European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 2, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 now fhe name of the game is fun youth coaches shift from winning at All costs by Mark Moor staff writer Rhein main a. West Germany Paulk Conan and Mike Kasey want to make the win at All costs coach in Outh sports similar to the Dinosaur extinct. It s the coach most people have played  with or observed in action. The coach who yells and screams at players whines at every Call and docs whatever it lakes to win. A Conan the Ahcin main youth Center director and Kascy the Center s sports director have a philosophy for their coaches fun is in. Winning at All costs is out. To help coaches score with fun Keenan an Kasey use a three year training program offered by the National youth sports coaches association. The association was founded in 1981 to improve out of school sports in the United states for the More than 20 million youths under age 16 who participate. During a one Day training session last Mon that , coaches from Rhein main Frankfurt Hanau and Wiesbaden Learned about exercise nutrition weight training first Aid their own liability How to Deal with parents and Hov o make practice , the association s european director said the program also emphasized safety sport psychology motivation and communication Between players coaches and parents. The training is designed to make coaches think about things they normally would t think  Kasey  coach Norman Ryan said it gave me the basics to work with. It taught me to work with parents. It gives you Confidence to Deal with certain  fun first meant eliminating score keeping in the to Ball league a variation of baseball for 5 to 7-year-Olds that involves hitting the baseball off a rubber Tec. We Are not Here to prolong our sports lives As adults. We Are Here to make it a learning experience and a positive experience for the  Mike Kasey not keeping score Means everybody wins because everybody is out there having a goo time Kasey said. The kids at this age Are More interested in gelling a Chance to play and the after game  also did away with formal standings in the base s 8 and 9-Ycar-old coach pitch league in which each coach pitches to his team instead of having players Pilch. Stressing the importance of winning should come later when the kids Are older he  he said the association does t ignore winning it just puts it in its place. We ure nowhere to prolong our sports lives As adults. We arc Here to make it a learning experience and a positive experience for the  Morgan a coach in the coach pitch league agreed that winning in t  worked with a win at All costs coach Morgan said. He s out there trying to put Thebes players in the lineup and 1 believe that every player should play. 1 Felt bad for the  Morgan also believes thai the learning experience should t be confined to the basics of Fielding Hilling throwing and running bases. Sportsmanship is important he said. You have to set a Good image. If you want them to be Good sportsmen then you have to be a Good  coaches should t get upset when their $ $ ,.x m s4s Gus Schu Fottler coaches Chuck Morgan left and de Lewis Ork with youngsters on a coach Pilch league at Rhein main a. Players make errors he said Youcan t get upset when they strike out. There s enough pressure on kids with parents in the  Harry Bloss who coaches baseball for 13 to 15-year-old boys at Rhein main said that As youngsters become older winning becomes More important because they know the basics and peer pressure increases. Buthe said he does t have to say a word about winning. We try to gel them to recon Nethat the other team still wants to play still wants to win he said. We retrying to encourage them to do their Best. And if they lose Well they lost by doing their Best and have nothing to hang their Heads  Keenan said the air Force requires youth sports coaches to Complete som kind of training program although it does t legislate which program. Similar training is offered in various programs in military communities worldwide and in civilian communities in the United states. Richard Geraci who coaches 10 lo12-year-old boys baseball in Darmstadt has completed a number of training programs for youth sports coaches but not the one used by Rhein main. While he does t expect his least to win every game. Geraci said he do snot walk out there and Tell kids we re out Here to have fun. We Don t want to we " his goal is to try to win half the games and participation is a Large part of his personal coaching philosophy. It is important for All the kids a participate so they won t become involved in activities that could cause them  he said. As for youth sports coaches they need a formal training program he said. It s necessary to scare off people who maybe should t be coaching  is Gus Sci Settle Nicholas viru 8, jets some lips on catching from Chuck Morgan