Train your coaches
The single most important action a youth sports organization can take to enhance its program is to train its volunteer coaches. Encourage your organization to train their coaches. A Parent Orientation Program and Criminal Background Checks are now available.

Human Kinetics
www.humankinetics.com
The respected source of resources for sports and physical activities. A book or video from the Coaching Youth Sport series is a must for the new coach. These books provide the perfect starting point for the newly recruited youth coach. Need a good book on running a youth sports organization, check out Directing Youth Sports Programs.

Amazon.com
www.amazon.com
Shop this well known site for youth sports books, VHSs or DVDs.

Youth Sports Club
www.youthsportsclub.com
Marty Schupak of the Youth Sports Club produces some practical videos truly aimed at the youth coach. Check out video clips from his items like his popular 59 Minute Baseball Practice video. Visit the various web pages to purchase baseball, basketball, soccer and other sport items. The videos are reasonable priced and are now available on DVD.

Coaches Choice
https://www.coacheschoice.com
They carry an extensive collection of videos for youth football. Many are now available in DVD format.

Championship Books and Videos
www.championshipproductions.com
They carry books and videos for an impressive number of sports and not just the usual team sports. There have many cheerleading videos and DVDs.

Just Let The Kids Play
by Bob Bigelow
This isn't just another book about how badly parents behave, or simply another call for coaches' training, parents' ethics pledges and spectator gag orders. This book shows adults how to reform youth sports themselves: from team tryouts to decisions about who plays and who sits on the bench. Also check out Bob Bigelow’s Youth Sports Survey.

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