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Long before the Moneyball Era, the Earl of Baltimore reigned over baseball. History’s feistiest and most colorful manager, Earl Weaver transformed the sport by collecting and analyzing data in visionary ways, ultimately winning more games than anybody else during his time running the Orioles from 1968 to 1982. When Weaver was hired by the Orioles, managers were still seen as coaches and inspirational leaders, more teachers of the game than strategists. Weaver invented new ways of building baseball teams, prioritizing on-base average, elite defense, and strike throwing.

Lower your scores, increase enjoyment. Are you struggling to take your golf game to the next level? Learn the philosophy that has helped thousands of players worldwide lower their scores and improve their relationship with golf. Swing tips come and go, but foundational golf skills last forever.

Teen Athlete Excellence is your game plan. This isn’t just another sports nutrition book; it’s a proven guide to building lasting habits through teamwork and trust. In just six weeks, you’ll learn how to guide your athlete’s nutrition choices without power struggles or micromanagement.

Are you ready to break 80 consistently and take your game to the next level? Wicked Smart Golf II can help—it is your ultimate guide to playing smarter, more consistent golf without overhauling your swing.

In Hurdle-isms, renowned Major League Baseball player, hitting coach, manager, and current Special Assistant to the General Manager for the Colorado Rockies, Clint Hurdle, delivers a collection of his most inspirational stories. You'll find a ton of funny, insightful, and otherwise notable anecdotes from one of Major League Baseball's most successful personalities.

Orphaned at just thirteen in a still-segregated Washington, D.C., George Raveling was introduced to a relatively unpopular sport—basketball—in high school. The rest, as they say, is history. Raveling went on to become one of the winningest coaches of all time, a mentor to legendary athletes, and a confidant of the sport’s greatest coaches, including Bob Knight and John Wooden. He convinced Michael Jordan to collaborate with Nike on the Air Jordan. He led the 1984 U.S. men’s Olympic team to their ninth gold medal.

The mark of a great coach is a constant desire to learn and grow. A hunger to use whatever can make them better. The best-selling author of Teach Like a Champion and Reading Reconsidered brings his considerable knowledge about the science of classroom teaching to the sports coaching world to create championship caliber coaches on the court and field.

Perfect for young athletes, parents, and coaches, Mental Toughness for Young Volleyball Players is a must-listen for anyone looking to elevate their game and build a resilient mindset.

A Season on the Brink chronicles the basketball season that John Feinstein spent following the Indiana Hoosiers and their fiery coach, Bob Knight. Knight granted Feinstein an unprecedented inside look at college basketball - with complete access to every moment of the season. Feinstein saw and heard it all - practices, team meetings, strategy sessions, and mid-game huddles - during Knight's struggle to avoid a losing season.

As coaches to some of golf's top players, Pia Nilsson and Lynn Marriott have designed and refined a revolutionary way of teaching the game, with great results. They don't believe in prescribing the same stance, grip, and swing to everyone, followed by hours of purposeless drilling. They don't even believe in beginning with physical technique. Their success has proven to them that a great game begins with a great vision. Every Shot Must Have a Purpose offers cutting-edge techniques for integrating the physical, technical, mental, emotional, and social parts of a player's game.

Drawing on two decades of leadership and coaching research, Vallée and Bloom reveal the proven strategies behind the University of Windsor women’s basketball team’s transformation from last place to five-time national champions. Dare to Win bridges the gap between theory and practice, blending leadership insights, real-world examples, and Vallée’s experiences as both an academic researcher and a championship-winning coach. This invaluable resource is perfect for anyone seeking to build successful teams and elevate leadership, management, and coaching skills in sports and beyond.

Despite the game of basketball frequently evolving, many coaching and organisational approaches have remained unchanged across the last several decades. Coaching practices within the basketball world are often based upon entrenched traditions, social norms and the way things have always been done. The potential to optimise basketball performance and access large competitive advantages through an evidence-based approach have not been harnessed. Until now.

Filled with delightful and insightful stories about golf and the golfers Rotella works with, Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect will improve the game of even the most casual weekend player.

Do you struggle with self-doubt, pressure, or inconsistency on the field? Tired of letting fear and nerves hold you back from playing your best? This book is your game-changer. Get ready to train your mind like an elite athlete and develop the confidence, focus, and mental toughness needed to dominate the game. Players Have Reported The Following Side Effects: A New Sense of Confidence (walk onto the field knowing you’ve got this!) Automatic Positive Self-Talk (goodbye, negative thoughts!)

Atacante bom é aquele que faz gol. Goleiro bom é aquele que evita gol. E técnico bom, quem é? O grande estrategista, que domina as teorias? O paizão, que trata os jogadores como crianças crescidas e carentes, necessitadas de compreensão e apoio? O tático, capaz de "virar o jogo" no intervalo, com alterações surpreendentes? O que revela jogadores? O que lida bem com estrelas? O que sabe "ler o jogo"? O que estuda os adversários? Ou, simplesmente, o vencedor? Há diferentes motivos para um técnico ganhar espaço nesta cuidadosa seleção feita pelo jornalista Maurício Noriega.

Until now, sport training has been more witchcraft than science. Traditional coaching is based on copying recipes written in old books, with little science and more answers than questions. Traditional physiology, also marked by reductionism and the idea that the organism works like a machine, gives us incomplete and unsatisfactory answers that are inadequate when we leave the theoretical world to go to the real world. In this book, we approach the world of training from the perspective of Complex Systems, which will offer us a new vision of the world, health and organisms. In this book, you...

In a world saturated with books about how to coach soccer, Dan Blank finally gives players a book on how to think it. Standing on two decades of collegiate coaching experience, Blank has cataloged soccer's most common mistakes and provides simple, connect-the-dots solutions to help players solve their soccer problems.

In Five Banners, Feinstein tells the inside history of Coach K’s forty-two-year career at Duke and its five NCAA championships, from the first, against Kansas in 1991, to the most recent, in 2015 against Wisconsin. With unparalleled access to Coach K, the team, and its staff, Feinstein takes listeners on a mesmerizing ride into the locker room and onto the court. Full of intimate details, personal memories, and previously untold on- and off-court stories, it is a book that only Feinstein could write.

We all have been impacted by amazing influences in our lives. We create an everlasting ripple effect by learning lessons from those that have impacted us. When we apply those lessons, we are able to make our world a better place. The Impact of Influence, Using Your Impact to Create a Life of Influence is overflowing with wisdom from visionary author, Chip Baker, and 16 other powerful influencers who have discovered their paths to success. They are influencing many and impacting generations. The inspirational stories within the pages of this book will inspire you to make a positive ...

Perfect is the inspiring tale of this football team, whose remarkable journey unfolded in a single, unforgettable season. The team, who were barely mentioned in the preseason, found their salvation in Coach Jerry Sharp and his staff, who molded and shaped these young men to give them one shot at greatness. As the season kicked off, doubts and skepticism loomed large, but the Tiger’s unwavering faith and unconventional training methods slowly began to transform the ragtag group into a well-oiled machine. With every win, their confidence grew, and the once-quiet town came alive with the ...