Elevating Your Game: Becoming a Triple-Impact Competitor - Softcover

Jim Thompson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982131755 ISBN 13: 9780982131756

Publisher: Balance Sports Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

The latest book by Positive Coaching Alliance Founder Jim Thompson gives high school athletes easy-to-read information and inspiration to improve their performance in sports and beyond. Insights and exercises guide student-athletes to the ideal of a Triple-Impact Competitor, committed to improving oneself, teammates and the game as a whole. It includes valuable insights from sports psychologists and professional athletes about how to achieve peak performances, develop leadership skills, and compete with class. The book contains nine innovative, practical exercises that help improve athletes performance, including Goal-Setting; Building Team Chemistry; Honoring the Game: Competing with Class; and Using Your Power to Improve Your School Community. Sections also address common challenges, such as resolving issues with coaches and teammates, time management, nutrition and preparing for college. Coaches who use this book will create a common language that helps establish a culture of excellence, unselfish play, and improved teamwork.

About this title

About the Author:

Jim Thompson is the founder and Executive Director for Positive Coaching Alliance. He was named by the Institute for International Sport as one of the nation s top Sports Educators, has written eight books on youth sports, coaching, and leadership, including The Power of Double-Goal Coaching, Shooting in the Dark, and The High School Sports Parent. An Ashoka Fellow, he teaches classes in coaching, leadership, and sport and spirituality at Stanford University.

Review:

Jim Thompson's latest work offers compelling, concise concepts that empower young athletes to elevate their game through a combination of personal ritual and selfless reflection. The teachings within Elevating Your Game are directed primarily to the athlete, but this book should be at the top of the syllabus for parents, as well. No one understands the cultural obstacles that face developing young athletes better than Jim, and no one offers more valuable perspective on how to overcome them. Steve Stenersen President & CEO US Lacrosse --Steve Stenersen, President, US Lacrosse

About this edition

• Publisher: Balance Sports Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0982131755
• ISBN 13: 9780982131756
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 89