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BRIDGE Lacrosse Dallas Partners with Positive Coaching Alliance

12/21/2009

BRIDGE Lacrosse Dallas (BLD) has established a partnership with Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) to ensure a positive, character-building experience for all youth athletes in BLD's programs. The partnership is underwritten by US Lacrosse as part of their effort to make youth sports a more positive experience for all. PCA (www.PositiveCoach.org), a Stanford University-based non-profit organization, conducts workshops for coaches, organizational leaders, and parents involved in schools and sports organizations serving 5-to-18-year-old athletes. PCA also provides workshops for high school athletes.

"Working with hundreds of youth sports organizations around the United States, PCA has developed practical tools and guidelines to help youth athletes, their coaches and parents get the most out of sports," said Edie Lycke, BLD President and Founder. "We recognize the tremendous opportunity for character-building sports for today's youth, so we embrace PCA's Double-Goal Coach™ model, where winning is one goal and teaching life lessons is the second, more important goal."

"We are delighted to partner with BRIDGE Lacrosse Dallas," said PCA Executive Director Jim Thompson. "Together, we'll strive to help their youth athletes take a positive approach to pursuing victories in athletic competition and in life."

The workshops are scheduled to begin in March, 2010. For more information about the dates and locations, please contact info@bridgelacrossedallas.org.
Testimonial

"This was my second year coaching the St. Philip's team; I can definitely see a difference from last year to this year in the way the kids responded to new ideas and aspects of the game we weren't able to teach last year....  A lot of our emphasis this year was on respect and responsibility.  They [the players] actually came to respect our motto for the season."

-BRIDGE Coach
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