Play. Thrive. Lead: Positive Coaching Workshops for Coaches, Parents & Kids

The Positive Coaching Workshops are part of the Miami Beach Youth Sports & Wellness Festival and are designed to support coaches, parents, and young athletes in creating a more positive, supportive, and impactful youth sports experience.

Led in partnership with Positive Coaching Alliance, these interactive sessions focus on building confidence, strengthening communication, and fostering a culture where effort, growth, and character development are just as important as performance.

Workshops are offered for coaches, as well as for parents and athletes to attend together, helping align everyone around a shared approach to youth sports.

Participants will leave with practical tools and strategies they can immediately apply to create a more positive and empowering sports environment—on the field and beyond.

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Info: This highly interactive workshop helps coaches build a positive youth sports culture where athletes feel safe, seen, heard, and valued while still developing as competitors. Grounded in research and real coaching experience, the session covers key Positive Coaching Alliance principles including building trusting relationships, the ELM Tree of Mastery, Filling Emotional Tanks, and Honoring the Game. Coaches will leave with practical tools they can apply right away and earn recognition as a PCA-Certified Positive Coach.

Info: Parents and caregivers play a powerful role in shaping the youth sports experience. This workshop offers practical tools to help families better support their athletes, align around healthy goals, reinforce a positive sports culture, and build stronger coach-parent partnerships. The session also focuses on empathy, athlete mental wellness, and creating a sense of belonging within the team community.

Info: A fun, interactive workshop for elementary and middle school athletes that helps kids build confidence, support teammates, and compete with character. Through movement-based games and guided activities, participants will practice bouncing back from mistakes, encouraging others, and honoring the game through positivity and sportsmanship. This session is designed to help young athletes strengthen themselves, their teammates, and the game.

Info: Join nationally recognized youth sports equity expert Kim Turner, J.D. for an inspiring, interactive workshop on how to help more girls play, stay in the game, and thrive. Families will walk away with practical ideas to build confidence, expand opportunities, and create a stronger, more supportive sports culture for girls at school, on teams, and in the community. A powerful session for anyone who wants to turn awareness into action.

Info: Parents and caregivers play a powerful role in shaping the youth sports experience. This workshop offers practical tools to help families better support their athletes, align around healthy goals, reinforce a positive sports culture, and build stronger coach-parent partnerships. The session also focuses on empathy, athlete mental wellness, and creating a sense of belonging within the team community.

Info: A fun, interactive workshop for elementary and middle school athletes that helps kids build confidence, support teammates, and compete with character. Through movement-based games and guided activities, participants will practice bouncing back from mistakes, encouraging others, and honoring the game through positivity and sportsmanship. This session is designed to help young athletes strengthen themselves, their teammates, and the game.

Info: Join nationally recognized youth sports equity expert Kim Turner, J.D. for an inspiring, interactive workshop on how to help more girls play, stay in the game, and thrive. Families will walk away with practical ideas to build confidence, expand opportunities, and create a stronger, more supportive sports culture for girls at school, on teams, and in the community. A powerful session for anyone who wants to turn awareness into action.

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