Over the years my sons played sports, they had a wide assortment of coaches with different personalities, coaching styles, philosophies and approaches:
While youth sports coaches come in all shapes and sizes, with different types of personalities, here are the ten things a parent should look for as signs of a good youth sports coach:
Brooke de Lench is Executive Director of MomsTEAM Institute, Founder and Publisher of MomsTeam.com, blogger and author of Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports (HarperCollins), and the Producer/Director/Creator of the new PBS concussion documentary, "The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer." [13] For a full biography, click here [14]. Follow Brooke on Twitter @BrookedeLench.
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Links:
[1] https://www.momsteam.com/node/814
[2] https://www.momsteam.com/node/824
[3] https://www.momsteam.com/node/730
[4] https://www.momsteam.com/node/1170
[5] https://www.momsteam.com/node/1452
[6] https://www.momsteam.com/node/1447
[7] https://www.momsteam.com/node/1210
[8] https://www.momsteam.com/node/1431
[9] https://www.momsteam.com/node/1433
[10] https://www.momsteam.com/node/1434
[11] https://www.momsteam.com/node/1448
[12] https://www.momsteam.com/node/1450
[13] http://www.thesmartestteam.com
[14] https://www.momsteam.com/node/175
[15] http://www.momsteaminstitute.org/donate
[16] https://www.momsteam.com/team-parents/coaching/general/how-to-spot-a-bad-youth-sports-coach
[17] https://www.momsteam.com/successful-parenting/talking-to-coach-taking-the-stress-out
[18] https://www.momsteam.com/team-parents/coaching/why-women-make-great-youth-sports-coaches
[19] https://www.momsteam.com/health-safety/emotional-injuries/bullying/youth-sports-coaches-who-bully-use-four-techniques-to-avoid-blame
[20] https://www.momsteam.com/health-safety/critical-coach-or-bully-how-parents-can-help-their-child-deal-with-difficult-coach
[21] https://www.momsteam.com/team-of-experts/coaches-need-to-create-safe-environment-for-reporting-concussions-experts-say