Basic Coaching Skills, Building Leadership in Youth Sports

Basic Coaching Skills was written to provide coaches with a solid foundation on which to build their coaching experience. We have found this information useful to both beginning and experienced coaches.

We believe that with the skills this program gives you, a successful coaching experience will follow. Don't take the chance of having your children coached by someone who does not teach fundamentals and hs no knowledge of how to teach positive leadership skills as well as putting the majority of emphasis on the fun of participating in the sport. Here is a program you can take immediately into the coaching arena and be assured of a successful coaching experience.

Richard Rhodes and Steven Hayward are co-founders of the American Coaching Institute, a certification program for athletic coaches. Rhodes has worked as an athletic director, high school varsity baseball coach, junior high school boys and girls basketball coach, and junior high school physical education teacher. He has also conducted basketball clinics and coached community recreation league sports. Currently he is the superintendent/principal of Black Butte Union Elementary School District in Shingletown, California. Hayward has worked as a high school and youth coach for football, baseball, softball teams and in recreation leagues. He is now a full-time student at the University of Phoenix, Sacramento, California.