North District News

Nov 30, 2008, Dallas, TX- The North Texas Chapter of US Lacrosse has established a partnership with Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) to ensure a positive, character-building experience for all youth athletes in North Texas Lacrosse programs.

PCA a Stanford University-based non-profit organization, conducts workshops for coaches, organizational leaders, and parents involved in schools and sports organizations serving five-to-18-year-old athletes. PCA also provides workshops for high school athletes.

"Working with hundreds of youth sports organizations around the United States, PCA has developed practical tools and guidelines to help youth athletes, their coaches and parents get the most out of sports,€ Tom Fitzsimmons, President of the North Texas Chapter of US Lacrosse. "We recognize the tremendous opportunity for character-building sports offers for today's youth, so we are embracing PCA's Double-Goal CoachTM model, where winning is one goal and teaching life lessons is the second, more-important goal.€

"We are delighted to partner with the North Texas Chapter,€ said PCA Executive Director Jim Thompson. "Together, we'll strive to help their youth athletes take a positive approach to pursuing victories in athletic competition and in life.€

The workshops are scheduled to begin Jan 10, 2009. For information about the dates and locations, please contact Patty Brooks at txbrooks@tx.rr.com , 972-880-0713

PCA trains Double-Goal Coaches®, whose first goal is winning, and whose second, more-important goal is teaching life lessons through sports.

PCA's partnership network includes more than 1,100 youth sports organizations, cities and schools. In 2008, PCA will conduct roughly 1,500 live, group workshops across the U.S., while assisting thousands of other individuals via online workshops at www.PositiveCoach.org For more information about the North Texas Chapter of US Lacrosse, please visit www.uslacrossentx.org