Proactive Coaching (Page 4)

What do I do about parents yelling from the sidelines at games?

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?

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?

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?

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

From Rob Miller in the intentional coaching series (the four avenues: athletes making great choices, building leaders, creating support through parents…

Why Would I Need Anything Else?

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.

The Kids Used to Pick the Teams

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.

The First Female Commissioner in NAIA History

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.

Twenty Years, Four Sports, Three States

Scott Rosberg, athletic director at Park High School in Livingston, Montana, on two decades coaching basketball, football and soccer across Illinois, Montana and Washington.

A Program That Had Never Won — Then 36 Straight

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

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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101 Post Player Drills

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101 Youth Basketball Drills and Games

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101 Positive Athletic Traditions

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1001 Motivational Messages

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Teaching Character Through Sport

Teaching Character Through Sport

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Coaching for Significance, Volume 2

Coaching for Significance, Volume 2

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Coaching for Significance, Volume 1

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Assessing and Improving Athletic Programs

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4 Keys to a Successful Season

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The Role of Parents in Athletics

The Role of Parents in Athletics

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