Parenting Sports

Are you in charge of your life? Or are you being swept away by things that are seemingly out of your control? In Rewire Your Mindset, the bestselling author of The Fitness Mindset, shows you how to take control of your mental, emotional and physical world. If you have ever set a goal for yourself and then self-sabotaged the moment you hit it, let fear dictate what you do, been emotionally broken by a failure, lacked confidence and felt full of self-doubt or let negative people influence you, then this is the book for you.

The power to become better, greater, more refined versions of ourselves is something that each one of us possesses. It is a power with which we are born, like infinite gold inside the equally infinite mine shafts that are our minds. Now, to get at that gold - there is the rub. Since time immemorial people have struggled to manage the darkness within themselves. How do we reckon our possibilities with our capabilities? How do we overcome the difficulties within? How do we shake off the invisible sandbags that seem to drag us down and run faster, jump higher, push harder?

Michael Jordan credits George Mumford with transforming his on-court leadership of the Bulls, helping Jordan lead the team to six NBA championships. Mumford also helped Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum, and Lamar Odom and countless other NBA players turn around their games. A widely respected public speaker and coach, Mumford is sharing his own story and the strategies that have made these athletes into stars in The Mindful Athlete: The Secret to Pure Performance.

Writing with the same descriptive flair that has won his novels so much praise, W. D. Wetherell tells the true story of his high-school-age son's winning soccer season. Soccer Dad is simultaneously the candid reflections of a devoted father and the enthusiastic observations of a diehard soccer fan. When Matt enters his senior year of high school, it is not without myriad parenting concerns on the part of his father, author W. D. Wetherell. What is his role in shaping his son's future? What will life be like when Matt is away at college? And what of Matt's soccer season?

Today's youth-sports experience provokes countless questions for well-intentioned parents. How young should kids start playing sports? Should they specialize—and when? What should a parent do when their kid is not getting the playing time they think their child deserves? How do parents encourage children without overwhelming them? Raising Empowered Athletes has answers for every youth-sports situation with an overarching goal of not only helping parents raise strong athletes but also nurture great human beings who are empowered to succeed on and off the playing field.

There comes a time in every competitive athlete's life when the cheering stops, and it's time to move on to other pursuits. Written by a former Division 1 football player and Academic All-American, The Way of the Athlete argues that sports prepares athletes for this transition by instilling qualities that contribute to academic, business, and personal success.

Troy Horne here. Your mental-toughness guide! I am here to help parents understand how to help your young athlete navigate this mental-toughness journey. I know where you are, and I know how to help you help your young athlete find their mental toughness.

Parenting Champions is a book designed to help parents of competitive children/teens learn how they can be better mental coaches for their children. Parents are the first and most important mental coach a child has in their life, yet parents are not taught how to help their competitive child build their mental toughness for sport, or any other competitive environment. This book helps equip parents with understanding the mental game, and how they can better help their children grow.

After her husband’s death in 2007, Julie Fergus’ life suddenly feels unrecognizable. Raising two boys on her own, she moves through the disorientation of grief while trying to hold together what remains of their family. Running becomes a way forward. Not to escape the pain, but to move with it. Through miles and memory, she begins to find moments of steadiness—small returns to herself in the midst of what feels broken.

Beyond Stuttering is a book describing a method that helps people who stutter to get control and overcome their stutter or stammer. It is the same method that was featured in the BATFA Nominated Documentary School for Stammerers. It was also the same method used in Stutter School another documentary that is a finalist in the 2021 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards. It is the course manual used by The McGuire Programme, which was founded in 1994 by Dave McGuire.

Baseball Dads is a heartwarming collection of notable major-league players’ favorite baseball-related memories about how their relationships with their fathers shaped them, not only as players, but as the men they are today. From superstars like David Wright, Josh Hamilton, C. C. Sabathia, Adrian Gonzalez, Chipper Jones, and Kevin Youkilis, to journeyman big leaguers like Adam LaRoche, J. D. Drew, Shelley Duncan, Barry Zito, and Jeff Francoeur, this inspiring book reveals, through its 15 vivid profiles, the profound impact fathers can have.

Have you ever tried to catch confetti falling to the floor? Are you searching for the next competitive edge to make your dreams come true? With Catching Confetti, you no longer have to be left standing in awe of those at the top of the mountain. Bret Burchard and Chris McAlister have unpacked the seven essential mind-sets you need to reach and sustain world-class performance, and they offer simple transformational exercises to develop them in yourself.

Calisthenics is a type of strength training that involves using only your bodyweight and combines strength, balance, mobility, and flexibility for the ultimate at-home training tool, so that you can get in shape without the hassle of going to the gym or buying fancy machinery. But as with starting any new program, you’ll need to get the know-how of it all before jumping straight in.

The Sports Parents Solution gives you the strategies and methods you need to transform the parent culture in your team, allowing you to better support each athlete’s growth, improve your team’s performance, create an extraordinary experience for all involved—and take your program to a whole new level.

Nature provides us with many examples of the best ways to set goals, solve problems and set ourselves up for success. “Winning With The Wild Life” is a compilation of true stories of hunting and outdoor adventures that are each told to make a point about living a good and positive life. A case is made for the hunter-provider as a conservationist with specific historical and modern examples of the positive impacts outdoorsmen and women are making on our wildlife and our wild lands.

It may be counterintuitive, but sparring or grappling with another human being has benefits far beyond the physical. Ancient traditional practitioners intuitively knew this, and current evidence-based research proves it. Bridging martial arts and modern psychology, The Mindful Warrior offers an overview of the principal mental aspects of martial arts training and a path toward a more balanced, body-mind experience.

Do you want to be slim, healthy and fit? Are you over 40 and confused about what your exercise plan should look like? Are you discouraged and ready to give up? If so, Strength Training for Life is the perfect book for you! This book will teach you everything you need to know about weight lifting and muscle building for achieving your body's natural potential. It will show you exactly how often and at what pace to exercise and help you design a personalized fitness plan that will show real, visible results!

In former NFL football player and Super Bowl XII runner-up Randy Rich's new book, Nothing Wasted: Learning to Believe You Are Enough in a World of Labels, Rich walks listeners through his personal journey of attempting to compensate for his deep-seated insecurities, the mistakes his lack of awareness led to, and his spiritual awakening to a God of love and grace. As he journeys inward and evaluates the voids in his life and where they came from, he invites listeners to do the same in their own lives. What would it take to believe that you are enough?

S/A golf hypnotism is self-administered hypnotism to mentally reprogram your subconscious mind to improve your golf game. It is also known as autosuggestion or self-hypnotism. When using S/A golf hypnotism, you will be able to give your subconscious mind “suggestions" while in a state of hypnosis. (We provide you with 25 surefire suggestions that are guaranteed to improve your game.) After a short time, your subconscious mind will begin to believe the information that you have been feeding it and will finally accept it as "truth".

Do you want to increase your mental toughness so you can be better at your sport? Mental Toughness Training for Sports is the right audiobook for you as we will transform your mind-set so you can perform at your peak and be better at your sport. You will also be able to use the same techniques and conditioning to overcome any challenges and tough times as well.