At Joy of the Game, we believe the quality of our coaching and instruction is second to none and is at the very heart of what we do. All of our coaches and instructors have significant experience teaching the game of basketball to children and young adults and were often accomplished players in their own right. They all take great pride in developing players and in challenging them to become the very best they can be.

Coach Jeren Mcghee (Pictured left) along with The AAU National Office is happy to provide FREE Coaches' Education for all AAU Non-Athletes. This exciting program is administered by Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), using their Double-Goal Coach online courses. A Double-Goal Coach has two goals: the first is to win, but the second, more important goal, is to teach life lessons through sports.

*Mandatory for Coaches. All registered coaches will take this free course as part of gaining membership into the AAU. The AAU is proud to be a leader in the youth sports market and looks forward as being the trendsetter in coach education in years to come.

This Double-Goal Coach training program will give all team administrators, club directors, and coaches the tools they need to help youth athletes improve. PCA's online course is filled with powerful coaching tools that are based on the latest research in sports psychology and reflect the "best practices" of elite coaches and athletes, including such PCA National Advisory Board Members as Los Angeles Lakers Head Coach Phil Jackson, Boston Celtics Head Coach Doc Rivers, Naismith Hall of Fame basketball coaches Dean Smith and Larry Brown, former Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Herm Edwards, Olympic Gold Medal Gymnast Bart Conner, Olympic Gold Medalist and former WNBA star Ruthie Bolton and Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Summer Sanders, just to name a few.

Everyone will enjoy the interactive video and audio segments, featuring many of these top coaches and athletes, throughout the course modules. Course users who complete achieve an 80% approval rating will receive a completion certificate. After completing the Level 1 of the coaches' education program, participants will be able to complete Level 2 and Level 3 courses in subsequent years.

Whether or not you have completed your required Positive Coaching Alliance Double-Goal Coach® Online Course, available FREE to you as a benefit of the AAU-PCA National Partnership are some resources. We hope you will use ALL of PCA's free resources, including:

Level 1: Coaching for Winning and Life Lessons

Level 2: Culture, Practices and Games

Level 3: Developing Triple-Impact Competitors

This Double-Goal Coach training program will give all team administrators, club directors, and coaches the tools they need to help youth athletes improve. PCA's online course is filled with powerful coaching tools that are based on the latest research in sports psychology and reflect the "best practices" of elite coaches and athletes, including such PCA National Advisory Board Members as Los Angeles Lakers Head Coach Phil Jackson, Boston Celtics Head Coach Doc Rivers, Naismith Hall of Fame basketball coaches Dean Smith and Larry Brown, former Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Herm Edwards, Olympic Gold Medal Gymnast Bart Conner, Olympic Gold Medalist and former WNBA star Ruthie Bolton and Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Summer Sanders, just to name a few.

Everyone will enjoy the interactive video and audio segments, featuring many of these top coaches and athletes, including chicago bulls player Derrick Rose (Pictured right) throughout the course modules. Course users who complete achieve an 80% approval rating will receive a completion certificate. After completing the Level 1 of the coaches' education program, participants will be able to complete Level 2 and Level 3 courses in subsequent years.

Whether or not you have completed your required Positive Coaching Alliance Double-Goal Coach® Online Course, available FREE to you as a benefit of the AAU-PCA National Partnership are some resources. We hope you will use ALL of PCA's resources. Contact us at the following:

ILLINOIS WILDCATS

PO BOX 438662 Chicago, IL

773.842.2222