Coaching Highs

You think you know what it means to coach? Think again. In Confessions of a High School Football Coach, Michael DiMatteo pulls back the curtain on the real world of high school coaching — not the highlight reels or Hollywood versions, but the gut-level truth of what it's like to lead young men through wins, losses, egos, politics, and everything in between. With over three decades of firsthand experience, DiMatteo delivers more than just stories — he delivers hard-earned wisdom. From locker room lessons to parent-teacher battles, from championship highs to soul-crushing defeats, this is...

Written by Sir John Whitmore, the pioneer of coaching, and Performance Consultants, the global market leaders in performance coaching, this extensively revised and extended edition will revolutionize the traditional approach to organizational culture. Brand-new practical exercises, corporate examples, and coaching dialogues strengthen the learning process, whilst a critical new chapter demonstrates how to measure the benefits of coaching as a return on investment, ensuring this landmark new edition will remain at the forefront of professional coaching and leadership development. 

Famous three-time Grand Slam winner Arthur Ashe pointed out that many in sports fall victim to “paralysis by analysis”. Athletes on any level can experience the pain of overthinking and sabotaging their performance. Blame many traditional methods of teaching and training. How can we train smarter, not harder? If only our body and mind could perform in a way that’s more natural and instinctive. The best athletes have this quality, but many feel it is simply unattainable for them. I assure you it is not.

Master the Tactical Skills That Win Close Matches Struggling to close out tight games? Losing to players who outthink you? Advanced Pickleball Strategy teaches the decision-making that separates consistent winners from inconsistent performers. What You'll Learn: Build points deliberately through smart shot selection Apply pressure without forcing errors Master doubles spacing, communication, and coordination Adjust tactics based on opponent style and score Close games with discipline instead of choking under pressure Perfect for intermediate to advanced players who have solid mechanics but ...

2024 Winner Gold Moonbeam Award: Best Chapter Book Series Summer is around the corner, and Little League first baseman, Billy Kramer, is looking forward to playing another year with the LA Southgate Sharks. His plans are uprooted when his mother announces an unexpected move to rural Bennington...

From the #1 bestselling author of Grit, a new book that reveals the hidden power of situations - and how you can shape them to bring out your best. In Angela Duckworth’s first book, she showed that a common denominator of successful strivers is a blend of passion and perseverance she dubbed...

Coaching for High‑Performance Teams A Leader’s Complete Guide to Unlocking Potential, Driving Growth, and Building Teams That Excel If you want a team that wins consistently, you must coach consistently. This book gives you the complete leadership system to do exactly that. High‑performance teams are not built by accident—they are engineered through structure, clarity, accountability, and a leader who knows how to bring out the best in every individual. In this powerful guide, international fitness expert, entrepreneur, and leadership strategist Tony Deoleo reveals the coaching ...

Whatever sport you coach, building a successful sports program can be an enormous, sometimes daunting, task filled with many responsibilities and demands. Questions and decisions wait around every corner, often pulling a coach away from long-term considerations. How can you build a program when daily challenges require your attention? In reality, those daily challenges form some of the building blocks and foundations to any program. As a coach, you have the opportunity every day to showcase your critical thinking, creativity, player-management skills, philosophy, integrity, and character ...

For coaches that want to evolve and learn new tricks about coaching cross country, then HowExpert Guide to Cross Country Coaching is the audiobook for you. The author Kyle Daubs is a young coach that started a cooperative, cross country program between two schools. In its four year existence, the boys and girls rose to the top of their conference standings. The author not only brings five years of coaching cross country experience but also brings a youthful approach to the game. Great for first-time coaches, and even older coaches who want to learn a few new tricks.

A unique survival guide for an uncertain world - from Kevin Fong, doctor, expert in major-incident planning and response, NASA physician and writer-presenter of the hit podcast 13 Minutes to the Moon No plan survives the first five minutes of contact with reality – so how should we prepare for...

The new female manager’s encyclopedia - how to lead like a pro and spin teamwork into value, even with little experience! If you’ve been newly appointed to a managerial position with a few years of experience under your belt…you may struggle to get used to your peers calling you “boss”. However, it would help if you weren’t afraid to embrace leadership roles - you earned every right to excel, and your boss must have noticed something exceptional in you, so don’t downplay yourself.

You've done the work. Therapy. Meditation. Maybe even psychedelics. So why does the suffering keep coming back? After two decades coaching sufferers and achievers alike — the ones who numb with substances, and the ones who numb with success — Gv Freeman found a hard answer: most healing tools are built to manage a thought, not release what created it. My Tiny Book of Healing is short on purpose. No jargon. Nothing to buy. Just the clearest map to lasting change he's found in twenty years of searching — illusion, truth, heavy energy, radical responsibility — written for skeptics and ...

Why do some people break through and make an impact while others get stuck going through the motions? In every organization there are Impact Players—those indispensable colleagues who can be counted on in critical situations and who consistently receive high-profile assignments and new...

What separates good teams from great ones? Jess Pryce delivers a powerful guide packed with actionable insights to help leaders unlock their team’s full potential and create lasting success. This book is a comprehensive toolkit for leaders determined to move beyond mediocrity and build teams that thrive in today’s dynamic business environment.

What separates the greatest from the rest? Coachability. JP Morgan Summer Reading List Pick Featuring exclusive original interviews with Stephen Curry, Brandi Chastain, Steve Young, Dirk Nowitzki, Gregg Popovich, Landon Donovan, Steve Kerr, and many more. "This book is for athletes, parents...

What Is The Quickest Way To Get To The Next Level In Pickleball? Let me know if this happened to you... You go out to the courts, find some people to play, and find that most points end up in a banging match with very little skill and finesse. Lots of high balls, and lots of slams. As a result, even-though you play several times per week, you don't feel like you are getting any better. And honestly, it's not your fault... In fact, we were in your shoes when we first started out. "If You Came From Another Racquet Sport (Tennis, Ping-Pong, Racquetball) Hitting Hard Is The Way To Beat Your ...

"A Marie Kondo for the modern moment" GUARDIAN "Inner Excellence is for anyone who wants to win at life without losing themselves" MARIE FORLEO TRAIN YOUR HEART AND MIND FOR EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS Discover the bestselling training system that has developed world champions - a step-by-step manual...

Coaching the Modern Defensive Lineman Buildsdefensive Lineman from stance to tackle. It is a Systematic, holistic, teaching progression that covers the Who, What, Where, When, and How of every technique used to create a dominant defensive lineman in today's modern game. Defenses need both outside and inside shades, CMDL breaks down how to transition seamlessly between both. Some Topic covered: Stance, First Step, Shock and Lock starts, Slanting, Simplifying to maximize Block Recognition, Block Destruction, How to Pursue, Defensive Line-centric tackling, Playing Inside shades, Lagging, 2-...

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...

If you want to learn how to coach girls' high school basketball, then learn from Shane Reinhard who has real-life experience coaching girls' basketball at the high school level. Here's what you will learn inside the book: illuminates the positive and negative realities of coaching girls' basketball at the high school level; discusses a variety of ways to improve basketball skill development on your team; and much more!