RELATED LINKS
www.sportsparenting.org -- Center for Sports Parenting
The Center for Sports Parenting provides practical resources and guidance to parents, coaches, educators, administrators and officials involved in youth sports. Content includes current news, links to relevant articles, a suggested book of the month, message boards and an opportunity to email an expert panel with any questions. Rick Wolff, chairman of the Center for Sports Parenting, is a GOODSPORTS contributor, writing informative advice columns for parents, coaches and administrators in SI and on SI.com.
www.positivecoach.org -- Positive Coaching Alliance
The PCA started at Stanford in 1998 to promote positive coaching techniques that use sports to teach life lessons. PCA provides live, research-based workshops for the leaders of youth sports programs around the nation.
www.nays.org -- National Alliance for Youth Sports
This non-profit membership group based in West Palm Beach, Fl., is dedicated to positive, safe sports experiences for children. NAYS offers a wide range of training programs for everyone involved in youth sports, from professional administrators to the athletes, including parents, volunteer coaches, officials and volunteer administrators.
ed-web3.educ.msu.edu/ysi/ -- The Institute for the Study of Youth Sports at Michigan State
This site offers educational resources and materials for parents, coaches and educators. For a small fee you can sign up for the "Spotlight on Youth Sports" — a quarterly newsletter updating you on recent developments on the youth sports scene. The site also lists a number of youth-sports web links and a listing of upcoming conferences and workshops.
www.asep.com -- American Sport Education Program
This site is designed to answer the question, "How should coaches be trained?" ASEP has been answering it since 1981, and now its website offers a place to find educational materials and a specially designed curriculum to purchase for coaches, administrators, officials and parents.
www.courseware.vt.edu/users/rstratto/CYS/ -- Coaching Youth Sports
Based at Virginia Tech, this is an electronic newsletter for coaches, athletes and parents with information focusing on the areas of motor-skill learning and sport psychology. The site's motto is "The main thing is to keep the athlete the main thing!" The site focuses on athletes in the 6–16 year age range, but the topics are usually timeless and relevant to all ages and all sports.
aahperd.org/naspe -- The National Association for Sport and Physical Education
NASPE seeks to enhance knowledge and professional practice in sport and physical activity through scientific study and dissemination of research-based and experiential knowledge to members and the public.
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