Karl-Anthony Towns Pro Camp: Learn and interact with Minnesota Star Center Karl-Anthony Towns at his annual Youth Baseball ProCamp! The two-day camp will be held July 17th and 18th at Providence Academy in Plymouth. Each camper will receive a limited edition Nike t-shirt, a camp team photo with Karl-Anthony, and a souvenir autograph. The camp […]
Kyle Rudolph ProCamp: Throughout the two-day camp, Kyle Rudolph, Harrison Smith, and our coaches will offer tips and hands-on instruction, including lectures, fundamental football skills stations, contests, and non-contact games in a high-energy, fun, and positive environment. Campers will be placed in small groups by age to ensure that each child gets maximum instruction. Each […]
John O’Sullivan from Changing the Game Project tells a great story of how asking your athletes one simple question can help to make a transformational change in your athletes. Too often coaches try to analyze their athlete’s performance based on understanding concepts, listening to directions, or having the ability to execute a play. If coaches had […]
“Better Coaches, Safer Kids” — Fridley Coaches are “Trusted Coaches”: Leaders of Fridley Community Education, Fridley School District, and the Fridley Parks and Recreation Department have collaborated to create a memorandum of agreement with all youth sports associations under the umbrella of Fridley Youth Sports Association (FYSA). As of October 2, 2017, all youth sports […]
Trusted Coaches has partnered with Elevate Media to provide a series of high quality PSA’s featuring NFL veterans Chad Greenway and Brooks Bollinger. Elevate Media Group is an award-winning multi-media company based in La Crosse, WI specializing in video/ audio production, creative marketing, graphic design, web design, event, and post-production services. With over 45 years […]
Many fans today are reeling from a devastating loss, either a close game, or a blowout. This got me to thinking about how I address my team after a loss. It just so happens that I helped coach an indoor soccer team yesterday and our team went 1-2. We haven’t’ played all winter as a […]
The Lake Minnetonka Athletic Association (LMAA) is a youth football league dedicated to helping young athletes in grades 3rd through 8th to learn the fundamentals of football, learn the value of teamwork and have fun doing it. The LMAA was established in 1961, serving as the governing board for the youth football programs of its […]
More kids are playing sports today than ever before. As the number of youth participating in athletics continues to rise, we are also seeing an increase in overuse injuries in these children. An overuse injury is one that occurs when repetitive stresses are placed upon a part of the body without adequate rest. These injuries […]
Trusted Coaches Fast Facts: 220+ youth sports organizations from the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Louisiana have joined Trusted Coaches to train educate and screen their coaches. Trusted Coaches is a non-sport specific program. Organizations currently participating focus on the sports of basketball, baseball, football, soccer, softball, lacrosse and track & field. Youth Sports Organizations […]
Sometimes it’s hard to put a number on what type of impact and influence Trusted Coaches is having on the youth sports community in the short time it has been available for public consumption. Well, our number crunchers did just that, and conservatively, here is the data. Coaches in training: 16,100+ Athletes positively impacted: 209,300+ (average team size […]