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The Top Ten Best Sports Parenting Books:
How To Improve Youth Sports
Bill Cole, MS, MA
If you are a parent of a child engaged in sports, or if
you teach or coach youth sports, this is a book list you will
want to study. These are the best books on kids in sport I
know, and each one can help you become a better sports parent.
1. The Double-Goal Coach: Positive Coaching Tools for
Honoring the Game and Developing Winners in Sports and Life,
by Jim Thompson.
2. Positive Coaching: Building Character and Self-Esteem
Through Sport, by Jim Thompson.
3. 101 Ways to Be a Terrific Sports Parent: Making Athletics
a Positive Experience for Your Child, by Joel Fish.
4. Why Johnny Hates Sports, by Fred Engh.
5. Parenting Young Athletes the Ripken Way: Ensuring
the Best Experience for Your Kids in Any Sport, by
Cal Ripken and Rick Wolff.
6. The Cheers and the Tears: A Healthy Alternative to
the Dark Side of Youth Sports Today, by Dr. Shane
Murphy.
7. It's Just a Game! Youth, Sports & Self Esteem: A
Guide for Parents, by Dr. Darrell Burnett.
8. Good Sports: The Concerned Parent's Guide to Competitive
Youth Sports, by Sagamore and Rick Wolff.
9. Sports Parenting Edge, by Rick Wolff.
10. Molding Young Athletes: How Parents and Coaches
Can Positively Influence Kids in Sports, by Darrell
Erickson.
If you are a parent reading this, you clearly want to help
your child improve their mental game. A complete mental training
program includes motivation and goal-setting, pre-event mental
preparation, post-event review and analysis, mental strengthening,
self-regulation training, breath control training, motor skill
training, mental rehearsal, concentration training, pressure-proofing,
communication training, confidence-building, breaking through
mental barriers, slump prevention, mental toughness training,
flow training, relaxation training, momentum training, psych-out
proofing and media training.
For a comprehensive overview of your child's mental abilities
you need an assessment instrument that identifies their complete
mental strengths and weaknesses. For a free, easy-to-take
sports psychology assessment tool, visit: https://www.mentalgamecoach.com/Assessments/MentalGameOfSports.html
We offer extensive resources with which to improve your entire
mental game, for any sport or business application.
Learn more about these books, including information on how
to purchase them, at Amazon.com
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Copyright © 2007 Bill Cole, MS, MA. All rights reserved.
Bill Cole, MS, MA, a leading authority on peak performance, mental toughness
and coaching, is founder and President of the International Mental Game Coaching
Association, https://www.mentalgamecoaching.com.
Bill is also founder and CEO of William B. Cole Consultants, a consulting firm that helps
organizations and professionals achieve more success in business, life and sports.
He is a multiple Hall of Fame honoree, an award-winning scholar-athlete, published
book author and articles author, and has coached at the highest levels of major-league
pro sports, big-time college athletics and corporate America. For a free, extensive
article archive, or for questions and comments visit him at www.MentalGameCoach.com.
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