Have you ever stopped to think about the differences between Professional Sports and Youth Sports?   

 

We can list the similarities fairly easily;

Perhaps the list of differences include:

But let's go a step further into the differences: 

Because we want to teach players about the sport and allow them the opportunity to have fun while learning, youth sports coaches need to be both sports educators as well as character educators.

 

That's where becoming a Double Goal Coach comes into play.   A Double Goal Coach uses sports to teach life lessons while preparing athletes to succeed on the scoreboard.   In other words, a Double Goal Coach wants to win (goal #1), but even more importantly is committed to using sports to teach positive character traits and life lessons to young athletes (goal #2).

 

Consider two different mindsets: 

Which "mindset" do you think is more effective?   Which will produce better athletes?

 

Look over the tools of a Double Goal Coach:

Learning the elements of a Double Goal Coach and putting them into practice on and off the field, will:

Once athletes focus more on mastering skills, they will actually do better on the scoreboard!