This document provides guidance for developing leaders in youth sports through coaching. It emphasizes modeling leadership by never being a child's last coach and building a program rather than personal status. Coaches should focus on persistence, attention to detail, encouraging curiosity, active listening, and teaching optimism through being energetic role models.

1. Develop Leaders in Youth Sports
“Make it so.”

2. We build the future. Can we afford to do it wrong?

3. Model Leadership
• “Never be a child’s last coach.”
• “Am I building a program or a statue?”

4. Brad Stevens
“The magic is in the work.”

5. Persistence

6. Paul “Bear” Bryant
“The first time you quit, it’s hard. The second time, it gets
easier. The third time, you don’t even have to think about it.”

7. Be detail-oriented

8. The difference between mediocrity
and excellence is attention to detail.
Sebastian J. Barbarito

9. • Encourage curiosity. Why does that work?
• Listen actively.
• Value reading and communication

10. Teach optimism and energy
Be the ‘Positive Dog’