Written for both parents and coaches, The Double-Goal Coach is
jam-packed with specific tactics and strategies to help motivate and
inspire young athletes to reach their potential.
There is a nation-wide epidemic of poor sportsmanship at all levels of
youth sports, by the parents, the coaches, and the athletes. The nightly
news shows parents fighting with one another, coaches lying about the
age of their players, and the young athletes imitating the showboating
and trash-talking antics of the professional leagues. In response,
districts have tried to come up with Pledges in which participants agree
to certain good sportsmanship rules, however without a complete rethink
of youth sports and a practical program for implementing sportsmanship
such Pledges are just words.
Jim Thompson, Director of the Positive Coaching Alliance, provides a new
foundation for youth sports. Thompson offers coaches and parents the
essential tools to combine the desire to win with the more important
goal of using sports to teach life lessons and build character in young
athletes. The Double-Goal Coach draws from current sport psychology and
proven coaching techniques to provide coaches and parents the practical
tools that can be used to make youth sports a fun and enriching
experience.