"Playing time is probably the biggest source of frustration and anger among sports parents, which is saying a lot. An unarguable point, kids love to play.  They don’t like to sit on the bench.  Moreover, most of the benefits of playing a sport are tied to competing in games.  Kids who sit don’t benefit as much from sports as kids who play.  I don’t see how anyone can argue with this.    
    Good coaches get kids into games.  It is a tenet of good coaching that you get kids into games!  Period.  Whether there are any external rules for minimum playing time or not.  Whether it is at the high school or highly competitive travel team level or not.  Coaches may be creative about how they get kids into games in high-stakes situations, because Double-Goal Coaches do want to win.  But good coaches—Double-Goal Coaches—get kids into games! "  There were also some further thoughts and good discussion comments that you can read here.

YouTube Video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWjBvcfhRX0  
Youth describes the perspective of a kid to how parents and coaches act. 

News Article: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/league-coaches-baseball-2320370-game-experience 
The power of changing our ways as coaches.

Quote:  Pittsburghs Mike Tomlin said "That's the business of coaching really," he said. "You're a life coach in a lot of ways. You care about them, you do. You wear many hats and I embrace that as much as I do the X's and O's. I probably get more enjoyment out of watching people grow than I do preparing and winning football games. It is a beautiful thing. I believe that's what we are all called to do."

News Article:  http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-plaschke18-2008nov18,0,5737203.column?page=1
How sportsmanship can help to heal tragedy.

Great Quote: The quote is from University of Florida Gators quarterback (last year's Heisman Trophy winner). "What I said was something I could control, and that was that we were going to play with a passion, an enthusiasm and love for the game like this university has never seen before," Tebow said. "I knew I could control beyond a shadow of a doubt my effort, our team's effort and the kind of intensity we play with."I said what I said to give our fans confidence and our team confidence that we were going to come out and play with the kind of effort and passion that we're playing with right now."  http://www.gatorcountry.com/football/article/superman_vows_to_rise_again/4526 

 
News Article: http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=866685  
This is a great story about Ian Johnson of Boise State. He's definitely a triple-impact competitor. He unselfishly accepted a new role on the team when the offensive style changed, and he's thriving in the role. 

News Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/sports/baseball/10rays.html?_r=1&oref=slogin  

This article is about Joe Maddon, manager of the Tampa Bay Rays. Maddon clearly is being successful using Positive Coaching principles. Below are some highlighted quotes from the article to be used as examples of Positive Coaching at work at the highest level of competition.