Coaching Champions For Life

Download or read book Coaching Champions For Life written by Adam Sarancik and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-05-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique look at coaching with baseball as the backdrop. It reminds coaches just how important a role we play in the lives of our players and challenges us to look closely at the core of what we are teaching our athletes and the values they will need to succeed in life. While the book inspires as well as outlines specific, detailed, non-negotiable team-winning baseball fundamentals and strategies, it also calls out coaches to recognize the benefits, responsibility and higher calling of mentoring athletes within the game, for beyond the game.

Download or read book Sport Psychology for Youth Coaches written by Ronald Edward Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two seasoned sport psychologists help coaches understand the psychology of young athletes and provide guidelines for winning strategies that benefit athletes in sports and life. They cover issues like motivation, leadership behavior, values, life skills development and other topics, enabling coaches to have a lasting positive influence on youth.

Download or read book Parenting Young Athletes written by Frank L. Smoll and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-08-08 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parenting Young Athletes tells readers exactly how to enhance the well-being of their children, both on and off the athletic field/court. The latest information on child development, sport psychology, and sports medicine is translated into a practical "how-to" guide that assists parents in assuring their sons and daughters get the most out of youth sports. The authors, seasoned experts in the field, thoughtfully address a wide range of issues including: -Promoting achievement in all areas of life -Choosing the right sport program -Understanding the unique nutritional needs of young athletes -Identifying, treating, and preventing sport injuries -Helping children cope with disappointment and performance anxiety -Applying positive principles of coaching and character-building -Addressing the special concerns of high school athletes -Recognizing and preventing bullying and abuse -Growing together as a family through sports Engagingly written, Parenting Young Athletes is targeted at parents of youngsters from elementary through high school years. Geared toward parents who have relatively little athletic experience as well as those who have a strong background in sports, the book provides clear recommendations with enlightening examples and real stories of growth-promoting sport experiences. Key concepts and principles are highlighted throughout. Parenting Young Athletes explores the joys as well as the dangers of sport participation and is a must-read for parents who hope to raise champions in sports and in life.

Download or read book Coaching Champions written by Melissa Glee McGuire and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Dr. Tasheka Green, "There is a champion inside you that will cause you to accomplish any desirable goal so as to what you believe then you will achieve and what you cultivate prepares you to elevate." This is just one of the insightful thoughts that Green shares in her newest book from To Everything There Is a Season Publishing entitled Coaching Champions (2019). Green's newest addition to her last highly successful publication I Am Still Here, Living a Purposeful Life (2016) offers readers everyday techniques and strategies to transform individuals and organizations to reach their fullest potential.The CHAMPION Coaching Model you're about to read have proven results from an all-star lineup of five well-established and proven scholarly leaders in the field of education and business. The authors bring the book to life with their real-world experiences and practical wisdom. Each chapter uncovers the secrets of leadership through key tips, tricks, and strategies that will help you reflect on and elevate your leadership game. As you reflect on each chapter you will dig deeper into a self-reflective journey on the process of leadership, practices to improve your leadership style, maintaining a narrow focus for yourself and others, developing others to improve, and being mindful of the long game; endurance. Finally, each chapter provides reflective questions, protocols, inventories, checklists, and other tools that makes this an easy choice for your next book study with your colleagues. If you follow the practical advice and insights set forth from the authors of Coaching Champions you will simply be a better person, employee, coach, mentor, teammate, and leader. Whether you are looking to transform yourself or those in your organization that you lead, Coaching Champions is a must read as you reflect on your next steps for success and improvement.

Download or read book Coaching Champions for Life written by Adam Sarancik and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-22 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book details a methodology to coach the fundamentals of athletic, player, and team development in all sports using baseball as the backdrop. It describes the process of how to prepare players for life after sport by asking coaches to recognize the benefits, responsibility, and higher calling of mentoring their team members within the game for beyond the game. The book persuasively describes how to get the most out of players by first connecting with, validating, and supporting the person. Next, it demonstrates how and why training the athlete is essential to maximizing the development of the player. Once the foundation of the person and athlete are established, the book describes the process, including dozens of tips and drills, to prepare and develop the players and team to be the best they can be for sport, careers, and life.

Download or read book Champion Minded written by Allistair McCaw and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-28 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Champion Minded, Allistair will help you develop the winning standards in both sports and life by teaching you the mindset, habits and discipline of a champion. With over 125 lessons and inspirational anecdotes, Champion Minded will not only improve your mental and game preparation, but motivate you to achieve excellence in your life too.

Download or read book Life Is Short, Don't Wait to Dance written by Valorie Kondos Field and published by Center Street. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly acclaimed UCLA Women's gymnastics coach of 7 NCAA championships Valorie Kondos Field shares insights on how to use uniqueness and authenticity to achieve success. Former professional ballerina Valorie Kondos Field--or Miss Val, as she's affectionately known--has never tumbled, flipped, or even played any type of organized sports, and yet she has been able to craft a legendary coaching career through curiosity, creativity, attention to detail, and unwavering care for the overall well-being of her athletes. For Miss Val, it's not about winning and losing, it's about choreographing your life and owning the choices you make. Miss Val has shaped her UCLA Gymnastics program as a life skills class and now she's sharing those lessons with you, whether you're an athlete, business leader, or simply someone who wants to own their destiny. Miss Val's philosophies are timeless. Her coaching style is unorthodox. Life Is Short, Don't Wait to Dance is a thought-provoking, fun journey through the anecdotes of the 35-year career of a dancer/choreographer turned athletic coach. The book includes unforgettable stories of the Olympians and athletes with whom she's worked-including the inspirational journey of Katelyn Ohashi, whose joyful transformation under the tutelage of Miss Val was evident to the world when her perfect 10 floor routine went viral -- reaching over 100 million viewers. Other triumphs include Olympian Jamie Dantzscher, who found her confidence at UCLA and learned the tools to combat her previous abuse; and sensation Christine Peng Peng Lee, who helped the Bruins clinch the 2018 NCAA championship with back-to-back 10's. Miss Val also shares her favorite memories of her mentor, legendary basketball coach John Wooden, as well as her thoughts on Larry Nassar and the gymnastics sexual abuse scandal. Miss Val reveals how her coaching journey had a rocky start before she found her own best approach. In time she realized that her dance background wasn't a detriment, it was a gift. When she embraced this, Miss Val led the Bruins to victory. Life Is Short, Don't Wait to Dance is packed with great advice for anyone on a quest for success, delivered in Miss Val's reassuring and inspirational tone. She took the same approach to her breast cancer diagnosis, explaining how she made that struggle into one of the best years of her life. For Miss Val, it's all about attitude. Life Is Short, Don't Wait to Dance is a powerful book that shows you how to make the leap of faith in choosing your own path to greatness.