# Proactive Coaching
> Proactive Coaching helps coaches, teams and leaders build character-based team cultures — speaker presentations, booklets, and a digital library from Bruce Brown.
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## Pages
- [About Us](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/about.md) - How Proactive Coaching started, where it is now, and the people behind it.
- [Articles](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/articles.md)
- [Athletic Presentations](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/athletic-presentations.md) - Our athletic talks now live on the Book a Speaker page, organized by audience. * Talks for coaches * Talks for athletes & leaders * Talks for parents * Talks for teachers See all presentations →
- [Booklets](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/booklets.md)
- [Our Speakers](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/our-speakers.md) - Our speaker directory has moved. Meet the speakers → · Book a speaker
- [Podcasts](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/podcasts.md)
- [Membership](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/pricing.md)
- [Clay Chournos](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/speaker-clay-chournos.md) - Clay Chournos’s bio now lives in our speaker directory. Meet Clay → · Book a speaker
- [Corinne Ferris](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/speaker-corinne-ferris.md) - Corinne Ferris’s bio now lives in our speaker directory. Meet Corinne → · Book a speaker
- [Darin Boysen](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/speaker-darin-boysen.md) - Darin Boysen’s bio now lives in our speaker directory. Meet Darin → · Book a speaker
- [Don Pellum](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/speaker-don-pellum.md) - Don Pellum’s bio now lives in our speaker directory. Meet Don → · Book a speaker
- [Jerry Gaines](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/speaker-jerry-gaines.md) - Jerry Gaines’s bio now lives in our speaker directory. Meet Jerry → · Book a speaker
- [Jon Frazier](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/speaker-jon-frazier.md) - Jon Frazier’s bio now lives in our speaker directory. Meet Jon → · Book a speaker
- [Josh Stewart](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/speaker-josh-stewart.md) - Josh Stewart’s bio now lives in our speaker directory. Meet Josh → · Book a speaker
- [Keith Orchard](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/speaker-keith-orchard.md) - Keith Orchard’s bio now lives in our speaker directory. Meet Keith → · Book a speaker
- [Lori Thomas](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/speaker-lori-thomas.md) - Lori Thomas’s bio now lives in our speaker directory. Meet Lori → · Book a speaker
- [Mike Morgan](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/speaker-mike-morgan.md) - Mike Morgan’s bio now lives in our speaker directory. Meet Mike → · Book a speaker
- [Pat Bangasser](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/speaker-pat-bangasser.md) - Pat Bangasser’s bio now lives in our speaker directory. Meet Pat → · Book a speaker
- [Scott Rosberg](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/speaker-scott-rosberg.md) - Scott Rosberg’s bio now lives in our speaker directory. Meet Scott → · Book a speaker
- [Videos](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/videos.md)

## Posts
- [Your first real test of the season is not the first team on your schedule...](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/your-first-real-test-of-the-season.md) - The standards are already getting tested. A player is late, two are talking, effort starts to slip. The turning point for your season could be right now.
- [Preseason Training — Five Things Before Our First Call](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/preseason-training.md) - Month one: the two weeks around your first practice — the parent meeting, culture by design, cuts, athletic attitude, and the covenants you bring to our first call.
- [QA Dry Run — before the next call](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/qa-cohort-dry-run.md) - 3 items · one real listen · call Thursday Sept 10
- [El rol de los padres](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/the-role-of-parents-es.md) - Este folleto de Bruce E. Brown examina el rol de los padres en la experiencia deportiva de sus hijos desde la perspectiva del deportista, a partir de tres décadas de respuestas de sus propios jugadores.
- [Entrenar a jóvenes: 4 claves para una temporada exitosa](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/youth-coaching-4-keys-to-a-successful-season-es.md) - Hace poco, después de hablar en una clínica para entrenadores, un entrenador local me pidió que visitara el entrenamiento de básquetbol de su equipo de niños de once años.…
- [El impacto de la confianza](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/the-impact-of-trust-es.md) - Argumenta que la confianza es la cualidad más importante para construir equipos exitosos. A partir de entrevistas con deportistas actuales y retirados,…
- [Historias de equipo](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/team-stories-es.md) - Subtitulado "Seize the Season: Become a Great Team", usa historias de la historia para enseñar el valor del trabajo en equipo. Está organizado en torno a los fundamentos de…
- [Las 10 disciplinas](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/the-10-disciplines-es.md) - Por Bruce y Dana Brown sobre el papel de la disciplina en la construcción de culturas de equipo exitosas. Después de una sección inicial sobre qué es la disciplina y por qué importa,…
- [Acondicionamiento positivo](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/positive-conditioning-es.md) - Team Building Through Positive Conditioning" — describe cómo transformar el acondicionamiento de castigo en un privilegio que construye equipos. Brown expone…
- [Enseña la actitud primero](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/teach-attitude-first-es.md) - Desarrolla una “actitud de gratitud” en tus deportistas
- [Estrategias de motivación para entrenadores](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/motivational-strategies-for-coaches-es.md) - Los atributos de un estilo de entrenar que produce deportistas y equipos motivados: un estilo que impulsa a los jugadores a la acción y activa el corazón, la mente y la conducta de cada jugador.
- [Jugar con confianza](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/playing-with-confidence-es.md) - Para que los deportistas lo lean y los entrenadores lo enseñen: diseñado para que el deportista aprenda a ser un competidor confiado y su propio constructor de confianza, aun…
- [Lecciones de vida](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/life-lessons-es.md) - Este folleto de Bruce E. Brown define lo que significa elegir convertirse en "deportista" — un gran compañero de equipo — en lugar de simplemente ser atlético. Recorre…
- [Grandes equipos: los siete elementos esenciales](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/great-teams-the-seven-essentials-es.md) - Sobre lo que se necesita para construir un gran equipo: la experiencia de reunir a un grupo de personas con habilidades, creencias y destinos diversos para que tanto…
- [Equipar y empoderar a los líderes del equipo](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/equipping-and-empowering-team-leaders-es.md) - Diseñado para apoyar a quienes enseñan liderazgo de manera intencional (un complemento del folleto Captains y del DVD Captains & Coaches Workshop). Es…
- [Lecciones diarias](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/daily-lessons-es.md) - Un plan de juego para el desarrollo del carácter: lecciones diarias de carácter para entrenadores de preparatoria y universidad, escrito como recurso del programa NAIA Champions of Character.…
- [Lecciones diarias de carácter - Entrenadores juveniles](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/daily-character-lessons-youth-coaches-es.md) - Lecciones diarias de carácter para entrenadores juveniles (NAIA Champions of Character)
- [Convenios fundamentales: cómo construir grandes equipos](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/core-covenants-building-great-teams-es.md) - Sobre cómo construir una cultura de equipo intencional a través de los "convenios fundamentales". Define qué es un convenio y explica por qué la identidad del equipo debe crearse y no dejarse al azar…
- [Confianza: una guía para padres](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/confidence-parents-es.md) - Confidence: How Parents Can Help Build a Confident Athlete" — escrito para ayudar a los padres a entender la confianza deportiva y su papel en desarrollarla.…
- [Estándares de campeonato: un estudio para el equipo](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/championship-standards-a-team-study-es.md) - Subtitulado "Live and Lead With Honor". Presenta estándares de campeonato para deportistas y equipos, cada uno construido en torno a una cita guía, una idea central y…
- [Compite - Rasgos de un competidor de élite](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/compete-traits-of-an-elite-competitor-es.md) - Sobre lo que significa ser un competidor: presentado como una elección y un estilo de vida, más que una cuestión de talento, género o deporte. Tras una introducción sobre…
- [Capitanes - Siete formas de liderar a tu equipo](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/captains-seven-ways-es.md) - Felicidades por ser líder de tu equipo. No dejes esta temporada, ni esta experiencia, al azar. Solo tendrás unas pocas oportunidades como la que estás a punto de…
- [Llamados a entrenar e inspirar - 7 conceptos motivacionales](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/called-to-coach-and-inspire-7-motivational-concepts-es.md) - Construido en torno a la frase “Hubo un entrenador…”, las palabras que tantos adultos exitosos usan al nombrar a la persona que les cambió la vida. Presenta…
- [Tradiciones deportivas: segunda ronda](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/athletic-traditions-round-two-es.md) - La continuación de su libro 101 Positive Athletic Traditions. Reúne las mejores tradiciones positivas enviadas por entrenadores, directores deportivos y deportistas…
- [Cómo evaluar y mejorar los programas deportivos](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/assessing-and-improving-athletic-programs-es.md) - Una hoja de ruta para programas deportivos exitosos y el papel de los entrenadores, directores deportivos, administradores y comunidades. A partir de visitas a cientos de…
- [Athletes Collection](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/buy-athletes-collection.md) - $29 — The 4 booklets written for athletes in one set — leading, competing, confidence and life lessons.
- [Coaches Collection](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/buy-coaches-collection.md) - $61 — The 9 booklets written for coaches in one set — trust, culture, discipline and motivation.
- [Five Things You Don't Want to Miss Heading Into Your Season](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/five-things-you-dont-want-to-miss-heading-into-your-season.md) - Five things worth your attention before your season starts - the parent meeting, this year's culture, cuts, captains, and attitude - each with something you can use this week.
- [Can attitude actually be taught — and how do I teach it?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/can-attitude-be-taught.md) - Yes — attitude can be taught. Bruce Brown's framework: define an athletic attitude, teach it, expect it, assess it, and praise the athlete-owned choice daily.
- [What's the best way to select team captains?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/best-way-to-select-captains.md) - There's no single best way to pick captains — the rule is don't leave leadership to chance. Define the job first, then choose a method that fits your roster.
- [How do I coach my own child without ruining it for both of us?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/how-to-coach-your-own-child.md) - Separate the roles: be "coach" at practice and "Dad" or "Mom" the moment it ends. Bruce Brown's guidance for coaching your own child without regret.
- [How do I help parents build their athlete's confidence instead of hurting it?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/parents-building-athlete-confidence.md) - Every adult is a confidence builder or a confidence cutter. Teach parents to encourage, model poise, give honest praise, and release their athlete.
- [What do I say to a player who wants to quit mid-season?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/player-wants-to-quit.md) - Listen first, then separate the reason from the feeling: most players who want to quit mid-season are discouraged, not done. Bruce Brown's approach.
- [Is there a good way to cut players?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/a-good-way-to-cut-players.md) - No — there is no good way to cut players, only a respectful one: personal conversations all through tryouts, honest face-to-face feedback, never a posted list.
- [What do I do when my assistant coach and I aren't on the same page?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/assistant-coach-not-aligned.md) - Meet privately, define exact roles, and use one voice in front of players. Bruce Brown's principles for head and assistant coaches who disagree.
- [What do I do about a player who loses their temper in competition?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/player-loses-temper.md) - Teach the player that temper is not competitiveness — it's emotion out of control. Bruce Brown's Play, Recover, Play routine trains composure as a skill.
- [How do I change an athlete's behavior that's hurting the team?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/change-behavior-hurting-team.md) - Name the behavior exactly, help the athlete see it through a teammate's eyes, ask "Is that who you want to be?", then walk through the change together.
- [What do I do when my best player is my laziest worker?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/best-player-laziest-worker.md) - Hold your star to the same effort standard as everyone else. Bruce Brown's rule: you never see a great team whose most talented players aren't its best workers.
- [How do I help a player accept a role they don't want?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/help-player-accept-role.md) - Ask two questions: what roles can you fill right now, and what role would you like to grow into — then commit to helping the player get there.
- [How do I correct bad body language on my team?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/correct-bad-body-language.md) - Define it, teach it, rehearse it, hold athletes accountable. Bruce Brown's approach to fixing bad body language, from the four-step talk to the Walk Away Drill.
- [How do I confront a player without damaging the relationship?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/confront-without-damaging-relationship.md) - Correct the action, not the person, and lead with care. Bruce Brown's 'positive demanding' approach changes behavior without breaking player trust.
- [How do I help my team bounce back after a tough loss?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/bounce-back-after-tough-loss.md) - Bring the energy yourself, eliminate excuses, and refocus players on behaviors they control — attitude, effort, preparation — then celebrate small wins.
- [What do my athletes actually want from me as their coach?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/what-athletes-want-from-a-coach.md) - Athletes want a coach who believes in them before they succeed, teaches well, and asks for feedback — Bruce Brown's five commitments show what that means.
- [What are the signs of coaching burnout — and how do I avoid it?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/avoid-coaching-burnout.md) - Coaching burnout shows up as fatigue, cynicism, irritability, and feeling your full effort is never enough. Bruce Brown's answer: coach for significance.
- [What should I study in my first year of coaching?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/first-year-study-plan.md) - Study how coaches grow: learn the five growth stages, avoid the First Years survival traps, and find a mentor — Bruce Brown's first-year plan.
- [How do I build trust fast when I'm the new coach?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/build-trust-fast.md) - Athletes trust coaches for three reasons: professional preparation, personal caring, and consistent character. How to build all three fast as a new coach.
- [How do I plan a practice that doesn't waste anyone's time?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/plan-an-effective-practice.md) - Give every drill a purpose, write and post your plan, and sequence new skills early and fundamentals late — Bruce Brown's practice planning principles.
- [What's my job on game day — how much should I actually coach?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/game-day-coaching.md) - Your game-day job is to model poise, keep it simple, and teach less — athletes do what you do. Bruce Brown's game-coaching principles, explained.
- [How do I prepare for a coaching interview?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/prepare-for-coaching-interview.md) - Prepare two ways: rehearse values-based answers, then bring Bruce Brown's Green, Yellow, and Red Light questions to rate the school's chance of success.
- [Should I take a job at a program that keeps burning through coaches?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/high-turnover-job.md) - Usually not — constant coach turnover points to the administration, not the coaches. Bruce Brown's red flags and green flags for evaluating a coaching job.
- [How do I get my seniors to lead instead of coast?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/get-seniors-to-lead.md) - Give every senior a defined leadership job: assign a role, teach it, and review it. Seniors coast when leadership is left to chance — build it by design.
- [I just got my first head coaching job — what do I do first?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/new-coach-first-steps.md) - Start with a written plan: philosophy, standards, and the season's critical points. Bruce Brown's Four Keys — plan, teach, motivate, build a team.
- [How do I motivate players who don't seem to care?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/motivate-players-who-dont-care.md) - Treat apathy as a symptom: fix the five motivation killers, make what matters to you matter to players, and reward small successes — Bruce Brown's approach.
- [How do I keep bench players engaged when they're not in the game?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/engage-bench-players.md) - Give every bench player a named role, clarify it with each player, and honor it publicly — Bruce Brown's approach to keeping reserves engaged all season.
- [How do I develop team leaders instead of just naming them?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/develop-team-leaders.md) - Develop team leaders by giving them a real job description — the seven ways to lead — then teaching and mentoring it daily. A title alone develops no one.
- [How do I spot the athletes who could become leaders?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/spot-future-leaders.md) - Character first, then behavior under pressure: the traits Bruce Brown says reveal natural leaders — teachable spirit, emotional control, truth over popularity.
- [How do I get players to hold each other accountable?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/peer-to-peer-accountability.md) - Players hold each other accountable when they help build team covenants, trust their teammates, and have a clear method for respectful, direct confrontation.
- [What do I do when my players are playing scared?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/players-playing-scared.md) - Remove fear from competition: players play scared when they feel judged by mistakes. Bruce Brown's fix — emphasize effort, model poise, teach fearless play.
- [What do I do when my captains aren't stepping up?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/captains-not-stepping-up.md) - Captains who don't step up usually lack a real job description. Select leaders by team values, define the role, give visible authority, and mentor them weekly.
- [How do I prevent hazing and build positive traditions instead?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/prevent-hazing-positive-traditions.md) - Replace hazing with intentional positive traditions. Every program will have traditions — the coach decides whether they turn negative or build the team.
- [How do I build real confidence in my athletes?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/build-athlete-confidence.md) - Real confidence is earned through preparation, not pep talks: believe in athletes before they succeed, and create small victories in practice.
- [How do I teach character lessons without losing practice time?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/teach-character-without-losing-practice-time.md) - Teach character inside the drills you already run: set a theme, define it in one sentence, then model, shape, and reinforce it during practice.
- [What are the most important disciplines to teach my athletes?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/most-important-disciplines.md) - Teach the ten disciplines from Bruce and Dana Brown: arrive early and energized, focused attention and effort, personal responsibility, and finishing strong.
- [How do I raise my team's competitive spirit?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/raise-competitive-spirit.md) - Raise competitive spirit by teaching it: Bruce Brown says being a competitor is a choice — coach the 13 traits of elite competitors, trait by trait.
- [How do I improve our whole athletic program, not just my own team?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/improve-whole-athletic-program.md) - Improve a whole program by assessing which of three levels it's in — strong, average, or in trouble — then get every leadership role doing its part.
- [Does culture really beat talent?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/culture-versus-talent.md) - Yes — culture beats talent over time. Talent-reliant teams ride a rollercoaster; culture-built teams reach their potential every year, loaded roster or not.
- [How do I change a toxic culture I inherited?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/change-inherited-toxic-culture.md) - Yes, a toxic culture can change: build team covenants with your players, define them clearly, live them first, and hold everyone accountable daily.
- [What are the most important standards to set for my team?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/most-important-team-standards.md) - Set character standards, not skill standards: core covenants like work habits, unselfishness, and class your team agrees to live by in every situation.
- [What do I say to parents whose kid is losing the love of the sport?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/losing-love-of-the-sport.md) - Kids lose their love of sport for five reasons: constant losing, negative coaching, burnout, over-complexity, and outside pressure. Help parents find which one.
- [What do I do when a parent goes over my head to the athletic director?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/parent-goes-to-athletic-director.md) - Go to the AD yourself before contacting the parent: bring documentation, ask their counsel, and never meet an upset parent alone — Bruce Brown's approach.
- [What do I do about an over-involved parent who is stressing out their kid?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/over-involved-parent.md) - Meet the parent privately and restore one instructional voice — the coach's. Bruce Brown: stressed parents produce stressed-out, poor-performing athletes.
- [How do I get parents to release their athlete to the program?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/release-your-athlete.md) - Teach release at the pre-season parent meeting: hand parents their athlete's goals, ask what a successful season looks like, and let the kid's answers lead.
- [What should I tell parents their role is on our team?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/parents-role-on-team.md) - Parents' role: release their athlete to the game, coach, and team; model poise during games; give time and space after. Encouragers, not coaches.
- [What should parents say on the car ride home after a game?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/car-ride-home.md) - Say "I love watching you play," then give your athlete time and space. Bruce Brown found the car ride home is the worst memory of many athletes' careers.
- [What do I do about parents yelling from the sidelines at games?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/parents-yelling-from-sidelines.md) - Teach parents the four roles — coach, athlete, spectator, official — and the one-instructional-voice rule, then correct sideline coaching the first time.
- [How do I respond to an angry email from a parent?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/respond-to-angry-parent-email.md) - Don't argue by email. Reply briefly, move the conversation to an in-person meeting with an administrator present, and keep the email as documentation.
- [What should I cover in my preseason parent meeting?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/preseason-parent-meeting.md) - Cover your philosophy, schedules, rules, team standards, volunteer roles, and team covenants — and hand each parent their athlete's written goals.
- [How do I handle a parent who's angry about their kid's playing time?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/angry-parent-playing-time.md) - Meet in private, never right after a game. Listen before you respond. Bruce Brown's approach to angry-parent conversations about playing time.
- [Intentional Coaching 2 - Building Leaders](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/intentional-coaching-2-building-leaders.md) - From Rob Miller in the intentional coaching series (the four avenues: athletes making great choices, building leaders, creating support through parents…
- [The Kids Used to Pick the Teams](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/corey-westra.md) - GPAC commissioner Corey Westra on the biggest change in youth sports — it’s gone from peer control to adult control — and what parents hear in The Role of Parents in Athletics.
- [Why Would I Need Anything Else?](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/skip-lord.md) - Skip Lord spent a career as a coach and athletic director at Houghton College — on mentors, turning points, and why he never needed anywhere else.
- [Twenty Years, Four Sports, Three States](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/scott-rosberg.md) - Scott Rosberg, athletic director at Park High School in Livingston, Montana, on two decades coaching basketball, football and soccer across Illinois, Montana and Washington.
- [The First Female Commissioner in NAIA History](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/lori-thomas.md) - Lori Thomas, who hosts this series, on 30 years in sports administration — ten of them leading the Heart of America Athletic Conference, and building a pro volleyball club from the ground up.
- [A Program That Had Never Won — Then 36 Straight](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/jon-frazier.md) - Jon Frazier, head boys basketball coach at Summit High School in Bend, Oregon from 2011 to 2024, who inherited a program with no winning seasons and left it a state champion with an Oregon record.
- [Feedback Is the Norm](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/feedback-is-the-norm.md) - On building a program where feedback is expected rather than resented — the growth-minded standard Bruce sums up as “expect it, accept it, embrace it.”
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- [Youth Basketball Coaching Handbook](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/buy-youth-basketball-coaching-handbook.md) - $18 — Teaching parent-coaches how to develop youngsters through basketball.
- [101 Post Player Drills](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/buy-101-post-player-drills.md) - $18 — Positioning, receiving, passing, rebounding — developing the post player.
- [101 Youth Basketball Drills and Games](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/buy-101-youth-basketball-drills-and-games.md) - $18 — 101 drills to teach, motivate, and challenge youth basketball players.
- [101 Positive Athletic Traditions](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/buy-101-positive-athletic-traditions.md) - $18 — Traditions shape and reflect the character of a team — past, present, and future.
- [Another 1001 Motivational Messages, Great Teams](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/buy-another-1001-motivational-messages-great-teams.md) - $18 — A second collection of motivational messages, focused on great teams.
- [1001 Motivational Messages](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/buy-1001-motivational-messages.md) - $18 — Quotes for athletes and coaches — start every practice with one.
- [Teaching Character Through Sport](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/buy-teaching-character-through-sport.md) - $18 — How a positive coaching legacy transcends scores on a bronze plaque.
- [Coaching for Significance, Volume 2](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/buy-coaching-for-significance-volume-2-tim-corbin-heather-tarr.md) - $20 — Tim Corbin & Heather Tarr — the second volume of coaching for significance.
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- [Parents, Releasing Your Athlete](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/parents-releasing-your-athlete.md) - Part of the Role of Parents in Athletics series — on the single practice his most successful athletes credited for getting them where they got: parents…
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- [Preparing for a Parent Meeting](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/preparing-for-a-parent-meeting.md) - On the pre-season parent meeting — one of only a couple of official parent meetings a coach gets (the other being the end-of-year banquet), and a one-shot…
- [Positive Intent](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/positive-intent.md) - Recorded in January from California's Central Coast, where he escaped the cold to spend time with grandkids — on a communication concept for teams. Topics…
- [Power of Trust with Rob Miller](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/power-of-trust-with-rob-miller-proactive-coaching.md) - Power of Trust with Rob Miller (Short Clip)
- [Overview of Shaping](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/overview-of-shaping.md) - On shaping — the third stage of teaching a character trait (define, model, shape, reinforce) and the one where coaches start to lose their effectiveness.…
- [Life Lessons for Athletes](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/life-lessons-for-athletes.md) - Recorded in the Proactive guest house on Camano Island, where coaches, team leaders, and athletes come for retreats — introducing the presentation and…
- [Methods for Selecting Team Leaders](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/methods-for-selecting-team-leaders.md) - Surveying the different methods of choosing team leaders — all drawn from his book Proactive Leadership (page 50), written as a semester's worth of lesson…
- [Life Lessons and Trust](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/life-lessons-and-trust.md) - The closing video of a four-part Proactive Coaching mentoring series for teachers, coaches, and school athletic programs (the speaker is not named in the…
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- [Jackass Farm](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/jackass-farm.md) - Built around a memorable line from a crusty old baseball coach at a multi-sport clinic early in Bruce's career: "If you keep 24 great kids, you can keep…
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- [Every Athlete Has a Story](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/every-athlete-has-a-story.md) - Recorded from his home on Camano Island, Washington — on one of Proactive's core beliefs: every athlete you coach has a story, and as coaches we need to…
- [Faceless Opponents](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/faceless-opponents.md) - On a concept he introduced to a successful Division I football team whose coach assigned him to cut down their personal-foul penalties. Topics covered:…
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- [Defining Athletic Attitude](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/defining-athletic-attitude.md) - Drawn from the booklet Teach Attitude First and the Power of Your Words presentation — on actually defining the word coaches preach most. Topics covered:…
- [Cutting](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/cutting.md) - On one of the most difficult parts of coaching: cutting players. Topics covered: seeing tryouts from the player's side — the courage it takes to come out…
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- [Controlling Your Thermostat](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/controlling-your-thermostat.md) - On managing the emotional "coaching thermostat." Topics covered: why coaching is an inherently emotional profession and why frustration is normal — the…
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- [Coaching Against a Vision](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/coaching-against-a-vision.md) - On a different way of framing who you're really coaching against. Topics covered: the trap of coaching against opponents — playing up to good teams and…
- [Commitment - The Five Levels](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/commitment-the-five-levels.md) - On commitment — answering the question coaches always raise ("we need more commitment from our athletes") with the sharper question: commitment to what?…
- [Building Confidence – Believe in Them](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/building-confidence-believe-in-them.md) - On one strategy for building confidence in athletes: believing in them before they're successful, so they can believe in themselves. Topics covered: why…
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- [Best Players, Best Workers](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/best-players-best-workers.md) - Best Players, Best Workers (Short Clip)
- [Building Allegiances](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/building-allegiances.md) - On how coaches can build allies — because coaching is a lonely job at times, and anyone who coaches long enough will face attacks, often from parents who…
- [Additional Questions for Challenging Athletes](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/additional-questions-for-challenging-athletes.md) - Extending his presentation The Power of Your Words on working with challenging athletes. Topics covered: a recap of the five-step behavior-change process…
- [Beliefs on Changing Behavior](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/beliefs-on-changing-behavior.md) - The companion piece to the five-step Power of Your Words process — laying out the beliefs coaches should hold about changing athlete behavior. Topics…
- [7 Steps to Resolve Team Problems](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/7-steps-to-resolve-team-problems.md) - On resolving team problems — because the only guarantee in any athletic season is that there will be issues (playing time, injuries, behaviors), since you…
- [7 Ways to Develop Role Players](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/7-ways-to-develop-role-players.md) - On building teams where every role is understood, embraced, and celebrated. Topics covered: why every great team has multiple roles that must all be…
- [4 Roles](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/4-roles.md) - Drawn from The Role of Parents in Athletics — one of Proactive's most-requested presentations, with companion DVD and booklet built almost entirely from…
- [5 Steps to Changing Behavior](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/5-steps-to-changing-behavior.md) - Expanding on his presentation The Power of Your Words — the coach's ability to help kids change behaviors when they don't arrive with the attitudes the…
- [10 Thoughts for When Your Team Is Stuck in Average](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/10-thoughts-for-when-your-team-is-stuck-in-average.md) - Recorded outdoors by his fireplace on a cool spring day — offering ten thoughts for leaders whose teams are stuck in average: winning what they "should"…
- [10 Traits of Successful Athletic Programs](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/10-traits-of-successful-athletic-programs.md) - Distilling the common traits he sees in great athletic programs from working with teams around the country and the world, offered as a self-assessment for…
- [10 Thoughts for When Your Team Is Performing Well](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/10-thoughts-for-when-your-team-is-performing-well.md) - The companion to his struggling-team and stuck-in-average talks — on what leaders must keep doing in the middle of a great run, rather than sitting back…
- [10 Thoughts for When Your Team Is Struggling](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/10-thoughts-for-when-your-team-is-struggling.md) - With ten strategies for leaders whose teams are flat-out struggling — including seasons you know will be hard before they start. The ten: bring tremendous…
- [Teachable Spirit](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/teachable-spirit.md) - Recorded on a beautiful fall day on Camano Island — on one of the first character traits taught in the Life Lessons booklet and presentation, following…
- [Givers and Takers](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/givers-and-takers.md) - On the concept of givers and takers — a presentation he recently delivered to a Division I football team so players could examine themselves, their…
- [Selflessness](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/selflessness.md) - Selflessness (Short Clip)
- [Discipline](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/discipline.md) - On one more character trait from the booklet, presentation, and DVD Life Lessons for Athletes. Topics covered: why every kid has his own definition of…
- [Pick One, Play Them All](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/sports-specialization-in-young-athletes.md) - Rob Miller on the myths and realities of early specialization: 88% of college athletes played multiple sports, overuse injuries are up 70%, and the scholarship math almost nobody checks.
- [Not a Teacher. Seven State Titles.](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/wiley-allred.md) - Wiley Allred, a farmer who coaches football at Royal City High School, on nine championship games in 20 years, recruiting his own hallways, and the home visits that earned a community’s trust.
- [Basketball at Its Purest](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/trice-ham-wheelchair-basketball.md) - Trice Ham, national champion wheelchair basketball coach and Team USA staff member, on the day his program’s words stopped matching its results, and building a culture where it’s safe to fail.
- [I Committed as a Sophomore. I’m Glad the Rules Changed.](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/whitney-jones.md) - Whitney Jones, former Husky pitcher now coaching at Washington, on calling her college coach every week at 13, the player-to-coach transition, and “who we are is why we win.”
- [Building Protectors](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/tim-corbin-developing-humans.md) - Tim Corbin, head baseball coach at Vanderbilt and 2014 national champion, on why conversations with his daughters reshaped what he asks of his players, and working a team from the inside out.
- [Two Rival Schools, One Conversation](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/tom-bendt.md) - Tom Bendt, longtime Oregon athletic director, on the ambassador program he built with a rival school’s AD, the summits that followed, and why everybody — including the AD — needs to be coached.
- [Two of My First Four Wins Came in the Mail](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/steve-ridder.md) - Steve Ridder, 30 years and nearly 700 wins at Embry-Riddle, on inheriting an 0–22 team with no scholarships, the faculty vote that saved his job, and the three P’s that kept him in one place.
- [The Players Haven’t Changed. The Parents Have.](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/sue-doering-building-a-program-of-excellence-and-sustaining.md) - Sue Doering, 39 years of volleyball and 25 straight top-four state finishes at Colfax, on high but reachable expectations, multi-sport athletes, and never tying success to winning.
- [Sports Doesn’t Teach Character. People Do.](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/sports-does-not-teach-character-people-do.md) - Rob Miller on the research most coaches have never seen — and the four-step model that makes life lessons intentional instead of accidental: define, model, shape, reinforce.
- [Football Isn’t Complicated. People Are.](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/steve-morton.md) - Steve Morton, 40 years as a college and pro football assistant now coaching high school, on the coaching carousel, the toll on family, and why losing his college career turned out to be a blessing.
- [Winners Get to Run](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/scott-rosberg-team-building-through-positive-conditioning.md) - Scott Rosberg on positive conditioning: why punishing kids with sprints contradicts everything you tell them about fitness — and what happens when running becomes the reward.
- [If All They Learn Is Baseball, We’ve Failed Them](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/scott-salow.md) - Scott Salow, 27 years without a losing season in a Michigan village of 1,800, on the national-record 75-game winning streak, three state titles, and a roster with fifteen captains.
- [Accountability Is a Form of Love](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/scott-centala.md) - Scott Centala, former pro player and consultant to Olympic, MLB, NFL and special operations teams, on psychological safety, permission to fail, and “I got your back” versus “I gotcha.”
- [We Practiced at 9 P.M. in a Warehouse](https://www.proactivecoaching.ai/scott-dulin.md) - Scott Dulin, who built Fisher College’s entire athletic department in two months with no uniforms, equipment or field, on dodging pillars at night and the airport conversation that found him a ballpark.

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