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COACHING PRACTICE EVALUATION TOOL

Learn More To Improve Your Coaching Practice

This page contains additional resources from the VHSL Coaches Corner Newsletter and other resources to learn more about improving your coaching practice.

Set Vision, Goals and Standards for Sport Program

Avoiding the Pitfalls of Goal Setting by Greg Young (Click the Archives and look for vol. 4 issue 3)

Moving Beyond Just Setting Goals by Lori Gano-Overway (Click the Archives and look for vol. 11 issue 1)

Fourteen Legal Duties of Athletic Personnel by Lee Green (Click the Archives and look for vol. 1 issue 2)

Engage in & Support Ethical Practices

Developing RESPECT on Your Sport Team by Lori Gano-Overway (Click the Archives and look for vol. 1 issue 3)

The Values We Teach by Melissa Ferry (Click the Archives and look for vol. 3 issue 1)

Become a TrueSport Coach

NFHSLearn Sportsmanship Course

Build Relationships

The Credibility Factor: A Key That Separates Great Coaches from the Rest by Gregory Dale (Click the Archives and look for vol. 3 issue 1)

Developing Effective Coach-Parent Relationships by Lori Gano-Overway (Click the Archives and look for vol. 4 issue 2)

Communicating with Parents and Athletes by Melissa Ferry (Click the Archives and look for vol. 6 issue 1)

NFHSLearn Engaging Effectively with Parents Course

Managing Human Resources in Coaching by Bob Baker (Click the Archives and look for vol. 2 issue 3)

The Basics of Conflict Resolution by Lori Gano-Overway (Click the Archives and look for vol. 5 issue 1)

Resources for Navigating Difficult Conversations (Click the Archives and look for vol. 6 issue 1)

Developing Our Cultural Competence by Lauren Jefferson (Click the Archives and look for vol. 7 issue 2)

Develop a Safe Sport Environment

Addressing Hazing Issues in Sport by John Reynolds (Click the Archives and look for vol. 7 issue 2)

SafeSport Training

NFHSLearn Bullying, Hazing, & Inappropriate Behavior Course

The Importance and Design of Emergency Action Plans for Athletics by Charles Hale IV & Heather Grant (Click the Archives and look for vol. 3 issue 2)

VHSL State Component Highlight: Emergency Action Plans (Click the Archives and look for vol. 9 issue 1)

Take 5 to Help Athletes Survive by Tom Campbell (Click the Archives and look for vol. 5 issue 2)

Concussion Identification and Treatment Considerations for High School Coaches by Christopher Tomczyk & Tracey Covassin (Click the Archives and look for vol. 9 issue 1)

Resources for Safe Sport Procedures and Facilities (Click the Archives and look for vol. 3 issue 2)

NFHSLearn Heat Illness Course

NFHSLearn Sudden Cardiac Arrest Course

The Critical Period for Refueling by Sharon Barr Spalding (Click the Archives and look for vol. 3 issue 3)

Protein’s Role in Recovery Nutrition by Nancy Rodriguez (Click the Archives and look for vol. 10 issue 3)

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports (RED-S): What you Need to Know by Courtney Chramowicz and Susan Kundrat (Click the Archives and look for vol. 10, issue 3)

VHSL Sports Nutrition Resource Page

Gatorade Sports Science Institute Resource Page

NFHSLearn Sport Nutrition Course

Create a Positive and Inclusive Sport Environment

Transforming Lives through Coaching by Aubrey Newland (Click the Archives and look for vol. 5 issue 3)

Creating a Positive Learning Environment by Susumu Iwasaki (Click the Archives and look for vol. 5 issue 3)

Recognizing & Responding to Trauma by Lori Gano-Overway (Click the Archives and look for vol. 7 issue 1)

A Guide for Special Needs Inclusion by Rick Lilly (Click the Archives and look for vol. 1 issue 2)

Helping Students with Disabilities Get into the Game by Juntack Oh & Thomas Moran (Click the Archives and look for vol. 10 issue 2)

NFHSLearn Coaching Adapted Sports Course

Special Olympics Unified Sport Coaching Course

NFHSLearn Implicit Bias Course

Conduct Practices and Prepare for Competition

Supercompensation: A Key for Physical Conditioning by Melissa Ferry (Click the Archives and look for vol. 4 issue 1)

It’s all in the Game(s approach) by Greg Young (Click the Archives and look for vol. 6 issue 2)

Motivating the Student-Athlete by Melissa Ferry (Click the Archives and look for vol. 2 issue 1)

Talking Points for Multi-Sport Participation (Click the Archives and look for vol. 4 issue 1)

Coaching is Teaching by Lori Gano-Overway (Click the Archives and look for vol. 9 issue 3)

Recommendations for Developing Team Captains by Daniel Gould (Click the Archives and look for vol. 1 issue 1)

Coaching Beyond the X’s and O’s by Sarah Carson Sackett (Click the Archives and look for vol. 5 issue 1)

Be Accountable by Brendan Dwyer (Click the Archives and look for vol. 1 issue 3)

Mental Health by John Reynolds (Click the Archives and look for vol. 7 issue 1)

What is this thing called Mental Health? by Bob Harmison (Click the Archives and look for vol. 9 issue 2)

NFHSLearn Student Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Course

Coaching Life Skills Through Sport

VHSL Mental Health Resources

Sport Analytics: Can the High School Coach Benefit? by Brendan Dwyer (Click the Archives and look for vol. 2 issue 2)

Importance of Performance Testing to Minimize Injury and Improve Performance by Troy Purdom (Click the Archives and look for vol. 5 issue 2)

Evaluating Team Chemistry by Lori Gano-Overway (Click the Archives and look for vol. 2 issue 2)

Strive for Continuous Improvement

Opportunities for Improvement by Lori Gano-Overway (Click the Archives and look for vol. 10 issue 1)

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