New and Noteworthy with Dave Westwood

This episode's guest, Craig Haworth, is a youth sports coach who has a website that teaches other youth coaches to become better at what they do.  He is also the host of the podcast “Winning Youth Coaching”.   Topics discussed on this episode include:   How coaches can positively (or negatively) impact their players off the field What responsibilities youth coaches have to their players The qualities winning youth coaches most often possess At what age winning should become a goal for coaches Best practices of youth coaching Keeping kids motivated even when they aren’t performing well or the team isn’t winning Effectively managing playing time for kids while maintaining a competitive environment Is there a point when parents can become too meddlesome? When kids don’t have a desire to play but are forced into playing by their parents Whether it’s better for younger kids to play with different teammates and make new friends or play on the same teams