In 2007 Sandy Springs Youth Sports made a commitment to the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) organization.  PCA.  Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) is transforming youth sports so sports can transform youth. Through partnership with more than 1,100 youth sports organizations, leagues, schools and cities nationwide, PCA has conducted 5,000-plus workshops for youth sports coaches, parents, organizational leaders and athletes.

PCA has support from elite coaches and athletes, including Los Angeles Lakers Head Coach Phil Jackson as PCA National Spokesperson. Their National Advisory Board comprises such leaders as NBA and NCAA Champion Coach Larry Brown, former senator Bill Bradley, NFL Hall of Fame Member Ronnie Lott, Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Summer Sanders, Olympic Gold Medal gymnasts Bart Conner and Nadia Comaneci, University of North Carolina Men's Basketball Retired Head Coach Dean Smith, Cy Young Award winner Barry Zito, and Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Herm Edwards.

PCA aims to:

• Train youth and high school sports coaches to become Double-Goal Coaches®, whose first goal is winning, and whose second, more-important goal is teaching life lessons through sports;
• Develop Second-Goal Parents, who focus on helping their youth athletes learn those life lessons;
• Cultivate Triple-Impact Competitors, student athletes who strive to improve themselves, their teammates and their sport as a whole.

SSYS will conduct mandatory PCA Training sessions for our Board Members, Officers, Managers and Coaches and options training sessions for our parents.  Watch for notices about the free sessions.

To keep up to date with PCA, visit the PCA Website or read their Momentum Newsletter.