The Gold Standard is the most famous monetary system that ever existed. The standard unit of currency is kept at the value of a fixed quantity of gold. The term "Gold Standard" has come to mean the ideal model of excellence by which others are measured. Let Gold Standard Coaching help you become that model of excellence.
Gold Standard Coaching are experts in identifying an education-based youth development program’s focused mission, assistance in developing an aligned coaching philosophy, and helping create successful team cultures. Gold Standard Coaching will introduce best practice methodology and provide some necessary tools that place the value of the participants in sports-based youth development organizations as GOLDEN.
Ray Lokar is a veteran coach and long-time Positive Coaching Alliance Southern California Lead Trainer having presented hundreds of speaking engagements to thousands of coaches, athletes, and parents on a variety of topics in the world of sports. Lokar is a Certified PCA Double-Goal Coach, Mentor Coach, Performance Enhancement Expert, and an LCTI Life Coach with a certificate in Positive Psychology. Ray is the author of two basketball coaching books, a youth coaching DVD series, and has:...40+ years of championship coaching experience in multiple sports at the youth, high school, and collegiate level, 25+ years as business owner and entrepreneur, 20+ years as a teacher, 15+ years as a youth-sports organization Board Member, 15+ years as a web-editor and content developer, 13 years on the Executive Board of the Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association (SCIBCA), 8 years as an Athletic Director, 2 years as a high school Director of Activities , 2 years as the President of the 1000+ coach Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association
Coach "Lok" is a proud father of three former college athletes and a young son currently making his way through collegiate sports.