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Webinar: Winning Beyond the Game: A Million Coaches Trained and What’s Next
A million coaches trained — and we’re just getting started. This webinar featured leaders across sport and youth development to celebrate this milestone and move from proof to practice.
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2025 Policy Analysis of Laws, Governance, and Oversight of School- based Sport in the United States
This policy brief takes that next step, offering a closer examination of the content, scope, and implications of current requirements guiding school-based sport.
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12 Coaching Strategies to Support Positive Youth Development
The MCC Practice Guide for Youth Coaches offers practical, evidence-based strategies that every coach can use right away to strengthen the experience for kids.
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Coaching Calls to Action: A Vision for Youth Sports Coaching
This Calls to Action Statement represents our commitment to leverage their collective voice, and is the culmination of years of collaboration to identify systemic barriers to quality coaching in youth sports.
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Preliminary Findings from the MCC Implementation Study
The MCC Implementation Study reveals how Partners are transforming youth sports by training coaches in youth development practices and aligning on a shared standard for what makes a “good” coach.
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National Coaches Day Webinar Recording
Tools, resources and strategies from MCC partners about ways to support coaches and young people drawn from positive youth development.
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National Coach Survey Final Report
First-ever youth sport coach survey in the U.S. that examined youth sport coaches’ backgrounds, experiences, philosophies, behaviors, and training histories and interests, while also exploring whether coach training makes a difference.
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Million Coaches Impact Webinar Recording
Update from leaders who have seen the impact of trainings in areas of youth development for school-based coaches at the national, state, district and building level.
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MCC Belief Statement
Belief statement from the organizations that make up the Million Coaches Challenge.
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MCC Impact Statement
Early findings of the power and possibility of coach training in youth development.
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MCC 2024 Policy Update
Mapping of school-based coach education and training requirements in the United States.
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The Ripple Effect
Reflections on the impact of youth-centered coaching and it reverberates through athletes’ lives, shaping not just their performance, but their values and behavior both on and off the field.