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Few experiences are more rewarding than coaching a youth football team. Your journey through the season will be packed with moments that make you smile and that you and your players will remember for the rest of your lives. But what if you’ve never coached before?

No worries! Coaching Football For Dummies is the fun and easy way to tackle the basics of coaching youth football. This friendly guide shows you how to teach your players effectively, regardless of their age or skill level, and lead your team to victory—even if you’re a first-time coach. You’ll discover how to:

• Develop a coaching philosophy
• Teach football fundamentals
• Encourage good sportsmanship
• Improve your team’s skills
• Ensure safety on the field
• Communicate effectively with parents

Packed with valuable information on preparing your game plan before you even step on the field, this hands-on resource gives you expert guidance in building your coaching skills, from evaluating your players and running enjoyable, productive practices to working with all types of kids—uncoordinated, shy, highly talented—at once. You’ll find a variety of fun-filled drills for teaching everything from tackling and blocking to running and catching, as well as advanced drills to take your players’ skills up a notch. You’ll also see how to:

• Conduct a preseason parents’ meeting—an often overlooked aspect of coaching
• Gather the necessary gear and fit the equipment to your players
• Raise the level of play on offense, defense, and special teams
• Take steps to avoid injuries
• Deal with discipline issues and problem parents
• Make critical half-time adjustments
• Transition to coaching an All-Star Team

Complete with tips for working with parents, keeping your players healthy, and leading your team effectively on game days, Coaching Football For Dummies is all you need—besides a whistle and a clipboard—to navigate your players through a safe, fun, rewarding season! ... Read more

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Fun, safety, and effective instruction are the focus of the fourth edition of Coaching Youth Volleyball, helping you create an environment that promotes learning, cultivates a love of the game, and motivates your athletes to come out year after year.

Numerous coaching books present the skills and drills of volleyball. But here's a book that teaches you how to convey those skills to your athletes in an engaging and positive manner. Coaching Youth Volleyball's focus on teaching volleyball skills through gamelike drills sets it apart from the current lineup of volleyball coaching books. And it's the only one recommended by and written with the expertise of USA Volleyball's Coaching Education Department.

Ideal for coaches of players aged 14 and under, the fourth edition includes 18 drills and 32 coaching tips that are sure to jump-start your practices. This new edition also adds

• two new chapters on coaching individual volleyball skills and coaching the transitions and alignments of the game;
• important age-group modifications regarding ball size, net height, player positions, and court dimensions for three age groups (6- to 9-year-olds, 10- to 11-year-olds, and 12- to 14-year-olds) and for team play in 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, or 6v6 competition;
• court diagrams to help you quickly and accurately construct your own age-appropriate court, and
• a clear explanation of rules and procedures, including the capabilities and limits of the new libero position.

Coaching Youth Volleyball's combination of volleyball fundamentals and essential coaching skills--such as communicating with parents and officials, motivating players, and preparing for games and practices--makes this book a must-read as you prepare to meet the challenges and enjoy the rewards of coaching young athletes. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

don't wasteyour money
This book is a waste of money.I am an assistant coach for a 5th grade girl's volleyball team.I was hoping to learn something new, get some creative ideas on coaching or building teamwork, or at least come away with one good drill.The book offers none of the above.it's very basic and there is nothing original in the book.

Great for teaching this age group
I've been around volleyball for many years as a player, coach and ref, so I wasn't looking for a primer on coaching. Although I've had many opportunities to teach fundamentals in a clinic settingI'm getting my first opportunity to coach JO youth for a season. This book was very helpful in getting me to understand that 14 year old girls are going to need a somewhat different approach than adult and high school players and gave me great ideas to help me be successful with them.The assistant coaches were also given the book sothat we all were, quite literally, on the same page during practices. Everyone thinks it is quite valuable and are committed to trying the book's approach.

Coaching Youth Volleyball
Book in excellent condition, took a few weeks to receive.Book is great for those interested in "remembering" how to play volleyball and how to help coach their own children or a team.Good foundation basic information.Helped my daughter with her serves. Would buy again.

Good read for starting a youth program
I'm a varsity coach, so stepping back and teaching youth wanted to get a refresher course as we set up our youth program.This book is a big help, though for the experienced coach I would assume they know most of it but could use it as a refresher as well.Beginner coaches it would be great, especially for middle school level and below levels. ... Read more

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A newly revised edition of the book that helped define the coaching profession, Co-Active Coaching captures the essence of what it takes to design and maintain successful, collaborative, and empowering coaching relationships.The authors describe in detail their flexible and adaptive model-placing the client's agenda at the heart of the coaching partnership, define the skills required for success, provide dozens of sample coaching conversations, and a power-packed Coach's Toolkit of over 35 exercises, questionnaires, checklists, and forms to make these proven principles and techniques eminently practical and immediately actionable. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (70)

Too psychological
As a coach of 5 years, I was very disappointed with this book...My advice is to read Maria Nemeth's "Mastering Life's Energies".The tools are pragmatic, simple, do not cross over into psychotherapizing the client, and get to the root of the problem in a direct, succinct manner.Free association and overuse of metaphors is not as powerful of a method for coaching as it is for therapy.

Nothing new under the sun ...
Average book elaborated on nice but not surprising model. I would recommend this to people who want to discover the basics about coaching method. Average theory, models, nice question overview of questions in the end of the book.

A very valuable resource
In my view it does not matter where you are in your coaching career, this is a valuable resource.

The book is laid out in three parts.The first section goes into the fundamentals of Co-Active coaching.They discuss the Co-Active (or collaborative) coaching model and the coach client relationship.

Part two goes deals with the components of coaching: Listening, Intuition, Curiosity, Moving forward and deeper and Self-Management.These are the coaching skills and techniques you can develop and/or improve.I believe most coaches have the propensity to be skilled in these areas, but here is some sound practical advice on how to improve these skills and specific ways to use them in the coaching process.

Part three deals with Co-Active coaching principles and practices.Putting parts one and two into practice by going deeper into the theory and using specific examples to illustrate the points.

Then there is what might be the most valuable part of the book - the Coach's Toolkit.The toolkit is an extremely valuable resource containing forms and exercises that any coach can put to great use in their business.There are specific exercises, client interview forms, planning checklist, client profile and many, many other forms.

In addition there is a CD which has two practice coaching session in audio format as well as all the forms from the Coach's Toolkit in PDF format.

If you are serious about your coaching business, this is a wonderful resource that will save you time and money in running your business.It is also a very handy reference resource to refresh and improve your skills.

Excellent service
Received my new book, with speedy delivery and the book was still sealed.

Thank You,

Shotzie

Blind leading the blind
To their credit, the authors of this text do address the larger issues of the values that are behind the client's agenda, and they attempt to justify their approach by seeking those as the larger goal underneath the particular task(s) for which they may be engaged. Despite their efforts, this book reflects all of the philosophical objections one can raise when value neutral counseling or coaching is promoted.

No one can offer an unbiased worldview when approaching the issues, choices, and problems of life (my own preconceptions are admittedly Christian). The coach will inevitably bring his own presuppositions to the process of coaching. The authors are no exception. Beginning with their discussion of Balance in Chapter 1, they attempt to justify human wisdom about what is important in life, defining it as what is truly important to the client. They make their own value judgment that balance is, of itself, a worthy goal, without questioning exactly what is weighed. It is my view that if Christian values are not the basis of coaching, then the blind are leading the blind to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic (to combine metaphors).

This is aptly illustrated by the ostensibly unbiased view the coach is to take about the client's methods in achieving his goals (see "Spaciousness" p.17). The coach is completely detached from any judgments about means or ends "so long as the client continues to move toward the results the client wants. This `end justifies the means' argument is bad enough, but apparently not even the end is open to question. Where conscience might operate, the authors position might be construed as labeling it a "gremlin".

The importance of good listening skills led to a discussion of something presented as "Level 3 Listening". There are several problems with this technique as presented. It seems to be a synthesis of the coach and client's mental process - a rather mystical concept - that is not very well defined. It seems to offer rather fertile ground for the injection of the coach's bias. It is later presented under the category of direct observation, which raises the question of who is really being observed, the coach or the client?

Values are directly addressed in Chapter 8 "Client Fulfillment". Space does not permit a complete dissection of the authors' views here, but several points are worthy of note. Statements like "values are not morals.... are not principles" (p.119) are at the heart of the problem with their approach. Their view that "what is to be admired is not the value itself, but your client's ability to live that value fully in his life" is, quite simply, shocking. By that logic the client's fulfillment of his value of personal power would lead to a sense of "rightness" when he betrays his co-worker.

I'll end my response to this book by noting that the description of Process Coaching (pp.143-156) strongly resembles gestalt psychotherapy. This is a particularly new age approach that was probably to be expected in this book. As the authors pronounced "it's the process that counts", I was hearing in my mind "Life is a journey, Grasshopper!"

While there was valuable content to be found in this book, I found it to be morally and spiritually blind. ... Read more

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For the last eight years, Dan Doyle,founder and executive director of the Institute for International Sport, and parenting expert Deborah Doermann Burch have researched The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting. The Encyclopedia offers prescriptive advice on virtually every issue that confront parents of young athletes of all ages. The research has encompassed an extensive array of surveys with a wide variety of individuals and groups, including present and former athletes; parents and grandparents; non-athletes - and a special survey conducted with 500 highly successful individuals on their views of sport. In his capacity as Distinguished Lecturer for the NCAA Foundation, Doyle has interacted with thousands of student-athletes at the nearly 100 schools at which he has spoken over the last eight years.

Subjects include detailed chapters on issues such as "Playing for a Demanding Coach," "The Unparalleled Value of Team," and "Should My Child Play on a Travel Team?" The text has been reviewed by over 60 distinguished individuals, all of whom have experience in either sports parenting or education. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

A Must Have Sports Bible
Dan Doyle has written an amazing sports bible for everyone from the parents of youngsters approaching sports for the first time, to the parents of talented Division I prospects. Along the way meticulously researched advice and factual examples abound for everyone. As a teacher I loved the clear instructions and the ethics espoused for parents,coaches, and children alike. As a parent I only wish that I could have gotten his invaluable advice twenty years earlier when my children first went through all the issues he expands upon from good/bad coaches to parental input to sportsmanship to balancing numerous sports to, in our case, college advice for the Division III student-athlete and parent. Kudos to Dan Doyle and to this great book- a must read!

The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting -- A Slam Dunk
Whether you're a student athlete, the parent of an athlete, a sports fan, a fitness-conscious individual, a guidance counselor, a coach, or an armchair athelete, The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting teems with information for all levels and interests of sports.With great insight and near-reverence for the power of sport not only to change lives, but even more importantly, to change the world, Dan Doyle treats readers to an insider's view of the world of sports, a world to which he's devoted his life.
In conducting the research, Doyle plumbed the minds and expertise of hundreds of renowned and respected coaches as well as student athtletes for information about the college recruiting process, the pros and cons of playing Division I or Division III sports, how and when to talk to your child's coach, sports cmap, and so much more.Open to any page and you will be rewarded with advice, statistics, web information, and a host of resources for athletes playing at all levels in this essential sports guide for parents.
The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting makes you feel as if you have your own personal sports consultant at your disposal, 24-7, at a fraction of a sports consultant's fee.Don't miss out.

Lynn Hoffman
Mother of a High School 2-Sport Varsity Athlete, Guidance Counselor

Great book for sports parents and anyone else
Although the title might suggest that this is book is written solely for parents who love sports, that's far from the truth.This is a really good book for parents who are crazy about sports, but also for those who don't know a basketball from a soccer ball.The book covers all of the basics of being a "sports parent," like how to sign your child up for little league and what type of summer camp to enroll them in.For those parents whose kids get more serious, there's plenty of information and advice on navigating high school sports, college scholarships, etc.But most of all, this is a book about parenting.There's a lot of helpful advice on using a kid's sporting experience to teach him or her about hard work, about success and failure, and about competing hard while still treating people fairly.The book is both a practical how-to guide, but also a rich trove of common sense wisdom on raising good kids.

Essential for any parent of a potential sports mega star.
Child Athletes need a brand of special care to be the best they can be - and "The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting" is here to help parents do the best that they can for their young athletes so they get the most they can out of their hobbies. Covering youth sports of all ages - from little league baseball to college football, nothing is left uncovered. Providing advice on encouraging ones children, and giving them the little extra special things they need in their adolescence to do well in youth sports, "The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting" is essential for any parent of a potential sports mega star. ... Read more

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So you’re thinking about volunteering to coach youth basketball? Great! You’re in for a fun, rewarding experience. Whether you’re new to the sport and looking for some guidance or you’re a seasoned coach hunting for some fresh tips, Coaching Basketball For Dummies will help you command the court with confidence.

Each friendly chapter is packed with expert advice on teaching the basics of basketball—from dribbling and shooting to rebounding and defending—and guiding your kids to a fun-filled, stress-free season. You get a crash course in the rules and regulations of the game, as well as clear explanations of what all those lines, circles, and half-circle markings mean on the court. You’ll assign team positions, run great practices, and work with both beginning and intermediate players of different age groups. You’ll also see how to ramp up your players’ skills and lead your team effectively during a game. This book will also help you discover how to:

• Develop your coaching philosophy
• Understand your league’s rules
• Conduct a preseason parents’ meeting—crucial for opening the lines of communication
• Teach offensive and defensive strategies
• Keep your kids healthy and injury-free
• Encourage good sportsmanship
• Make critical half-time adjustments during a game
• Help struggling players
• Address discipline problems and handle difficult parents
• Coach an All-Star or Travel team

Complete with numerous offensive and defensive drills and tips for helping your kids relax before a game, Coaching Basketball For Dummies is the fun and easy way to get the score on this worthwhile endeavor! ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Great Drills & Sound Advise
I have been coaching younger children for 4 years, and I wanted to get some new drills that I could use during practices. This book has a really good outline of offense, defense, rebounding and practice drills. There are also some very good points at the begining of the book on how to deal with parents and other coaches, etc... Overall this book is very good to design a practice plan for coaches who are either new to coaching basketball, or are looking for additional or different drills to run. ... Read more

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In Coaching Volleyball Successfully, Sally Kus presents the formula she used to build and sustain the most successful high school volleyball program ever. From establishing a philosophy and planning productive practices to game-time decision making and player evaluation, this book will help you coach your team to championship-level performances season after season.

Kus compiled an amazing 794-29 record at the high school level, prompting Volleyball Magazine to call her program "the best ever in the history of the sport." Coaching Volleyball Successfully is the first publication of Kus’ winning blueprint. Now you can put her expertise to use on your side of the net! ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Very informative!
This book was very informative!I ordered several Volleyball coaching books and found this one to be the best!

Love this book!
Sometimes as player it is hard to break down a skill in verbal cues in order to teach beginning players as a coach.This book is great at doing just that!I even took this book to practice and read to my girls out of it.This book introduces a skill, gives lots of pictures of a player going the skill, breaks the skill down into step-by-step actions, gives some verbal cues that you can teach with and then later remind your players with and gives some drills.Also with each skill, the book has a section on teaching beginning players and then a section on breaking bad habits.This is my favorite coaching resource.

Coaching VB Successfully by Sally Kus
I have probably read most every book on vb published recently, and this book ranks up there at the top alongside Mike Hebert's "Insights & Strategies for Winning Volleyball".Sally covers all aspects of the sport from grassroot to club to college and from starting a program to successfully managing and sustaining a vb program.This book is unexcelled.It gives a step-by-step for setting up a program or a practice.It gives details on all of the vb skills along with appropriate drills and what to look for.Unlike most books on the subject, it is very relevant to today's vb, as it addresses rally scoring, overhand passing, serving from various points along the baseline, backrow hitting, etc.I would recommend it for anyone involved in coaching vb or wanting to improve their game.
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You volunteered to coach the basketball team, but are you really ready? How will you teach the fundamental skills, run effective practices, and harness the energy of your young team? Fear not: Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Basketball has the answers.

In Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Basketball, longtime coaches Keith Miniscalco and Greg Kot share their experience and provide advice you can rely on from first practice to final shot. From evaluating players' skills and establishing realistic goals to in-game coaching tips, it's all here--the drills, the plays, the fun.

Develop your team's dribbling, passing, shooting, and rebounding skills with the Survival Guide's collection of the game's best youth drills. For plays and sets that young teams can actually run, flip to the Survival Guide's offensive and defensive playbook. And to get the most out of every practice, follow the ready-to-use practice plans.

Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Basketball has everything you need for a rewarding and productive season. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (9)

Great Coaching Book
This is one of the first coaching books I read. I only have 5 or 6 total. This book is fantastic and is the short cut for coaches that don't have time to read a ton.

Great drills, well laid out, the right attitude we all should have as coaches, and good tactical strategies.

Be forewarned - this is for YOUTH basketball - not middle school or high school players!
As the title of my review suggests, this book is for coaches who coach youth leagues for young players grades K-4 or K-5.It is NOT for middle school or high school coaches.

My lone criticism is that information is not included in the title, cover scribing or somehow conveyed in the promotional information.

Having said that, this is an excellent book for coaches who have stepped up to take on the difficult, and different, task of coaching and teaching a youth league basketball team.Coaching a 1st grader is very different from coaching a senior in high school.

The book is really well organized using a organizational model that I wish books written for higher level of play would use.There is a drill matrix that helps coaches organize and pick drills, skills lists, etc.

It covers the essential basics of the game and other key information to help the volunteer coach "survive" dealing with his or her youthful charges.

Kevin Sivils - author of Game Strategy and Tactics for Basketball
Game Strategies and Tactics for Basketball: Bench Coaching for Success

Warning!!!! - for kids ages 5-10
I'm giving it a 4 because frankly I haven't read the book yet (don't want to slam it).I'm about to coach in a 13-14 league and when I received the book yesterday I find out it's targeted to 5-10 year old kids.I wish the Amazon product description pointed that out and I would have ordered a different book.While I'm sure there's some good info I can use, I'm disappointed in not getting what I thought.

Nothing Special!
I bought this as a gift for my husband and after looking at it, I didn't think it was very good at all. I know it is called "Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Basketball" but I assumed when buying it that it would be targeted towards middle school or high school aged kids. It seems more for young elementary school aged kids. I was really disappointed. I think it would be good if he were couching elementary school aged kids butthis isn't going to be helpful.

Great book for parents and coaches!
We have two boys that are playing basketball (grades 7 and 3)and this book really helped us understand the basic skills. Both offensive and defensive skills are shown clearly.If you are a parent thinking about coaching youth basketball this is the book for you! If you are just a parent that wants to understand grade school basketball this is the book for you too! After getting this book we now know what is happening on the court when our boys play, and it makes the game so much more enjoyable. The coaches like that we understand the game better and arenot "coaching" from the bleachers too! Buy this book if you are at all interested in youth basketball...you will not be sorry that you did. ... Read more

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Build a winning baseball program both on the field and off! In Coaching Baseball Successfully, one of the nation's top high school coaches, Mike Curran, shares his expertise on all aspects of coaching. From establishing a coaching philosophy to player development to in-game decision making, this is the approach that has made his program a perennial powerhouse on the national scene.

Coaching Baseball Successfully covers it all:

- Off-season planning
- Evaluating your players
- Choosing and utilizing your coaching staff
- Motivating your team
- Communicating on and off the field
- Organizing productive practices
- Hitting, pitching, and baserunning skills
- Infield and outfield defensive skills
- Offensive and defensive strategies
- Scouting and game preparation
- In-game decision making

With dozens of drills, practice plans, and advice for handling off-the-field challenges, Coaching Baseball Successfully is the most comprehensive resource available for novice and experienced coaches alike; it's your blueprint for building a championship-caliber baseball team. ... Read more

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Excellent!
Personally watching and knowing the way in which Mike Curran coaches baseball, I can honestly say this book contains every secret a high school, college or any level baseball coach should know.It gives insight into every aspect of coaching from dealing with parents to establishing a solid, well respected program.Across the country, Mike Curran is well known for his success in building a successful baseball program and he shares his philosophy in this well written book.I recommend it to anyone looking to form a successful baseball program or anyone who simply wants to learn more about the game. ... Read more

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Packed with drills and tips for practice and game days

The fun and easy way(r) to kick-start your soccer coaching skills

Volunteering as a youth soccer coach can be a great experience, both for you and your squad. But what if you've never coached before? Don't worry! This friendly guide explains soccer rules, shows you how to approach coaching, and gives you practical pointers on improving your team's soccer skills and encouraging good sportsmanship.

Discover how to

• Understand soccer rules
• Develop a coaching philosophy
• Teach soccer fundamentals
• Run great practices
• Lead your team during a game
• Communicate effectively with parents

Customer Reviews (5)

good book for first time coach
So far this book has been very helpful and quick to read for the first time coach of girls soccer (age 6, 7, 8). If you are trying to get to a club soccer level I think there are other books that may be better but this is ideal for the busy person who is new at coaching.

very helpful
for our first time coaching it was really good. the reason for only 4 stars is that there aren't very many drills/exercises that one can do with the kids.

An introduction only
This book has some good pointers and some nice basic information about the rules of soccer, basic skills, etc.The information in the book though is probably not good for teams above U7, or for coaches with some experience coaching.The books concentrates on drills (not games!) that are often not very easily translated into real situations that occur in games.This means that when you put the kids on the field against another team, they are going to be unprepared.If you are a new coach with little to no soccer experience, this is a good place to start.If you are looking for anything more I would look elsewhere.

Coaching Soccer For Dummies
This is a great book for anyone thinking of coaching a soccer team..it is full of great information.

First Time Soccer Coach
My 5 year old signed up for instructional soccer, the local parks and rec. deparment needed coaches, next thing you know I'm a soccer coach.Step one, buy a book that will get me started on the right foot, and that's exactly what this book was.This book provided me with the guidelines for dealing with the parents as well as providing me with a refresher on the ins and outs of soccer.I would recommend this to any coach just starting out.If you have previous knowledge of soccer either playing or coaching this may not be the book for you as it is very basic. ... Read more

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Make your swimming program the best with the help of the sport’s essential coaching reference. Coaching Swimming Successfully covers a full range of topics that determine who excels in the pool:

·Improve stroke technique and efficiency in all four strokes.
·Teach the new underwater dolphin kicking technique.
·Develop and apply an effective coaching philosophy.
·Motivate swimmers to achieve record-breaking times.
·Create practice plans for more productive day-to-day training sessions.

·Prepare for and run successful swim meets.
·Evaluate swimmers’ performance and make proper adjustments for future races.

Author Dick Hannula brings more than 50 years of coaching experience, knowledge, and achievement—including coaching 323 consecutive meets without a loss—to this special book. Coaching Swimming Successfully will show you ways to motivate your swimmers and build a confident and winning team. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (9)

Useless
The book is somewhat outdated, refers to freestyle as the "crawl stoke". Nothing is this book will help a first time coach.

Excellent source of information
This book is a great source of information and ideas for coaching swim.
Currently I coach on an age-group YMCA swim team and I am always looking for new ways to create effective practices.This book is written in an easy to search format and it gives examples that translate easily to 10 year olds!I recommend this book for age group swimming!

Mixed reaction
This book had some nice ideas in it, but as a first time coach for young swimmers, this book was not terribly helpful to me, since the whole book is geared towards coaching adult swimmers.It covers just about everything else to do with coaching, but not in terrific detail.All in all, it's ok, it has good ideas in, and is probably good for a first book for an adult coach, but you will need more.

Helpful
I found this book to be very helpful to a first time coach for first-time-on-a-swim-team swimmers.

Not for coaches
This is NOT a useful book for coaches, although it can be helpful for people without a coaching education or a good swimming background. Unfortunately, this book lacks every form of depth and I don't understand why all the reviews until now were extremely positive. Dick Hannula was a great coach, but this isn't a great book. I guess the readers were lead by pride instead of objectivity.
Coaching Swimming Successfully has an attractive title, but is somewhat misleading. While reading, you do get some new thoughts about coaching, but it will not make you a coach successfully.
The book is written with a first-person narrator and would be more interesting if it wasn't, since you will get annoyed after a while by every self-glorification of the writer and his successes. Besides, it's mainly focused on the American swimming school (planning and preparation, club swimming vs. high school swimming, yard pools, etc.) and it lacks some ability for extrapolation for other swimming countries.

The `Coaching Stroke Technique' part is redundant if you are a qualified coach and you still have your textbook from the course.

The book is easy to read, gives some new thoughts and can therefore help you coach more successfully, but it is too superficial and limited for a swimming coach. ... Read more

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Today’s athletes are breaking records that many thought were untouchable—in large part due to the major advances in sports training. High-Performance Sports Conditioning combines these superior modern methods with sample training programs, workouts, and drills to serve as the only conditioning guide you’ll need this season.

This landmark book brings together 18 contributors that represent the finest and most respected experts ever assembled to present the principles and practices of this new era of athletic training. The strength and conditioning coaches for the Cleveland Indians, Vancouver Canucks, Miami Heat, Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Mutiny, United States Olympic Training Center, and other top sports organizations share their best drills and workouts for developing full athletic potential in 11 sports. Internationally acclaimed experts such as Don Chu on power, Mark Verstegen on coordination and agility, and Tudor Bompa on periodization provide the very best information and insights in their respective areas of training.

The state-of-the-art training prescriptions presented in High-Performance Sports Conditioning lead the way to the future of athletic strength and conditioning. It will be the training bible for coaches and athletes for many seasons to come. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (5)

High Performance Sports Conditioning
the contents of the book were great but there were some pages that were loose that i did not expect after description of the condition when i ordered it

Great Info for Any Sport
High-Performance Sports Conditioning takes the best information from the best coaches (in their respected fields) and puts it together in an easy to understand format.The information in the book can be applied to any sport.I've taken the information and have effectively developed a total program from my bujinkan training.With a little creativity a person can create numerous programs.This is a must for any fitness enthusiast, trainer or coach.

Good resource
This book has a lot of good information towards creating a conditioning program for athletes.

Very Good Fitness Book
This book gives great information and is very helpful to anyone looking to do any kind of training for sports or even for general conditioning very good workouts and drills to work on all levels of athleticism as well the book works on all aspects of being good at a sport. The drills and workouts given are phenomenal and are very straight forward. Plus it gives sport specific programs, written by experts. For example: the strength and conditioning for the Seattle Seahawks wrote the program and exercises for Football. The information is great and is very effective in improving performance in a sport.

Clear and concise...
Great book for anyone, beginner to advanced... exercise descriptions, modern information that is tried and true and explained effectively, and it is all put together in an orderly fashion. ... Read more

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Managing others in the workplace can be a challenge. You have to achieve your company's goals and make sure your employees are productive and satisfied at the same time!

A coaching and mentoring program can help you be a more effective manager and get the most out of your employees. The philosophies of coaching and mentoring view employees as individuals-as real people. This approach helps employees feel respected and supported, which, in turn, makes them better contributors.

With The Everything Coaching and Mentoring Book, 2nd Edition, you'll learn how to:

• Inspire self-motivation
• Overcome common workplace problems
• Manage diversity
• Make time to be a mentor and do your job

Customer Reviews (4)

A great resource for leadership development
Nigro has provided an important resource for developing professionals from upper level executives to line supervisors.Written in an easy to grasp (and therefore implementable) style, I find that the professionals I develop appreciate his direct and common sense approach for bringing out the best in a workforce.

My Review
I liked the book, and came away with a top 15 for it. It was helpful.

Get This One!
I have been required to read 3 books on mentoring for one of my classes and then was required to review and report on another.I examined 5 additional books on mentoring and coaching and this was by far the most complete and readable - in fact, it was the only one that was enjoyable.Mr. Nigro's sense of humor is only outdone by his understanding of how humans operate and his ability to easily explain what so many other authors must fall asleep writing about - how managers can effectively coach and mentor their staff.I highly recommend The Everything Coaching and Mentoring Book.

Thorough, Entertaining, and Enlightening
This is a great book on Coaching and Mentoring.It covers a lot of ground on what it takes to manage as a coach in today's corporate milieu.The author displays a keen grasp of the material, along with a good sense of humor, from cover to cover.The examples and case studies in the text always hit their marks.I recommend this book for all coaches and mentors, and all would-be coaches and mentors, too.It's a very thorough introduction to the managing wave of the future.And it's written in a style that is never dull, which is the bane of so many other books on this subject matter. ... Read more

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Coaching Hockey Successfully is your blueprint to a successful hockey program. The book covers every aspect of the coach’s role, including fundamentals like developing a coaching philosophy, building a program, planning for practices, handling game situations, and evaluating performance. Much of the material centers around teaching the sport’s skills and understanding the Xs and Os. Throughout these sections are coaching points, related drills, and practice tips that will benefit your team immediately.

Author "Red" Gendron has coached at all levels of competition, and his teams have won everything from high school state championships to a Stanley Cup. In Coaching Hockey Successfully he shares his wealth of knowledge and winning approach to help you strengthen your own hockey program.

Whether you’re new to coaching or looking for more effective ways to coach the sport, take advantage of the expertise and experiences available in this all-encompassing manual. If you do, you’re sure to be a more successful hockey coach. ... Read more

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Absolutely, positively, the best hockey coaching book on the market today.
I bought this book when it first came out in 2003 and it is still, by far, the best hockey coaching resource on the market. Even today, whether coaching or writing, when I'm looking for coaching information, Red Gendron's book is still the first one I pull off the shelf to look for answers.

The book is well thought out and well written. While it does contain a fair amount of skills and drills, it is not a skills and drills manual. This book is geared towards those bantam, midget, or high school coach's who are looking to gain deeper understanding and knowledge of systems and tactics as well as the concepts, processes and nomenclature of ice hockey.

USA Hockey Inc. thought so much of this book that they slapped a new cover on it and began using it as their Level-IV coaches manual.

I've been coaching hockey for over a quarter century as well as write a syndicated hockey column called "Hockey from the Neck up" and of all the coaching books I've read over the years the only book that has had more of an influence on my coaching development has been Mike Krzyzewski's "Leading with the Heart" - and that's a basketball book!

Best hockey book for coaches
This book by far is the most comprehensive for hockey coaches I have found anywhere. You can read it over and over again and get something new from it every time. It may be too much for the beginner coach but there is something in this book for everyone.

The best book on coaching hockey that I have seen.
If you are serious about helping kids learn, this book will help you.

This is an fantastic book for someone that has an understanding of hockey.Maybe not so helpful to someone just starting.

Most of the books that I have seen either talk in circles or just draw diagrams.This book is thorough, easy to read and very instructive.

If you are looking to understand the game or systems you are not familiar with, this book will help you.If you are looking for a FEW really good drills, this book will help you.If your team is not quite grasping what you are teaching, this book will help you.

Best Hockey Coaching Book Out There!
This is geared for Bantams, Midgets, and High School.But has tons of info and great detail.I basically took the info that applied to my team and made it out team manual.
Systems, drills, coaching advice, how to present, how to motivate, etc... its all in there.

Bottom line, it's a great book.If you're a hockey coach for these levels you need this.Its that good

Keep in mind as a coach you have to know your team and what applies to your team.You cant read this book and expect everything to work.Like most coaching book you have to use the info that applies.Be open, be creative.Don't be a coach who lives inside a book to give him/her the Xs and Os.This is a guide....a great guide.But you have to understand your team first for this to work.

Dynamite Book for Coaching Midgets
Coaching Hockey Successfully has a loads of valuable information from hockey philosophy (teach your players to create space and time and teach them the concept of support) to good drills to teach your players hockey sense. This book would get five stars but sometimes Gendron loses you e.g. a description of a drill to which he does not have a diagram and one you do not understand. I thought it was my problem until I talked it over with a friend. This book is so valuable. If you are coaching Bantam and above, it's a top notch resource. Thanks, Red! ... Read more

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Coaching Youth Lacrosse is an excellent introduction to youth coaching and teaching young lacrosse players valuable skills. It provides all the information you need to coach effectively and help 6- to 14-year-old athletes, both boys and girls, learn and enjoy the game.

This second edition features the games approach to coaching lacrosse, which makes practice more fun for the kids and teaching more effective for you, the coach. Also included are chapters on communicating with athletes and parents, planning and conducting practices, coaching during games and specific programs for both boys and girls lacrosse.

Developed by the American Sport Education Program (ASEP), the nation’s No. 1 coaching education program, Coaching Youth Lacrosse provides volunteer coaches with both an explanation of their role and concrete instructions on fulfilling that role. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

Fantastic reference
I am new to the game of lacrosse, but have volunteered to help coach my son's team of beginners (first & second graders). This book was a tremendous help in explaining the general rules, structuring practices, and drills.

The book references a coaching system called the 'Positive Coaches Alliance', which gives great pointers on approaching practices and general coaching philosophies. I have coached soccer for six years and still found some of the coaching methods to be very helpful. Not only for lacrosse, but for caoching in general. I will be applying these techniques to soccer (along with modifying some of the lacrosse drills).

I highly recommend this book as your first lacrosse resource.

The best book around on how to coach the game of lacrosse
This is the best book that I've read on coaching lacrosse. It's reads very easy and makes it easy to teach. I'd recommend that all new and old coaches read this book at least once.

If you only need one book to teach kids lacrosse, this is it
I was asked to coach girls High School Lacrosse, I never coached before,but played mens, this book was A-Z everything you need to coach girls or boys lacrosse.

A comprehensive, instructive book for any lacrosse coach
The first and only lacrosse coaching book I've bought.Very helpful in teaching basic techniques and organizing practices. Offers many themed games and drills that provide variety and fun for youth practices.Also provides tactical drills and games for "A" teams.I highly recommend this book for any coach looking for some fresh ideas orany prospective coaches looking for an introduction to the sport. ... Read more

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Coach Girls for Success on and off the Field
Coaching girls' softball can be a wonderful experience. Witness the intensity of a batter connecting with a ball, a runner digging for home, or a fielder making a great catch, and you can't help but be inspired. The effort, pride, and enjoyment on players' faces are great rewards for parents and the sign of a good coach—the type of coach you want to be. So how can you get there?
Perfect for coaches of girls up to age 13, Coaching Girls' Softball includes everything you need to be an outstanding coach and mentor to your team. Whether you are a seasoned coach looking to fine-tune your skills or a rookie looking to take the field running, you'll discover techniques for success that are tailored specifically to the needs of girls, including:
·Drills and strategies for coaches new to the world of coaching softball
·Tips on what girls want and need from their softball experience
·Practical suggestions on how to motivate in a positive and encouraging way
·Advice for helping girls deal with their changing bodies
·And much more!
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Really, really good resource for new coaches
"Coaching Girls Softball" by Kathy Strahan is a great resource for the first time coach. It does not just cover coaching the basic skills of the game, but also such topics as communication with players and parents.It has a great first aid section, and it is one of the few books I have found that covers a coach's liabilities on the field - a subject about which few want to think but everyone should be aware.

Chapters 2 and 3 are most interesting, as they discuss the physical, mental and emotion differences between boys and girls (and how that should affect your coaching style).As a converted baseball coach, I soon learned that needed to know more than "girls have cooties" to become an effective girls' softball coach."Coaching Girls Softball" delivers the best information I've yet seen on the subject of how girls differ from boys and has been invaluable to my own growth as coach.

There are several practical guides and lists within "Coaching Girls Softball" that also set this book apart from others, and make it an excellent reference for every coach.Even though I have been coaching for a while, I still use the "time commitment calendar checklist", "first aid kit content list", and "items to include in your parent letter guide", among others, to help me prepare for each season.

Though written for the beginning coach, Kathy Strahan tends to draw from her college coaching/playing experience for specific examples in the book. This is effective most of the time, but I would have liked to have heard more "in-the-trenches" stories from her recreational league coaching/playing days since that is the target audience for the book.I think more recreational league memories would have made this book even more powerful and useful for the reader than it already is.

A novice coach could not do much better than starting with "Coaching Girls Softball" as their first reference book.Even experienced coaches will find this a great guide for season preparation.

Not what I expected
I coached t-ball for the last couple of years and now my daughter just moved on to Coach Pitch softball.I didn't want to feel like a complete idiot coaching so I found this book, which seemed like the best option.For me it wasn't.This book would be great if your really doing competitive teams or maybe 10year olds and up.But we are doing community softball with girls of which some have never even picked up a ball before.This book I feel is geared toward older kids.I really wanted a book that would help me teach JUST the basics.This book really just builds on basics and what kids already know. It really goes into bunting (which isn't really aloud yet) and offensive playes and defensive plays I just hope these girls catch a ball that comes near them, how do I teach them how to run a pickle play? There are somethings that I read and I don't really understand them.It is really all about fast pitch, and I would have appreciated some tips for coach pitch, I was always third baseman never pitch and I am having a hard time finding a mom or dad to help out with that so I have to do it with no clue and not even a book that will help.Its a great second step book for girls already familiar with the game and ready for learning plays and what not, not a book for basics though.

good for the basics
this is a good book for anyone in softball, lots of fundamentals and basics of the game and even a great book for parents of softball players to read.

Very helpful
This book had everything I needed as a first year softball coach.It's easy to follow with many helpful hints.There are many topics especially the emotional side of working with girls that I had not even thought about.

If Your'e A New Coach
This book has been very helpful to me, a new Little League coach.It is a very comprehensive publication to say the least.Before you get to the stuff you were probably buying this book for (i.e. drills, strategies, teaching)it delves into the things you probably didn't even consider (i.e. psychological/medical issues, motivating, discipline and dealing with parents).It has tips and suggestions all over the place for you to ponder.Plenty of illustrations and diagrams.of proper techniques for defense/defense, pitching/batting.A very useful tool.

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He amassed the most successful high school coaching record (1,274-192) ever during his 46-year career at DeMatha High School. Now, in Coaching Basketball Successfully, Morgan Wootten shares the wealth of knowledge that produced a .869 winning percentage, 5 national championships, a National Basketball Hall of Fame induction, and hundreds of high-achieving student-athletes.

Loaded with insights, instructions, and drills, the book contains a wealth of relevant stories, teaching points, and Xs and Os to cover every situation. Coaching Basketball Successfully is your guide to managing a program, team, and players on and off the court every season. ... Read more

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It's not just for X's and O's
There is not doubt Coach Wooten was a master of X's and O's and this book certainly covers those aspects of the game.Coach Wooten was probably the best high school coach ever, or at least in modern basketball history. No, you can't go wrong if you buy the book for the X's and O's.

But don't buy it for the X's and O's, buy it for all the other information in the book, like how to organize an entire program and develop YOUR OWN style and philosophy of play and coaching.Those topics are what I found set this book apart.

Kevin Sivils - author of Game Strategy and Tactics for Basketball
Game Strategies and Tactics for Basketball: Bench Coaching for Success

For My Money, the Best Basketball Coaching Book There Is
During the 15 years that I've been coaching in Middle School, AAU, and Rec Leagues, I've read a lot of books on coaching basketball, some excellent (Dean Smith's "Multiple Offenses and Defenses," and John Wooden's "Practical Modern Basketball" come to mind), and some not so great.The book in my library that's the most dog-eared and smudged is Morgan Wootten's "Coaching Basketball Successfully."For the levels I've coached, I consider this book indispensable.The book is full not just of X's and O's and drills, although there are plenty of those, but also advice on how to organize a team, how to run tryouts, and how to relate to assistants, players, and parents.There are sections on everything from how to put together a game schedule for the season to when to call (and when not to call) timeouts.It's written clearly and concisely and at a perfect level for my needs.Part of my coaching routine every year is that the first week in August, I take "Coaching Basketball Successfully" down from the shelf and read it cover to cover, one more time.

Coaching Baskketball Successfully
This book was a gift for a new High School assistant basketball coach.He read it front to back and continued to comment on how it was written.Easy to read, with many useful ideas and drills.

A book for the ages.
No matter how many books I have on basketball I always come back to this one.When great coachs explain every insight they used to be successful it can only make you a better coach.

A must for first time coaches
I spent one year as an assistant coach and one year as a head coach for boys high school basketball.After a four year hiatus I am returning to head coaching a freshman team and being an assistant for a varsity team.This book made me realize the little things I missed the first time around.From having a philosophy to in game situations.This is a comprehensive plan that I wish I had the first time around.Instead of going to coaching clinics to tell other coaches what Im doing, Im going with questions for the more experienced coaches on how they handle situations.All aspects of being involved in a program are covered: discipline, dealing with the media, dealing with parents, practice plans,etc....This book does not miss a beat,a must have. ... Read more

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Experience the thoughts and strategies of a highly successful former professional athletic coach and college athletic administrator with this excellent new source for defensive football strategies. In Arnsparger's Coaching Defensive Football, Bill Arnsparger shares his know-how, personal philosophies, and the essential details that make up a winning team, including:oBasic informationoRun defenseoPass coverage, including zone, man, and blitzoShort yardageoGoal lineoThe substitution package of five, six, and seven defensive backsoAnd much more!Special situations are covered as well-two minutes, offensive group formations, last play call, and unbalanced line adjustments. In addition to the technical aspects of the defense strategy, the mental aspects-the attitude, discipline, and motivation behind a winning defense-are presented. This is a complete defensive football coaching course packed into a single, hands-on reference. Students and athletes will learn from a master-and fans will find out what's behind the moves. ... Read more

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Arnsbarger's Coaching Defensive Football
This is a very good book on position reads,techniques and defensive strategies.The Position reads are all diagramed and explained in detail. He also has a section on defending the Shotgun, which I'm going to re-read to try to learn how to better defend the Spread Offenses that are in vogue today; I'm sure there is something in the chapter that I can use. Overall,one of the best books on defensive football I have read. The other that I highly recommend is Fritz Shumur's " Coaching Team Defense; Second Edition. " I have the first edition also and they are both great books. My High School coach played for Fritz and everthing I was taught about defense in High School is in this book. Schemes may change but good fundamentals will never go out of style and that's what both of these coaches are about and the reason that they are in the Hall of Fame.

A good book for any defensive coach
I bought this book when I was just starting my coaching career.As a new coach who was football literate but not extremely well versed in the finer points of the game, it was a very frustrating read.Also, if you coach a team that does not run the 3-4 scheme, it is difficult to apply many of the concepts in the book.However, as I advanced in my career, I found this book invaluable as a resource. If there was a concept I was not familiar with, more often than not it is at least touched upon somewhere in the book. The aspect of the book that most coaches (offensive or defensive) will find helpful are the chapters that deal with pass coverage.The book is very thorough in all aspects of zone, man, and substituted pass coverages (nickle and dime). Since every defense incorporates some or all of these principles, this alone makes the book worth buying.

Arnsparger Makes It Happen
Without a doubt, Coach Arns is one of the greatest defensive coordinators ever lived. He opens up his "almost" whole system in this book and explains his specific schemes really well and how and where to run them. This book is a MUST for any defensive coach from any level.

Coach Arns also included his views, comments and memories of his successful years from 1A to NFL. I recommend this book to everyone, who plays or coaches defense. If you have never been involved into these "nuts and guts" of football, I'd say; forget it, it would be too much. But if you did, do not think and BUY IT. You won't regret.

Great book... but needs study.
I consider myself to be a student of the game of football. This belief was put to the test when I purchased this book last year. I consider it a mark of achievement that after a year of study, I finally understand MOST of the concepts within the book.

Unfortunately, that's also a mark of the complexity of those concepts.

The book has incalculable worth to any defensive coach, or any coach interested in developing or improving his current defense. From position-specific techniques and drills to schemes for confusing and attacking the offense, the book covers all aspects of defensive football in exhaustive detail. Unfortunately, much of the knowledge is buried under jargon incomprehensible to the average coach. This is the sole reason I give the book a four of five possible stars.

For the youth coach, this book is going to be a difficult and laborious read. Its value will also be lessened because most of your players just won't be ready for the concepts in it. High school coaches will fare better, but the book is really designed for the junior college to college level, and it is on that level that the principles discussed in it can best be taken advantage of. It goes without saying that the professional coach will also glean much from this text.

I am glad I purchased it, and I do recommend it for all levels of coaches, but be prepared to do some hard thinking as you study the book.

Good luck,

"Coach" Wade

Too scheme specific
I found this book to be way too specific to Coach Arnsbarger's scheme.That is great if you are starting a defense from scratch or want to revamp your system.We already have an effective scheme and a successful defense.I was looking for something that would just make us better.I did not find it in this book.Just my two cents. ... Read more

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The Swim Coaching Bible sets a new high water mark for competitive swim coaching resources. Experts from around the world offer a wealth of knowledge on

• coaching principles and program administration,
• conducting effective practice sessions,
• teaching techniques for every stroke, and
• training programs for every event.

The contributors are the most prolific group of swimming coaches, past and present, ever assembled in a single book: Jack Bauerle, Mike Bottom, Peter Daland, Rick DeMont, Jean Freeman, Doug Frost, Don Gambril, Shane Gould, Dick Hannula, Dick Jochums, Skip Kenney, John Leonard, Bruce Mason, David Marsh, Pablo Morales, Richard Quick, Eddie Reese, Randy Reese, Bill Rose, Dick Shoulberg, Deryk Snelling, David Salo, Jill Sterkel, Bill Sweetenham, Nort Thornton, John Trembley, and Jon Urbanchek.

The Swim Coaching Bible is a landmark work in competitive swimming. If you coach the sport or want a competitive edge, this book will be the one you refer to again and again. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (5)

Full of knowledge coming from the experts
I'm halfway through the book and just about to start coaching.Although it is meant for more experienced coach up to the Olympic level, I find it useful.Lots of knowledge from levels of swimmers and their expectations, responsibilities of coaches in terms of psychology and facility management, and even technic explained in detail, coming from the experts.This book explained the differences between the 2 types of freestyle so clearly and I hope it will help me in sprint training.

Useful
I have coached for seven years and I found this book to be a good reminder of what I want to do, and a good start to improving on my faults.This book gives some good work out ideas, and planning, but the strongest section is how each coach should relate themselves to the kids.I found that alot of the ideas that are in the book can directly relate to so many of my kids.A must for new coaches, and a useful tool for us old heads who think we know everything.

Good Book
A very good book, you can learn from the experiences of the top coaches in the world from this book! Each chapter is written by a world class swimming coach, this however, in my opinion, makes the book a little confusing for less experienced coaches, because although all coaches apply the same principles of training, each one presents them in a different way.

This Coach Recommends It!
This is my first year as being head coach of the girl's swim team where I work and one of my co-workers bought this book for me and I loved it! Whether you're beginning your swim/diving coaching career, or you're an Olympic coach, this book comes it great handy! I learned a lot from this book, and at every meet, it's under my arm or right next to my split or heat sheets! I'd recommend it to any one who wants to coach, is a coach, or wants that extra edge!

THE SWIM COACHING BIBLE
This is a very helpfull book for all swimming coaches. It's complexed but very easy to understand and apply recomendations from the coaches of the olympic winners! ... Read more

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Coach Girls for Success on and off the Field
Girls rule! Coaching girls' soccer is a challenge and also a wonderful experience. Witness a game-winning penalty kick or a goalie who saves an almost unstoppable ball, and you can't help but be inspired. The effort, pride, and enjoyment on the players' faces are great rewards for parents and often the signs of a good coach—the type of coach you want to be. So how can you get there?
Perfect for coaches of girls up to age 13, Coaching Girls' Soccer includes everything you need to be an outstanding coach and mentor to your team. Whether you are a seasoned coach looking to fine-tune your skills or a rookie eager to take the field running, you'll discover techniques for success that are tailored specifically to the needs of girls, including:
·Drills and strategies for coaches new to the world of coaching soccer
·Tips on what girls want and need from their soccer experience
·Practical suggestions on how to motivate in a positive and encouraging way
·Advice for helping girls deal with their changing bodies
·And much more!
Now you can be a coaching winner and help bring out the best in your players, both on the soccer field and in the game of life. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (10)

Good basic information.
Good basic information on soccer and on coaching girls.Could use more information on 6 v 6 and 8 v 8 play as that is what U10 and U12 leagues play in my state.All the tactics in the book are for 11 v 11 soccer.

Good starting place
I was asked to help coach my daughter's soccer team--a first for both of us.Not knowing where to start, this is what helped me get going.Good material on motivations and drills, etc.Definitely what I needed.

Coaching Girls
I have coached girls soccer for 8 years and I still found a few nuggets inside.I am really using the stuff on social issues and diet for teem girls.

excellent beginner's guide to soccer
Easy to read and understand. Good pictures. Very helpful if you have never coached before or just want to improve your knowledge of coaching.

Comprehensive Coaching Guide
New coaches will learn everything they need to know.In addition to the drills and strategies, you'll also learn how to motivate kids, how to deal with their parents, and much more. ... Read more

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Univ. of Edinburgh, UK. Discusses what the coaching process is, who is involved, and how it works in practice. Addresses the principles of coaching, coaching strategies, enhancing performance, sports psychology and physiology, biomechanics, coaching children, and more. For students and professionals. British oriented. Softcover. ... Read more

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Explains Sports Coaching in a Logical Process
Table of Contents

Part 1 The Concept of the Coaching Process

1 The Coaching process: an overview
2 Coaching philosophy and coaching behavior
3 Coaching effectiveness

Part 2 The Application of Sports Science in Coaching

4 Psychological considerations of effective coaching
5 Applied Physiology in sports coaching
6 Skill learning principles: implications for coaching practice
7 Biomechanics and its application to coaching practice

Part 3 Applying the Coaching Process in Specific Contexts

8 Coaching Children
9 Individualization of training programmes
10 Overtraining and the coaching process
11 Coaches' decision making
12 Coaching and the management of performance systems
Index


From the back cover:

The coaching process in sport - Whhat is it? Who is Involved? How does it work in Practice?
The Coaching process is both eclectic and multi-discilplinary. It is the coach's role to manage the various parts of the process to form an effective strategy for improving sports performance in the athlete or team.

The reader will:
-Learn about the principles of coaching
-Find examples of how these are translated into practice
-Appreciate how sports science is effectively applied to coaching
-Understands what constitutes a successful coaching strategy
-Acquire the knowledge necessary to enahnce sporting performance

Not only will this book be of interest to practising coaches, but it is also essential reading for those studying sport and exercise science, coaching or coaching science at all levels. The athlete, and those who contribute to the coaching process (sport scientists, team managers, doctors and physiotherapists), will also benefit from reading how the coaching process is best applied to enahnce performance and avoid complications of overtraining, injury and burn-out.



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