Partners

The Center for Healing & Justice through Sport (CHJS) engages with sport at every level. From community centers and juvenile detention centers to major college athletic conferences and professional leagues, the CHJS team puts a premium on teaching coaches to deliver healing-centered sport experiences while protecting, nurturing, and embracing athletes for every bit of who they are. Our interactive courses range from 2-hour introductions to a 100-hour advanced certification, offered in partnership with the world-renowned Neurosequential Network.

Girls on the Run International annually equips about 20,000 new coaches across
its network of 175 local councils through the National Coach Training. Drawing on research and insights from the field, the blended online and in-person training prepares coaches to deliver the evidence-based Girls on the Run curriculum, use trauma sensitive strategies, establish safe environments with an awareness of sexual abuse prevention best practices, build relationships, create a positive, inclusive environment where ALL youth can be themselves, and cultivate a mastery climate.

Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA is training thousands of youth sport coaches in sports-based youth development, positive youth development and social-emotional learning approaches. Coaches being trained are located throughout the US, including
in our key Sport for Good Cities (Atlanta, Chicago, New Orleans, and New York City) and our training partnerships focus on non-profit organizations, professional league and team networks, and other local sport and youth agencies.

LiFEsports at The Ohio State University in partnership with the Ohio High School Athletic Association introduces Coach Beyond…, a series of ten education sessions designed to ensure coaches and athletic directors are ready to “coach beyond…”the X’s and O’s and teach life and leadership skills through sport. We offer in-person and online trainings, free webinars, and community events on important topics such as supporting student-athlete mental health, fostering a positive team environment, managing stress and pressure, and improving mental strategies for athletic performance.

Focused on ensuring children have a positive, well-rounded experience on and off
the field, the Little League® Diamond Leader Training Program is a free educational resource that provides coaches with an understanding of the impact that mental, social, and emotional well-being has in youth sports through detailed information, interactive scenarios, and a variety of additional resources. Through this course, which navigates Little League volunteers through real-life scenarios that are being faced in local leagues all around the world each year, coaches will have a better understanding of the impact they have on their players, both on and off the field.

The U.S. Soccer Foundation builds coaches’ capacity to create lasting, positive connections with youth, by teaching coaches how to also serve as mentors. With an emphasis on serving under-resourced communities, the Foundation training serves coaches of all youth sports and is delivered in-person, virtual-live, and through an asynchronous, online training.

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee’s (USOPC) Connection Based Coaching is an online course created to help coaches of all levels better connect with their athletes. Through the story-telling lens of Team USA athletes, coaches, and professionals, the interactive course modules guide participants to a greater self-awareness in social and emotional skills they use in their coaching techniques.

USA Fencing, USA Triathlon, and USA Weightlifting have developed coach training modules focused on Effectively Coaching Generation Z, Creating A Culture of Belonging, and Elevating Your Coaching IQ. Additionally, these courses will be offered to all NGBs (at no cost) to incorporate into their Coach Education programs.

CoachUp! Washington is a strategic partnership between the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) and the University of Washington’s Center for Leadership in Athletics (UW CLA) aimed at providing online coach development courses to all school-based coaches across Washington state. The first two foundational courses focus on creating physically and emotionally safe environments and centering the social, emotional, and physical needs of adolescent athletes.

Positive Coaching Alliance’s Double-Goal Coach workshop explores why and how
to pursue both winning and the more important goal of teaching life lessons through sports. Each coach leaves the workshop knowing how to focus on communication between coaches and athletes, coach for mastery of sport, and honor the game. The training is open to coaches of all sports, across all levels from 4–5-year-olds up through high school and competitive club sports and is available via self-paced online courses as well as live interactive workshops via Zoom or in-person.