Roman Oben on the Importance of Showing Players You Care About Them

Hazing is the practice of rituals and other activities involving harassment, abuse, or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group. Often held up as tradition, coaches may feel pressure to allow these rituals in the name of team bonding 

Coaches often think they add value only by pointing out players’ flaws and trying to correct them. Positive Charting will help you “catch players doing things right.” 

As a coach, it's important to help the players on your team build supportive relationships with each other. These Get to Know You Activities can help players build those relationships. 

A checklist for parents to prepare kids before they go anywhere without adult protection 

Rather than concern with scoreboard wins and losses, PCA hopes that parents focus on the life lessons that sports can uniquely teach. 

There is often a fine line between conditioning-style punishment and abusive behavior from a coach. Hear from coaches and Olympians on tips to make sure your child is safe. 

These materials for youth and high school sports parents and coaches can help prevent sex abuse. 

The best defense is a great offense – for parents, that offense is being proactive in setting up your child for safety success by following these procedures: 

Her Best Move is the story of soccer player Sara Davis, a high school girl trying to balance teenage life with the chance to join the US National Team. 

The film includes themes of coaching your own child, discipline techniques of coaches, how to be a student-athlete, making good life choices, and succeeding against the odds