Coaching Psychology

We've decided by consensus that consensus is good. In In Defense of Troublemakers, psychologist Charlan Nemeth argues that this principle is completely wrong: left unchallenged, the majority opinion is often biased, unoriginal, or false. It leads planes and markets to crash, causes juries to convict innocent people, and can quite literally make people think blue is green. In the name of comity, we embrace stupidity. We can make better decisions by embracing dissent. Dissent forces us to question the status quo, consider more information, and engage in creative decision-making.

SIDELINE CEO delves into the unique psychology and daily preparation and gameplan execution of some of America’s most respected leaders—the coaches who have led hugely successful programs to win it all. Included among the legends whom Marty interviewed for SIDELINE CEO are: Nick Saban, Mack Brown, Kim Mulkey, Doc Rivers, John Calipari, Tim Corbin, Roy Williams, Tom Izzo, Patty Gasso, Dabo Swinney, Frank Beamer, and many others. SIDELINE CEO offers valuable takeaways that go beyond the game and apply to the boardroom, the classroom, and can help set intentions for winning in our daily lives.

Everyone has issues. Erase your pain, whatever it is. Inside you is the power to heal yourself. The authors have done it as have countless others around the globe; YOU CAN TOO! Discover personal stories of overcoming trauma and pain; learn 23 tools for healing your own broken heart and traumas, small or large. Maybe you have tried other ways but are disappointed in the results. This system of stories, tools and Coaches and Mentors on call, will help you feel hopeful about change.

Famous three-time Grand Slam winner Arthur Ashe pointed out that many in sports fall victim to “paralysis by analysis”. Athletes on any level can experience the pain of overthinking and sabotaging their performance. Blame many traditional methods of teaching and training. How can we train smarter, not harder? If only our body and mind could perform in a way that’s more natural and instinctive. The best athletes have this quality, but many feel it is simply unattainable for them. I assure you it is not.

Die Reihe, in der dieses kleine Buch erscheint, heißt “Soziale Fitness”. Fit mit dem Thema Werte umzugehen bedeutet in Bezug auf dieses Buch: Das aufzugreifen, was allgemein über Werte behauptet wird, festzustellen, was über Werte geglaubt wird, zu prüfen, was Werte tatsächlich sind, darzustellen, wie sie in der Gesellschaft wirken und wozu sie taugen, sowie aufzuzeigen, wie man in Wertediskussionen sinnvoll mit dem Thema umgehen kann.

Unleash your strength: Build unshakable confidence and thrive in sports—even when the odds feel stacked against you. Ever feel like you have to work twice as hard just to be taken seriously? Do expectations, comparisons, and bias leave you questioning your place in the game? Have you wondered how top female athletes stay resilient and confident under pressure? Created for female athletes, The Confident Competitor gives you tools and mindset shifts to rise above doubt, silence your critic, and compete with power.

With all the intricacies that the sport of basketball entails, it is easy to overlook the importance of a player or team’s state of mind. You may be so caught up on practicing their defense, running plays, or drilling the fundamentals, that you haven’t stopped to consider whether your players are happy. With more and more NBA players speaking out about mental health issues, it is impossible to ignore the importance of mental health in the sport of basketball. As the industry changes and adapts to the needs of players, your coaching should, too.

Accessible and practical, the book draws on research from coaching, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, social psychology, and industrial-organizational psychology to provide the best science-based practices that can be applied in work and life. It presents core coaching skills that anyone can develop and use to improve their own emotions, thoughts, behaviors, and interactions with others. It uses levels of analysis to help listeners think about key concepts first in relation to themselves, and then in 1:1 interactions, group and team dynamics, organizational-level impact, and beyond.

The gripping account of the U.S. men’s national soccer team’s winding saga from obscurity to the global stage as they stand on the brink of a seminal World Cup in 2026. For almost half a century, the U.S. men’s national team existed on the fringes of world soccer—out of sight, out of...

Do you want to achieve more security when dealing with other people? Don’t you still have the desire not to let your life pass you by? Do you want to learn NLP to be more successful in your career? Listen to find out more....

Coaching can be transformational for ADHDers - especially for the late-diagnosed, when the new discovery can be really overwhelming. This guide demonstrates how integral coaching is to understanding who you are, by reframing challenges through an ADHD lens, and achieving self-validation through a strengths-based approach.

It is very rare as an adult to find a place where you are not judged, where you can be open, honest and vulnerable: that is exactly what coaching provides. This book brings together 20 different stories that represent the very human dilemmas a coach can encounter. Coaching is not therapy, but it is closely related, and while many people seek (or are assigned) executive coaching for work problems, just like therapy, each person brings their whole self to the conversation.

Coaching Wisdom is an opportunity to hear from the gay men working on the front lines of coaching. Whether it is about gay aging, lavender glass ceilings, or gay superheroes generating ever greater success, real life is examined. Here is a book that combines firsthand point of view writing with the methodical third-person observations found with theory and practice writing.

Les écrans, la peur du risque, la diminution des espaces verts... Nos enfants, qu'ils résident en ville ou à la campagne, sont toujours plus coupés de la nature. Pour cause : en France, celle-ci n'est pas pensée comme prioritaire dans l'éducation. Partout dans le monde, des chercheurs affirment pourtant le contraire. L'accès régulier à la nature pourrait bien être une réponse à la situation alarmante que nous traversons, au mal-être infantile qui augmente, au niveau des enfants qui baisse, notamment en lecture, et aux capacités de concentration qui déclinent.

Parents today feel the pressure — to spend more, specialize earlier, and chase perfection — all while quietly wondering: Am I doing too much…or not enough? The Curveball Life is for families caught in that tension. Written by a former Ivy League and pro baseball player turned dad, this book isn’t about chasing a scholarship. It’s about raising a strong, grounded kid who thrives long after the final out.

Un manual y cuaderno de trabajo para crecer, nutrirse espiritualmente y convertir el estrés en una fuerza positiva, en 21 días. El estrés puede ser un aliado que potencie la creatividad, movilice recursos y saque a la luz nuestras capacidades. Sin embargo, cuando se prolonga en el tiempo, sus consecuencias pueden ser devastadoras: insomnio, depresión, angustia, adicciones, trastornos de la alimentación y otras graves enfermedades.

ADHD Go is a guidebook for creating your own plan to treat the symptoms of ADHD. ADHD Go is written for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, but the strategies are beneficial for anyone who wants to develop awareness, clarify intentions, and improve life outcomes. As people with ADHD, we need to approach life differently than neurotypicals. Our condition presents challenges that can impair our daily lives and prevent us from achieving goals. Learn to overcome those obstacles with effective treatment tactics and self-coaching.

Outperform the competition! Being unbeatable from the neck down cannot happen without first being unbeatable from the neck up. If the best athletes on the planet are all training their minds for peak performance in training and competition, why aren’t you doing the same? Unlike speed, strength, power, height, hand-eye coordination, and overall God-given talent, mental strength is a learnable skill. You just need the road map.

Written for the athlete, Triumph! is a guide that helps you understand how to approach your sport philosophically and practically. Kunz explains how to focus your energy and play with confidence through ART (alignment, rules, and technique), understand the politics of sports, and manage relationships that surround you as an athlete. Apply the lessons learned in Triumph!, gain a competitive edge, and become a winner on and off the field. With forewords from legendary national championship football coaches Lou Holtz and Ara Parseghian.

Sport is a lot about sensations. But what does the athlete really feel? How do you feel? How developing sensations play a central role in performance? In Inner Touch, we give you practical exercises that will have immediate impact on your game and ultimately your performance. This book will allow you to get access to more pleasure in the practice of your sport, and quickly. It will give you the keys for developing your technicity, making it more natural, simple, and quicker to master, so that it opens doors to consistency and pleasure of the game, whatever your current level.