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Bouncing Back From Mistakes:
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 The experts at Positive Coaching Alliance remind us often that mistakes are an inevitable part of the game. They advise parents and coaches alike to focus on a mastery approach that has young athletes giving 100% Effort, striving to Learn and improve, and bouncing back from Mistakes. "ELM," is the handy acronym to remember this mastery approach.
Most of us find that the effort part and learning part are intuitive and easier to implement. But when it comes to helping youth athletes bounce back from mistakes, we have a harder time. If you're like us, you sometimes struggle with what to say to your child when he or she makes a critical mistake in a game and then climbs into the car frustrated and sullen. We know that talking to our kids about their youth sports experiences is a unique opportunity for parents to translate what our kids learn on the field into life lessons. But how?
This month, we turn to the experts at Positive Coaching Alliance to help us put together a five-step game plan for bouncing back from mistakes. | | |
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Community Grant Half-way Point:
Still time to rally support for $2,500! | | | |
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 Know how your organization is doing? Need a boost to your point totals? Have upcoming events to rally support?
As members of the Responsible Sports Community, you've likely already certified and credited your point to your favorite youth sports organization in the race for the $2,500 grants to be awarded from Liberty Mutual this fall. (If not, get started!) Remember, the organizations with the most points at the end of the grant period in their division will earn one of the twenty grants. Rally your community to support your favorite youth sports organization before this grant period closes on November 30th!
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Responsible Sports Podcasts:
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 Introducing the Responsible Sports Podcast Series, the latest enhancement to the Responsible Sports Media Library! Each episode, Positive Coaching Alliance Founder and Executive Director, Jim Thompson, will interview prominent athletes, coaches and general managers who share their insights on Responsible Sports from their own careers. In our first episode, Doug Wilson, former NHL hockey player and current general manager of the NHL San Jose Sharks, talks about encouraging youth athletes to focus on three main principles: effort, learning and bouncing back from mistakes.
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