Coaching Sports

Are you looking to take your kids' soccer game to the next level? Check out this guide for youth soccer players (under 15 years) used by coaches, parents and players alike. Soccer is the most popular team sport in the world. It is perfect for kids to play. It is safe, simple, and the skills required can be easily acquired. Becoming an expert player requires high levels of dedication, natural athleticism, and innate skills. Any girl or boy can take to the sport and find enjoyment at their own level.

Do I want to become an elite coach in my sport? Do I want inspire my players to be successful in sport, but also in their lives? Do I want to learn qualities that make me a great coaching candidate? 50 Things to Know About Coaching, by Shane A. Reinhard, offers an approach to coaching sport that is not just about wins and losses, but more about skill development, relationship building, and being successful outside of sport.

Transform your coaching abilities and lead your team to success with this comprehensive guide.

In an introduction into sports psychology for athletes, Benjamin Bonetti provides you with deep and meaningful insights into your own mind, making it possible for you to effect massive shifts within yourself and follow a path toward ultimate strength, speed, agility, and athletic achievement. We all struggle, yes, but Mr. Bonetti, armed with a wealth of knowledge and a unique understanding of the athlete's mind, will minimize the struggle that you face and maximize the results that you are getting out of your training.

Every athlete has the same goal: victory. Game Changer: The Elite Athletes Guide to Peak Performance brings together the best of the best for taking any athlete from any sport and catapulting their performance to the top, fast. Combining the most cutting-edge scientific wisdom with real-life case studies, Game Changer provides a clear blueprint to victory and will put you at the top of your game faster than anything you’ve ever experienced.

Outperform the competition! Being unbeatable from the neck down cannot happen without first being unbeatable from the neck up. If the best athletes on the planet are all training their minds for peak performance in training and competition, why aren’t you doing the same? Unlike speed, strength, power, height, hand-eye coordination, and overall God-given talent, mental strength is a learnable skill. You just need the road map.

If your organization is not performing at its best, this book is for you. It puts you right into the shoes of the leaders of the great baseball dynasties and demonstrates how they overcame challenges common to those in our own teams and groups. Topics include managing and motivating highly talented but dysfunctional individuals, turning around careers that have stalled late in life, better understanding the practical benefits of diversity and inclusion, and inspiring individuals to find their best within the context of their teams.

Whether you are a new coach starting out or an experienced coach looking for some help, this is the book for you! After 18 years of playing baseball and many more coaching, I have compiled what I have learned over the years in this ultimate guide to coaching baseball. Be it the general rules of the game, tips and tricks, or how to overcome failure, this book has you covered.

Have you ever imagined how the world’s elite sports men and women perform to extraordinary levels when they compete at the biggest events? It’s as if they were born with an immune system that prevents nerves, anxieties, and a lack of self-belief ever surfacing. It’s Time to Start Winning is the work of NLP Master practitioner and Trainer Simon Capon. He has worked on the creation of a simple model that’s both easy to learn and master.

In the book The 3 Sinister Truths of Coaching Sports Today - and What You Can Do About Them, you'll learn how to build a support network that will be there for you when times are tough, answering your questions and giving you guidance. You'll discover how to appreciate your position and those around you, and in turn be more appreciated for the job you do. And you'll understand how to create your own system of professional development.

Sage advice distilled from a Hall of Fame coach’s years of interactions and astute observations, this straight-to-the-point guidebook for parents of young athletes describes how to support your child’s journey to their dreams and capture their heart.

Learn about these golf legends as they were learning to master the game on their home turf. In Grown at Glen Garden, the early friendship of Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson is shown, from their caddying days at Glen Garden Country Club to their chummy rivalry at the Masters decades later. With a peek at their family backgrounds, the story shows both the hardships and joys of growing up and learning to golf in Fort Worth, Texas, in the 1920s.

In Beyond the Bleachers: Encouraging Success without Stress, a Parents Tool Kit, the author offers a powerful examination of the often-complex relationship between parents, coaches, and young athletes. Drawing from personal experiences as a coach and mentor, the author explores the damaging effects of parental over-engagement in youth sports, providing practical solutions to foster a healthier, more supportive environment.

¿Correr tiene riesgos? Sí, toda práctica deportiva tiene riesgos, pero los tiene a cualquier edad. El mero hecho de vivir entraña riesgos. Cuando hablamos de correr a los 50 años debemos poner en el otro plato de la balanza los beneficios que podemos obtener con su práctica. Son tantos, y tan saludables, que nos sentiremos necios al pretender sopesarlos. El objetivo es ayudar a todas aquellas mujeres y hombres, con una edad que pivota alrededor de los 50 años, a convertirse en corredores aficionados y brindarles la oportunidad de disfrutar de esta maravillosa actividad.

The contrast is striking. As the United States Women’s National soccer team has long dominated the sport—winners of four World Cups and four Olympic gold medals—the men’s team has floundered. They failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup and three consecutive Olympics, and have long struggled when facing the world’s best teams. How could a country so dominant in other men’s team sports—and such a global powerhouse in women’s soccer—be so far behind the rest of the world in men’s soccer?

There are many baseball guides out there; what makes this one different? From Coach to Coach guides are age-specific, and include only the essential drills appropriate for your players. The guides focus on a manageable number of practice plans for each skill category: base running, throwing, hitting, and fielding. You won't be buried with hundreds of drills, wondering which ones work best.

The story of Jeff Horn is like a fairy tale. Written with award-winning author, journalist and boxing aficionado Grantlee Kieza, The Hornet is the tale of a boy who, slapped around by bullies, saw through tears in his eyes a vision of himself as a hero, a champ, someone other people might one day look up to. Horn took up boxing after being tormented as a teenager. Fast-forward a dozen years and the former bullied schoolboy - now humble schoolteacher - became world boxing champion on 2nd July 2017 at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium.

Alan Curbishley has spent a lifetime in football as a fan, player and manager. In his 40 years, he has seen the game he loves change beyond all recognition. The money, the media, the celebrity culture, the agents - when Curbishley began his playing career in 1975, no one could have foreseen a future in which television rights sold for £10 billion. Through incredible access to the biggest names in the game, he takes a look at the modern game in all its guises, from the chairmen and chief executives at the very top to managers and players and all the way to the fans and ground staff.

Every parent dreams of their child falling in love with sports, and when the opportunity to coach a team arises, many of us leap at the chance without hesitation. However, as the season progresses—or sometimes just before it begins—we often find ourselves realizing that we might not have a clue what we’re doing.

This book is a look at the ups and downs of coaching, what parallels there are between coaching and managing groups of people in a business setting, and why many folks think that being a coach is their "Dream Job".