Keep the coaches your club runs on.
A free, research-backed checklist showing club directors why good coaches burn out and leave, and the concrete moves that keep them.
What the research shows
- 69% of youth sports coaches report feeling stressed.
- Two-thirds say parents regularly criticize their coaching.
- Coaches quit most over what clubs can fix: hostile parents, busywork, and feeling unsupported.
- Most youth coaches are part-time and modestly paid, so income and a path to grow keep them.
Grounded in research from the Aspen Institute's Project Play, the Positive Coaching Alliance, and TrueSport.
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What's inside
The Coach Retention Checklist walks through the nine levers that keep good coaches season after season: backing them against hostile parents, building real family relationships, cutting their busywork, paying fairly with extra ways to earn, a reliable back office, recognition, a path to grow, a sustainable role, and belonging. Each comes with the research behind it and the concrete actions to run it.