Volunteer Coaches
The experience our kids have in sports is greatly influenced by the quality of the coaching. If you are interested in coaching, REGISTER HERE and complete the required background check.
Positive Coaching Alliance
We are partnering with the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) to help our coaches teach the important life lessons that can be learned through sports. PCA has three national goals:
1. Replace the "win-at-all-cost" model of coaching with the Double-Goal Coach®, who wants to win but has a second, more important, goal of using sports to teach life lessons;
2. Teach youth sports organization leaders how to create an organizational culture in which Honoring the Game is the norm; and
3. Spark and fuel a "social epidemic" of Positive Coaching that will sweep this country
MTLL will be requiring all Head and Assistant Coaches take PCA's on-line "Double-Goal Coach" certification program prior to the start of the season. The program should take no more than an hour and includes brief test questions of the material. TMLL is covering the cost of the certification program.Letting Kids be Kids: A Discussion on Coaching & Parenting in Sports
Chad Hermansen, Mental Edge MIndset Coach, hosts an honest and insightful conversation between parents and their experiences coaching their kids in sports. They touch on everything from the pressure of performance, understanding the emotional response in kids, the appropriate time and place for feedback plus the importance of encouraging enjoyment in the sport.