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The Double-Goal Coach: Positive Coaching Tools for Honoring the Game and Developing Winners in Sports and Life – Practical Strategies for Parents and ... Inspire Young Athletes
Written for both parents and coaches, The Double-Goal Coach is jam-packed with specific tactics and strategies to help motivate and inspire young athletes to reach their potential.
There is a nation-wide epidemic of poor sportsmanship at all levels of youth sports, by the parents, the coaches, and the athletes. The nightly news shows parents fighting with one another, coaches lying about the age of their players, and the young athletes imitating the showboating and trash-talking antics of the professional leagues. In response, districts have tried to come up with Pledges in which participants agree to certain good sportsmanship rules, however without a complete rethink of youth sports and a practical program for implementing sportsmanship such Pledges are just words. Jim Thompson, Director of the Positive Coaching Alliance, provides a new foundation for youth sports. Thompson offers coaches and parents the essential tools to combine the desire to win with the more important goal of using sports to teach life lessons and build character in young athletes. The Double-Goal Coach draws from current sport psychology and proven coaching techniques to provide coaches and parents the practical tools that can be used to make youth sports a fun and enriching experience.
There is a nation-wide epidemic of poor sportsmanship at all levels of youth sports, by the parents, the coaches, and the athletes. The nightly news shows parents fighting with one another, coaches lying about the age of their players, and the young athletes imitating the showboating and trash-talking antics of the professional leagues. In response, districts have tried to come up with Pledges in which participants agree to certain good sportsmanship rules, however without a complete rethink of youth sports and a practical program for implementing sportsmanship such Pledges are just words. Jim Thompson, Director of the Positive Coaching Alliance, provides a new foundation for youth sports. Thompson offers coaches and parents the essential tools to combine the desire to win with the more important goal of using sports to teach life lessons and build character in young athletes. The Double-Goal Coach draws from current sport psychology and proven coaching techniques to provide coaches and parents the practical tools that can be used to make youth sports a fun and enriching experience.
- GenresSports
368 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1975
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Jim Thompson
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February 1, 2025
Yeah great book for coaching. Really helpful to read during a season too. Applicable to all sports.
January 2, 2016
I really enjoyed this book. It had a lot of good tips for positive coaching. I wish every coach would use these concepts with their teams. Most of the book was applicable to a wide age range, but some of the suggestions were more for older/high school kids.
April 11, 2009
One of the best books I've read for youth sport coaches. Filled with lots of practical advice, especially for those who are not competing at elite levels.
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October 13, 2010Great book for coaches of all sports and all ages. Teaches you how to truly honor the spirit of sport.
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