Learning Sports

The truth is that youth anxiety, stress, burnout, comparison, injuries, perfectionism, and identity disturbance are at all-time highs. Our shortsightedness as leaders is killing the confidence and long-term success of our youth. In the book The Youth Truth, Andrew starts by sharing the shocking and scary realities facing our student-athletes today. He then dives deep into solutions: love-powered leadership and mind-set performance coaching.

In this biography designed for children, your child will learn all about their hero in a way that's enjoyable and easy to understand. We understand not all kids enjoy books; that’s because they’re often made to read books they have no interest in. We wanted to make football books for kids that they would really enjoy. We dive deep into the player's upbringing with the situations and circumstances that made them the player they are today. The highs, the lows, and everything in between. This book needs no introduction, ladies and gentlemen...Lionel Messi!

Parents are pivotal in allowing kids to pursue their sporting aspirations and enjoy all the benefits that youth sports have to offer. Despite being much relied upon and expected to assume a host of different roles at various stages, the sport parent has to date been under-served with resources to help them fulfil these responsibilities. Sports Parenting was written to fill this gap and takes a deep dive to explore how parents can best support young performers, whether they aspire to reach the highest level or simply wish to enjoy the positive social, developmental and life-long health ...

Did you know that state universities in Virginia turned away more than 20,00 women in the early 1960s, but not a single man was denied admission? In the 1970s, the University of Georgia men's golf team got all the golf balls they needed, while the women's team was allowed only one per round. Here listeners are treated to the origins of the historic Title IX legislation that, among other things, mandated that equal funds must be available to boys' and girls' activities and interests.

Rule #2: Don't make the same mistake twice. We all do things we regret when we're young and stupid. At least, that's what Ethan tells himself to be able to look Kennedy in the eyes. He broke her heart, but that was years ago. She couldn't possibly still be harboring hatred, right? Kennedy has a few months left of school before she can leave this place behind and never, ever look back. One of the few things standing between her and graduation is a project for an elective she forgot to take. There's just a minor problem: she's been assigned to partner with the only person on campus she can't ...

Bill Littlefield (NPR's Only a Game) presents the second installment in the Library of America series devoted to classic American sportswriters, a definitive collector's edition of the pathbreaking writer who invented the long-form sports story.

In this biography designed for children, your child will learn all about their football hero in a way that's enjoyable and easy to understand. We dive deep into the player's upbringing with the situations and circumstances that made them the player they are today. The highs, the lows, and everything in between. If your child loves football, we can assure you that they’ll love the My Football Hero Series. From the feedback we’ve received, we recommend that the ideal age group for these books are between eight and 13 years of age.

Goalie Mindset Secrets is the book to help goalies climb to the highest levels in the game. To have their very best games, seasons and playoffs. Most pro's and coaches will tell you that the game is 90% Mental yet very little amount of time is invested in the mental part of the game. This doesn't make sense. Goalie Mindset Power explores seven secrets for the ultimate goalie mindset. This book also shows you how to put these secrets into action because without action it doesn't matter how much knowledge and skill you have.

Time for Grandpa Mike to pass on his love of messing about in boats. Granddaughters Dee-Dee and Effie already live with the Norfolk Broads on their doorstep. Now he and their parents have presented them each with an Optimist sailing dinghy. There are plenty of excellent sailing courses that use this very popular little craft to teach children to sail, but Grandpa Mike adds a few twists of his own to the basic course.

Are you considering a career in PE teaching? Are you about to begin your initial PE teacher training? Have you just secured your role as a PE teacher in a school? Are you a PE teacher in need of an alternative perspective and food for thought? Wanna Teach PE is an A-Z guide to PE teaching. From the sports hall to the field, from extra-curricular to examinations, PE teaching is one of the broadest, most challenging, yet most rewarding roles within education, and Wanna Teach PE provides insight into the realisms behind being a PE teacher. Drawing on experiences from years of working on the ...

You've heard that driving stick gives you more control of your car in every situation from a passing maneuver to descending a snowy hill. You've heard driving a stick shift car is more economical at the gas pump. You've heard it's more fun. But you've also heard it's hard to learn: There are gearshifts to master, your engine can stall, your car can roll backwards on a hill, and understanding the clutch is a nightmare.

In an increasingly secular, fragmented, and distracted culture, nothing brings Americans together quite like sports. On Sundays in September, more families worship at the altar of the NFL than at any church. This appeal, which cuts across all demographic and ideological lines, makes sports perhaps the last unifying mass ritual of our era, with huge numbers of people all focused on the same thing at the same moment. That timeless, live quality makes sports very powerful, and very lucrative. And the media spectacle around them is only getting bigger, brighter, and noisier.

If you want to learn how to shoot a bow and arrow, improve your archery skills, and become a better archer, then check out HowExpert Guide to Archery. HowExpert Guide to Archery teaches listeners everything a beginner archer needs to know. Everything from equipment, fine-tuning your form, archery etiquette to weird but helpful tips, the audiobook covers everything you need to learn to become the best archer you can be. You will discover how to compete in competitions and hunt with your bow.

The Personal Development Book for Performers explores the psychology of success and examines the mindsets of the world’s greatest composers, artists and philosophers. This book is for artists, leaders, performers and creative people from all fields, with practical tips and techniques to take creative success to amazing new levels. Anthony King offers advice and guidance, empowering performers, athletes, leaders – creative talented people of all kinds – to help them exceed potential and express creativity to the best of their ability.This book examines the creative mindset of success, ...

From theories and techniques on providing effective massages relevant to your clients' needs, to setting up a practice and retaining clients, the Sports Massage audiobook guides you through everything you need to know to pursue a successful sports massage career. You'll start out with the basics - what a sports massage is, how it differs from other massage types and how it evolved into the practice it is today, before learning about sports massage's subtypes and the purposes of individual techniques. The effects of sports massage are not singular.

An intense and philosophical book, Tiger Tennis: Man of Mastery and the Competitive Mind sets itself apart from other sport psychology books through its unique perspective. The text is focused and studded with useful bits of wisdom that are sure to sharpen your mind in sport and in life. The book is comprised of many short chapters. Each one brings a unique concept to sports psychology, and yet, all explore what it takes to achieve a champion’s mind. No issue is ignored, no matter how controversial. Tiger Tennis will make an impact on your thought process and bring clarity to any ...

Back in his old basketball league, before the car accident, 13-year-old Carlos Cooper owned the court, sprinting and jumping and lighting up the scoreboard as his opponents (and teammates) watched in amazement. But now, Carlos feels completely out of his league on his new wheelchair basketball team, the Rollin’ Rats. After all, how can he make a layup when he’s still struggling to learn how to dribble? But when the city’s crooked mayor threatens to tear down the Rollin’ Rats’ gym, Carlos realizes that he can’t stay on the sidelines forever.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association has come under fire. Fans have begun to realize that the athletes involved in the two biggest college sports, men's basketball and football, are little more than indentured servants. Millions of teenagers accept scholarships to chase their dreams of fame and fortune - at the price of absolute submission to the whims of an organization that puts their interests dead last.

Football statistics come to life. Listeners won't look at math the same way again!

Hockey statistics come to life. Listeners won't look at math the same way again!