Our Tools
PCA provides tips and tools that youth and high school sports coaches, parents, athletes leaders and officials can immediately bring to practices and games. Our tools comprise insights from research-based sports and educational psychology, advice from PCA National Advisory Board Members, and gems of wisdom from PCA Trainers and the leaders, coaches, parents and athletes they meet in our workshops.
All tools are designed to improve team and individual athletic
performance while also helping to create an environment in which youth
athletes take life lessons from sports.
Many tools are available as free
downloads in this section of our website, and many more are available
in our workshops, online courses, books and other publications, such as
our Talking Points and our Momentum e-newsletter.
PCA Tools include:
- Tools for Coaches, including the Double-Goal Coach® Job Description; sample scripts for introducing PCA concepts, such as the "ELM Tree of Mastery," Filling "Emotional Tanks" and Honoring the Game; and our brand new, 13-week Talking Points e-mail series. See more Tools for Coaches.
- Tools for Parents, including an outline for developing a Coach-Parent Partnership, how to have Empowering Conversations with your youth athletes, and Guideline for Honoring the Game. See more Tools for Parents.
- Tools for Athletes, including a Triple-Impact Competitor® Self-Assessment and Developing a Mistake Ritual. See more Tools for Athletes.
- Tools for Leaders of schools or youth sports organizations, including guides to Coach Recruitment and Development; a Parent Expectations Program; and advice on How to Intervene. See more tools for Leaders.
Use the "Mistake Ritual" and more Double-Goal Coach® tips in pursuit of wins and your second, more-important goal: life lessons through sports.
Become a Triple-Impact Competitor®, impacting sports on three levels by working to improve yourself, your teammates and the game as a whole.
See the "Big Picture" and become a Second-Goal Parent®, focused on helping your child take life lessons from sports.
Shape the culture of your school or youth sports organization to provide your community with a positive, character-building youth sports experience.