Month: September 2010

USAG-NJ 2010 Award Winners Caught On Camera

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The 2010 USAG-NJ Award Winners were announced last month (Go Here to View Post). Patty Strickland was kind enough to submit a few photographs of some of the recipients> John Wojtczuk accepting the Coach of the Year Award for the Staff of ENA Paramus Wes Marutani accepting the Club of the Year Award for Arena…

Seize Teachable Moments

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Article from the Positive Coaching Alliance Newsletter of 9.22.2010 and Liberty Mutual’s Responsible Sports Library. “To teach youth athletes life lessons through sports, a Double-Goal Coach must be ready to seize teachable moments. Plenty of those moments occur in practices and games; many more present themselves in televised sports.  As you will see in this video example…

Dream

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I will! I am! I can! I will actualize my dream. I will press ahead. I will settle down and see it through. I will solve the problems. I will pay the price. I will never walk away from my dream until I see my dream walk away: Alert! Alive! Achieved! Robert Schuller

Handling Mistakes

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Article/Video from the Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports Library Handling A Mistake Mistakes happen to the best of us! Listen to how USA Softball Olympian Jessica Mendoza learned from her dad how to handle those mistakes both personally and with her teammates.

Aggressiveness

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I realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be aggressive. I had to get out there and go for it… I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it’s an illusion to me. Michael Jordan

Effort Goals

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Coaching idea from the Positive Coaching Alliance Connector Newsletter of September 8, 2010 “Effort Goals” are key for coaches who are striving to keep their athletes focused on improvement. In the framework of PCA’s “ELM Tree of Mastery” (where ELM stands for Effort, Learning and Mistakes are OK), youth athletes who expend maximum effort can consider themselves…