Double-goal coaching
Win on the scoreboard, and more importantly teach life lessons through sport. The second goal always outranks the first.
Coaching Culture
Positive Coaching Alliance
P.L.A.Y. partners with the Positive Coaching Alliance so every coach, parent and athlete shares the same playbook for how sports should feel.
The principles
The ELM tree of mastery
Effort, Learning and bouncing back from Mistakes — the three things athletes can actually control.
Filling emotional tanks
Specific, truthful praise at a ratio of roughly five positives to one correction keeps athletes coachable.
Honoring the game
Respect for rules, opponents, officials, teammates and self — even when a call goes against you.
Workshops
Coach workshop
Required for new head coaches, offered before each season, typically at the Wilds Golf Club or a district facility.
Parent workshop
A one-hour session on the car-ride-home conversation and supporting your athlete from the sideline.
Athlete session
Team-level sessions on leadership, resilience and honoring the game, run with older age divisions.
Workshop dates are posted on the calendar and sent to registered coaches. Head coaches are required to complete the coach workshop; assistants and parents are strongly encouraged.