coaching (athletics)

This book explains the various types of coaching careers, including the skills and preparation that are needed for coaching jobs in both professional and community sports.

When the coach's son, Shawn, is chosen to play quarterback, eleven-year-old Ben is not surprised, but when he tries to be a good teammate and help the inconsistent Shawn, he learns his new friend does not really want the position.

Miles barely recalls when football was fun after being sidelined by a new coach, constantly criticized by his father, and pressured by his best friend to take performance-enhancing drugs.

Discusses the importance of motivation in team sports, and presents hundreds of practical and proven motivation strategies for coaches to use at all levels of competition.

Defines the top careers for coaches and fitness professionals in terms of the nature of the work, educational or training requirements, ways to get started, advancement possibilities, salary figures, and employment outlook, and includes sources of more information.

A guide for coaches that discusses the basic principles of sportsmanship and offers advice on how to develop those characteristics in their players.

Twenty-five authors share the stories of the athletic coaches whose influence affected the course of their lives, including selections from Jonathan Ames, John McPhee, George Plimpton, Christine Brennan, and others.

Mel is thrilled to play on the junior varsity basketball team, but how can she play to win when she does not have teammates on her side?.