Foster City Little League and Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) have partnered in a nationwide endeavor to make baseball and softball a positive, character-building experience for every athlete associated with FCLL, and to make the experience a more successful one for coaches, parents, fans and officials. For a PCA video describing this program, please Click Here.

Foster City Little League hopes that its leaders, coaches and parents will further their knowledge about what it takes to create a youth sports culture where athletes thrive and develop a love of the game that lasts a lifetime. The key themes of Positive Coaching are:

• Honor the Game- model and teach athletes to Honor the Game by setting high standards and demonstrating respect for Rules, Opponents, Officials, Teammates, and one's Self.
• Redefine "Winner"- help players redefine what it means to be a "winner," by focusing on mastery of a skill rather than solely on the scoreboard. PCA refers to the "ELM Tree of Mastery," where "E" stands for Effort. "L" represents the importance of Learning and "M" is for bouncing back from Mistakes. Athletes that pursue mastery of their sport are those who give 100% effort at every practice and game.
• Fill Emotional Tanks- fill players' "Emotional Tanks," recognizing that athletes need to have full tanks in order to do their best. A Positive Coach strives to achieve the "Magic Ratio" of five praises to one criticism. (For you coaches, think of this simply as 6 bits of coaching.)

Foster City Little League and PCA will expand on the first of these 3 principles and will provide "tools" that coaches and parents can utilize right away to promote a baseball and softball culture where everyone Honors the Game!

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