Sports courts, fields, and arenas can be so much more than places for keeping kids off the streets. Well-orchestrated school and youth sports programs have the potential of renewing the spirits of participants, teaching life's lessons, and strengthening family and community ties. This book helps parents take advantage of sports' full range of possibilities for teaching life's lessons and strengthening the family and community. It provides the basis for an ongoing dialogue about how families can get the most out of their sports experiences. In short, it equips parents to add value to their family's investment in sports.

From the Bleachers with Love: Advice to Parents with Kids in Sports

Education & Teaching

Selleck, George A.

Epperson, David Canning

Schools & Teaching

Alliance Pubns

In today's world, parents must look long and hard to find positive influences for their children. Sports provide parents with the ideal laboratory for teaching life’s lessons and making a real difference in their children’s lives. Beyond the Bleachers tackles 52 hard-hitting issues, including how to 
* Use sports to reinforce family values * Teach children to cope with frustration * Teach children to make good choices about tobacco, drugs, and alcohol * Build character * Teach children to respect themselves and others * Communicate effectively with the coach 
Designed as either a stand-alone or as a companion to the insightful, successful first book, From the Bleachers with Love: Advice to Parents with Kids in Sports, Beyond the Bleachers provides enough activities and ideas to try something new and valuable every week for a full year!

Beyond the Bleachers : The Art of Parenting Today's Athletes

Alliance Publications

Coach Sense: Coaching to Make a Difference is an easy-to-read and apply resource that will allow coaches to improve their effectiveness as it helps them become the kind of coach who makes a positive, lasting impact on the young athletes they work with. Includes chapters on what makes a successful coach, how to understand, communicate, teach, and motivate athletes, understanding and promoting team dynamics, planning and organizing high-caliber practice sessions, the nuts and bolts of sports management, essentials of exercise science, building a supportive sports community, and much, much more. Large format with 50 clear photographs and illustrations.

How to Teach a Safe & Effective Group

Sports & Outdoors

Miscellaneous

Coaches Choice Books

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