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The Double-Goal Coach: Positive Coaching Tools for Honoring the Game and Developing Winners in Sports and Life

The Double-Goal Coach: Positive Coaching Tools for Honoring the Game and Developing Winners in Sports and Life
By Jim Thompson

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The Double-Goal Coach is filled with powerful coaching tools based on Jim Thompson's Positive Coaching Alliance. These strategies reflect the "best-practices" of elite coaches and the latest research in sports psychology.Hundreds of workshops have shaped these tools for maximum effectiveness and ease of use. The lessons and activities can be used in the very next practice to make sports fun and to get the best from players.

The Double-Goal Coach provides the framework for coaches and parents to transform youth sports so sports can transform youth -- allowing young athletes to enjoy sports while learning valuable life lessons.


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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #279045 in Books
  • Published on: 2003-08-07
  • Original language: English
  • Dimensions: .89" h x 5.32" w x 8.02" l, .62 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 368 pages

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“This is really a book for all ages, whether you’re a parent, teaher, counselor, manager, leader, or friend.” (John W. Gardner, author of Self-Renewal and On Leadership )

About the Author

Jim Thompson is the founder of Positive Coaching Alliance, a national nonprofit organization based at the Stanford University Department of Athletics. He is the author of Positive Coaching: Building Character and Self-Esteem Through Sports and Shooting in the Dark: Tales of Coaching and Leadership. He teaches courses in leadership, coaching, and sports and spirituality at Stanford University.