Focuses on winning and life lessons for youth athletes
September 2008, Arvada, CO - Edge Soccer Club has established a partnership with Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) to ensure a positive, character-building experience for all youth athletes in Edge programs. PCA (www.PositiveCoach.org), a Stanford University-based non-profit organization, conducts workshops for coaches, organizational leaders, and parents involved in schools and sports organizations serving five-to-18-year-old athletes. PCA also provides workshops for high school athletes.
"Working with hundreds of youth sports organizations around the United States, PCA has developed practical tools and guidelines to help youth athletes, their coaches and parents get the most out of sports," said Keegan Miller, Director of Developmental Programs with Edge Soccer Club. "We recognize the tremendous opportunity for character-building sports offers for today's youth, so we are embracing PCA's Double-Goal CoachTM model, where winning is one goal and teaching life lessons is the second, more-important goal."
"We are delighted to partner with Edge Soccer Club," said PCA Executive Director Jim Thompson. "Together, we'll strive to help their youth athletes take a positive approach to pursuing victories in athletic competition and in life."
In the past 12 months, three coaching workshops have been conducted so far with Edge Soccer coaches with more than 150 coaches attending.
If you have any questions or comments on this program, please contact Keegan Miller, Director of Developmental Programs, at keeganm@edgesoccer.net or Craig Snyder, with the Edge Board of Directors, at csnyder@ehscompliance.com.
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