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“This parenting book actually made me a better parent.”—Lydia Kiesling, The New York Times From #1 New York Times bestselling authors, the ultimate “parenting bible” (The Boston Globe)—a timeless, beloved book on how to effectively communicate with your child. This bestselling...

As the coach, you are the leader of the team and should lead by example. The harder you work, the harder your team will work. There is not a perfect way to coach and it normally takes time to find the style that works best for you and motivates your players. This book will help you in that process. This book is not intended to be a complete guide on coaching because if you have ever coached, you realize that everything to know could not be contained in one book. It will help you become the coach that changes every game, the coach whose team every player wants to be on.

Troy Horne here. Your mental-toughness guide! I am here to help parents understand how to help your young athlete navigate this mental-toughness journey. I know where you are, and I know how to help you help your young athlete find their mental toughness.

The Unstoppable Athlete (Parent Edition) Competition anxiety and overthinking putting a wrench in your athlete’s chase after victory? Learn ways to help them overcome mental hurdles and embrace true potential. Struggling to find a training plan that doesn’t leave a young competitor impatient? Certain they could make it into the record books if they could just discover their edge? Wishing for a peek inside the minds of greats like LeBron James, Simone Biles, and Lionel Messi? After working with over 5,000 athletes, coach and author Andrew J Simpson has identified exactly what makes a ...

Youth baseball coach Marty Schupak shares his 21 years coaching Little League baseball. From picking teams to dealing with parents, this book covers just about everything a coach or parent needs to know about youth baseball. Coach Schupak covers the most fundamental techniques of throwing, hitting, pitching, baserunning as well as some of the biggest problems youth coaches face and how to handle them. The drills section has over 100 creative easy to follow drills with over 200 color pictures. There is a sample practice section that lays out in detail 60 different practices that youth ...

Caring for an aging parent can feel overwhelming, confusing, heartbreaking, and—yes—unexpectedly funny. Caring for Aging Parents Without Losing Your Mind! is a witty, heartfelt, and deeply relatable guide for adults who are already caring for an aging parent—or sensing their time is quickly approaching.

Ready to transform your youth soccer journey? Do you want to master the game on the field and understand what is going on behind the scenes or on the sidelines? Whether you are a new coach, parent, or player, this book will help peel back the curtain of youth soccer and allow you to make informed and smart decisions for your family’s future! This is not a typical "X's and O's" drill guide, but rather a comprehensive and honest look at how the world of competitive youth soccer really functions. Inside the The Soccer Success PlayBook Vol II, you'll uncover insider secrets and proven ...

The modern day youth sports environment has taken the enjoyment out of athletics for our children. Currently, 70% of kids drop out of organized sports by the age of 13, which has given rise to a generation of overweight, unhealthy young adults. There is a solution. John O'Sullivan shares the secrets of the coaches and parents who have not only raised elite athletes, but have done so by creating an environment that promotes positive core values and teaches life lessons instead of focusing on wins and losses.

Discover the pathway to youth soccer success and master the game like never before, even if the challenges seem overwhelming now! Are you a dedicated parent or coach striving to support your teenagers in their ambitious soccer journey? Are you overwhelmed by the complexities of league selections and ensuring your child thrives in a competitive environment? Do you wonder how to instill a mindset in young players that will help them push past limits and face seasoned teams confidently? Do you know how to pull back the curtain on the "Dark Arts" performed at the highest levels of the sport? If...

He was eleven. He played forward, showed up early, stayed late, and never complained. Then his coach screamed at him in front of the entire arena after a bad pass. He pulled his helmet low, sat on the bench, and didn't look up for the rest of the period. He finished the season. Then he quit. Not because he couldn't handle competition. Because one adult decided his frustration was more important than that kid's experience. If you've coached youth sports for more than one season, you know the pressure. The parents are loud. The kids are watching. The bench is short. And in the worst moments ...

Gymnastics is more than four events. Behind every vault, bar, beam, and floor routine lies an unspoken, under-coached, and undervalued reality: the Fifth Event. Nutrition, recovery, sleep, mental training, and functional strength—this hidden event shapes everything an athlete does inside the gym. Yet, too often, it’s ignored. In You Can’t Flip on Empty, Betsy McNally Laouar, founder of Betsy Bootcamp, nutritionist, and nationally recognized coach, pulls back the curtain on what’s really happening in gyms across North America and beyond. Through powerful stories from nearly 300 clubs...

If you’re considering this book, chances are you’re tired. Not just physically—but emotionally. You’ve likely spent years adapting, explaining, accommodating, advocating, worrying, and recalibrating. You may feel caught between love and frustration, hope and grief, patience and exhaustion. And perhaps most painfully, you may feel alone in a stage of parenting that few people talk about honestly. This book takes a different approach. Instead of focusing on diagnoses, labels, or childhood interventions, it focuses on capacity-building in late adolescence and young adulthood. Instead ...

Your brain isn't broken. The systems around you just weren't built for it. You forget the permission slip. You're always five minutes behind. You snap when you're overwhelmed, then spend the rest of the day drowning in guilt. And somewhere along the way, someone told you it was about discipline. It was never about discipline. ADHD and the Chaos of Parenthood is a practical, research-informed guide for parents whose own ADHD makes the daily demands of raising kids feel heavier than anyone around them seems to understand. Whether your diagnosis came through your own childhood evaluation, or ...

As a child, we look up to our parents for support, love guidance & protection. They are the guiding wisdom for us to grow healthily in all areas of our lives. However, when your parents are immature. They are incapable of giving you the support you need. Instead, you become the parent they are seeking. Being grown up in this dynamic is a trauma. There are insecurities, a lack of love, and fears of being vulnerable. We develop unhealthy coping mechanisms to deal with our emotions and mental beliefs. This could possibly result in a sabotaging life.

Discover the powerful way to transform your relationships with friends, loved ones, and even coworkers, with proven strategies that you can put to work immediately on improving the way you communicate with anyone in any environment.

The Sports Parents Solution gives you the strategies and methods you need to transform the parent culture in your team, allowing you to better support each athlete’s growth, improve your team’s performance, create an extraordinary experience for all involved—and take your program to a whole new level.

THE ONLY SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY WORKBOOK THAT’S EXCLUSIVELY DESIGNED FOR SKATEBOARDERS TO BUILD MENTAL TOUGHNESS AND BOOST THEIR ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE Skateboarders hear it all the time… ”Skateboarding is 90% Mental, and 10% Physical” "It's All in Your Head" "The Only One that Can Stop You is You" "You have to be Mentally Tough!" But what exactly do those sayings mean??? Without something concrete, it's difficult for athletes to understand what it specifically takes to have a mental approach primed for success. And rather than have a debate with someone who knows nothing about mental ...

A groundbreaking book that has helped thousands of children struggling with social skills to make friends, find acceptance, and have a happy childhood, from a renowned parent expert. Every parent wants their child to be okay—to have friends, to be successful, to feel comfortable in his or her...

Discover the inside story of the 1998 Yankees' unprecedented talent with this gripping account from a reporter who was there for the team's dominating 125 wins.​ The visiting clubhouse in San Diego was soggy, sweaty and sticky after the 1998 Yankees swept the Padres in four games and...

The Mental Edge for Young Athletes is a practical, one-of-a-kind guide for athletes and their parents (includes a powerful parent guide) written by two-time world champion and elite mental coach Jeff Greenwald, MFT. While many of the recent mental training books for kids offer surface-level advice or rigid checklists, The Mental Edge for Young Athletes goes much deeper and is remarkably relatable.