaches and youth sports organizations.

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