Contact:
Mike Hurley, Saint Clement Athletic Director David Jacobson, Positive Coaching Alliance
773-348-8212 650-210-0808
Saint Clement Presents positive coaching alliance sports parent workshop, “The Second – Goal Parent®: Tips and Tools to Develop Winners in Life Through Sports”
On Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015, from 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM, Saint Clement will host a sports-parenting workshop for parents of athletes competing in the organization’s upcoming season. Presented by Stanford University-based Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), the workshop is titled, “The Second-Goal Parent: Tips and Tools to Develop Winners in Life Through Sports.
“Working with hundreds of youth sports organizations around the United States, PCA has developed practical tools and guidelines to help sports parents help their children get the most out of sports,” said Partner Representative Mike Hurley, Athletic Directorat Saint Clement. “We recognize the tremendous opportunity for character-building sports offers for today’s youth, so we are embracing PCA’s Double-Goal Coach® model, where winning is one goal and teaching life lessons is the second, more-important goal, and we also are introducing PCA’s Second-Goal Parent philosophy, where parents focus on the second goal, helping their children take life lessons from sports.”
“We are delighted thatSaint Clement is introducing the Second-Goal Parent approach to youth sports,” said PCA Executive Director Jim Thompson. “Together, we and Saint Clement will strive to get parents and coaches onto the same page so they can help create a positive, character-building youth sports environment for their youth athletes.”
About Positive Coaching Alliance
Founded as a non-profit within the Stanford University Athletic Department in 1998, Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) is committed to providing all youth and high school athletes a positive, character-buildingyouth sports experience. To that end, PCA has conducted more than 10,000 live group workshops nationwide for more than 475,000 youth and high school sports coaches, parents, student-athletes and school/organizational leaders. Through workshops and companion online courses, PCA has impacted more than 4 million youth.
PCA’s partnership network includes more than 1,700 youth sports organizations, cities and schools. In 2012, PCA will conduct roughly 1,200 live, group workshops across the U.S., while assisting tens of thousands of other individuals via online courses at
PCA workshops and courses strive to establish these prevailing models in youth and high school sports:
- The Double-Goal Coach®, whose first goal is winning, and whose second, more-important goal is teaching life lessons through sports
- The Second-Goal Parent®, who concentrates on life lessons, while letting coaches and athletes focus on competing
- The Triple-Impact Competitor®, who strives to impact sport on three levels by improving oneself, teammates and the game as a whole.
PCA has the support of elite coaches and athletes on a National Advisory Board, including National Spokesperson and 11-time NBA Champion Coach PhilJackson.
About Saint Clement
Saint Clement became a partner with Positive Coaching Alliance in 2012. Since their partnership, Saint Clement, with its student-athletes, coaches and families, has focused on ensuring that all members of its athletic program have a positive experience in youth sports, while competing at the highest levels. All Saint Clement coaches are PCA-certified as Double-Goal Coaches®in its National Directory of Coaches and all student-athletes and parents complete Second-Goal Parent®and Triple-Impact Competitor®pledges before competition in youth sports seasons. Saint Clement is thrilled to be a continued partner with the Positive Coaching Alliance and is looking forward toward continuing its message with its community.
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