{{Short description|American non-profit organization}} {{Multiple issues| {{Advert|date=July 2019}} {{More footnotes|date=July 2019}} }} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox organization | name = Positive Coaching Alliance | caption = | founder = Jim Thompson | founded = {{start date and age|1998}} | headquarters = Suite 100, 1001 N. Rengstorff Ave., [[Mountain View, California]] | region_served = United States | products = Workshops, Scholarships, Books, Online Resources | focus = [[Positive Youth Development (athletics)]] | website = {{URL|positivecoach.org}} | image = File:Primary.png }} '''Positive Coaching Alliance''' ('''PCA''') is an American [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit organization]] which strives to create a positive youth sports environment.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-12-14 |title=What is the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA)? |url=https://vys.demosphere-secure.com/get-involved/volunteer/positive-coaching-alliance |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Vienna Youth Soccer}}</ref>
Founded in 1998,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Positive Coaching |url=http://www.oyaboys.org/page/show/7379027-positive-coaching-alliance |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Orland Youth Association |language=en-us}}</ref> PCA has established 18 chapters nationwide and has delivered more than 20,000 live group workshops to over 19.2 million youths.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jonker |first=William F. Meehan III and Kim Starkey |title=A Better Approach To Winning: Lessons From The Positive Coaching Alliance |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/meehanjonker/2019/02/21/a-better-approach-to-winning-lessons-from-the-positive-coaching-alliance/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> PCA offers interactive online courses and provides tools for coaches, parents, and athletes. {{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}
PCA gains support from a National Advisory Board of elite coaches, professional and Olympic athletes, organization leaders, and academics. PCA partners with more than 50 national governing bodies, organizations and professional leagues and teams including [[Boys & Girls Clubs of America|Boys & Girls Club of America]], [[National Basketball Association]], [[Major League Baseball]], and [[US Lacrosse]].<ref>{{Cite press release |last=Alliance |first=Positive Coaching |date=2021-12-02 |title=Positive Coaching Alliance and Coaching Corps Announce Intent to Merge to Increase Impact and Ensure a Positive Youth Sports Experience for All |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2021/12/02/2345228/0/en/Positive-Coaching-Alliance-and-Coaching-Corps-Announce-Intent-to-Merge-to-Increase-Impact-and-Ensure-a-Positive-Youth-Sports-Experience-for-All.html |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=fr}}</ref>
==PCA Impact==
PCA programming is research-based. Data indicate that as a result of PCA programming youth experience improved life skills and character development; coaches become more positive and increase their focus on using sports to teach life lessons; youth sports organizations and schools see their cultures become more positive.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Agans |first1=Jennifer P. |last2=Su |first2=Shaobing |last3=Ettekal |first3=Andrea Vest |date=2018-01-01 |title=Peer motivational climate and character development: Testing a practitioner-developed youth sport model |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140197117301835 |journal=Journal of Adolescence |language=en |volume=62 |pages=108–115 |doi=10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.11.008 |pmid=29179125 |issn=0140-1971|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.positivecoach.org Positive Coaching Alliance Website] * [https://devzone.positivecoach.org PCA DevZone – Resource Website] * [https://www.youtube.com/user/positivecoaching?feature=results_main Positive Coaching Alliance YouTube Channel]
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