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In this companion to "The Coaching Habit," leadership coach Michael Bungay Stanier shares his invaluable insights into developing team members' professional performance, using tips that even the busiest managers can put into play. Learn how to confront and quell the three advice monsters that lurk inside us all, and how to resist the seven temptations that can ensnare even the most well-meaning manager. Michael shows you exactly how to ask questions...

Tony Carr knows what it is to be a great coach--some of his students in London's famed West Ham United Academy have gone on to earn international honors. Here are the secrets of his success, illustrated in detail and arranged to follow a full season, from the first session to the final game. Carr explains how to assess players and provides complete training sessions, including warm-ups and cool-downs. He devotes a full chapter to ball skills--a bedrock...

Want to say less, work less, and have more impact? Stanier gives you the seven core questions that will help you provide more effective support to your employees and co-workers. By unlocking their potential, you'll be able to unlock your own.

"Youth Basketball Drills" provides the know-how and practice tools to teach young players the correct techniques, fundamental movements, and proper footwork to excel in basketball.

"After a long and lonely silence from Cody Coleman, Bailey Flanigan becomes closer to her one-time Hollywood co-star, Brandon Paul. Nights on the town in New York City and long talks on the balcony of Brandon's Malibu Beach home make Bailey dizzy with new feelings and cause her to wonder if her days with Cody are over forever. Meanwhile, Cody's work coaching a small-town football team has brought him and his players national attention. In the midst...

"Discover why you have a 98% chance of being poor by your 65th birthday if you are an employee. Find the courage to take the steps necessary to gain freedom for you and your family."--Publisher's descripyion.

A former star footballer turned social justice campaigner returns to his home town, befriends a young wannabe filmmaker who recently lost his father and is persuaded, despite opposition, into coaching the town's struggling footy team. He recruits refugees to make up the numbers with hilarious results, taking the community on a journey of change.

The road to a championship season begins long before the first pitch of the opening game. It begins before a player even steps onto the field. In Practice Perfect Softball, the game's premier coaches share their approaches, experiences, and philosophies of every aspect of practice. This authoritative guide goes beyond the stretches and drills, straight to the heart of winning-effort and attitude. From structuring sessions to evaluating practice performance,...

Swope presents 147 drills, plays, and diagrams, all numbered for easy reference between coaches. He covers all the basic offensive, defensive, and situation fundamentals one needs to get started.