PCA's live group workshops provide the basis for a positive, character-building youth sports culture. Our dynamic PCA-Certified Trainers -- most of whom have coached at the high school level or beyond -- facilitate interactive discussions that help you shape the environment you want for your youth athletes.
Leading Your Organization: Developing a Positive Coaching Culture
School/YSO leaders learn how to shape organizational culture, including:
- Definition of elements of a Positive Coaching Culture
- How to establish and maintain the culture YOU want
Overview of the Double-Goal Coach®training their coaches will receive.Double-Goal Coach: Coaching for Winning and Life Lessons
PCA’s core workshop trains Double-Goal Coaches, whose first goal is winning, and whose second, more-important goal is using sport to teach life lessons. Attendees learn how to improve athlete performance, while developing character through three principles:
- Redefine "Winner"
- Fill Emotional Tanks
- Honor the Game.
Double-Goal Coach: Culture, Practices and Games
This intermediate workshop expands on our three principles to:
- Help Coaches help athletes strive for excellence
- Provide a “10-step Guide” to successful practice sessions
- Explore the art of game coaching.
Double-Goal Coach: Coaching The Mental Game
This advanced workshop trains coaches to:
- Help athletes understand characteristics of great competitors
- Teach athletes to view pressure as a privilege
- Give athletes the tools needed to prepare for competition before, during and after games.
Double-Goal Coach: Developing Triple-Impact Competitors, a Workshop for High School Coaches
Coaches of high school age athletes learn:
- The difference between "participant" and "competitor"
- Dozens of tools to help student athletes transition from participant to competitor
- How to train athlete to improve themselves, their teammates and the game as a whole.
The Second-Goal Parent: Developing Winners in Life through Sports
Referring to the Double-Goal Coach’s second goal, parents learn how to teach life lessons through sports, including:
- Recognition of the three major stages of talent development in youth athletes
- Engaging in empowering conversations with your children
- Structuring a positive parent/coach relationship.
Becoming a Triple-Impact Competitor: A Leadership Workshop for High School Athletes
In parallel to the "Developing Competitors" workshop, this workshop helps athletes cultivate passion for improving:
- Themselves
- Their teammates
- The game as a whole.