How Coaches Can Engage Parents

Leaders of youth sports will learn different techniques and tricks to engage parents of players on their team. Parents are a major factor in a youth sporting event. Being able to communicate clearly and effectively is a skill that many leaders must develop.

Benefits you'll get from taking this course:

• How to effectively run a parent meeting
• How to involve parents in your sports teams
• Create effective social support networks for your athletes
• Ability to promote proactive parent involvement
• Tools to engage parents
• Ability to Identify the 4 types of sports parents

Instructor for this course:

Dr. Laura Farres, PhD, Ch, P.C. Founder of Mind in Motion Consulting and Faculty Member at Douglas College

Dr. Laura Farres is the founder of Mind in Motion consulting and is a mental performance consultant with the Canadian Sport Psychology Association and a chartered professional coach with Coaches of Canada.  She works with a number of national, provincial and regional organizations in the areas of mental training as it applies to sport, health, exercise and business contexts.  Dr. Laura Farres is also an instructor at Douglas College in the Sport Sciences Department.