Parenting Athletes

Are you looking for unique ways to "get into the game"? To enhance your training and find focus? You aren't alone. Increasingly, athletes and coaches are incorporating mindfulness practices into their training. That's because mindfulness can help you lower your stress levels, connect with the moment, and mentally bounce back after setbacks. So whether you're a sports enthusiast or a professional athlete, mindfulness can also help you deal with physical aspects of training, such as fatigue, aches, pains, injury, burnout, and exhaustion.

Soccer star and Olympic gold medalist Christie Pearce Rampone and sports neuropsychologist Dr. Kristine Keane share the best practices that athletes, parents, and coaches can use to turn the lessons learned through sports into lifelong skills.

Introducing Mental Toughness for Young Athletes, a book filled with proven strategies for athletes in the cheerleading world. While your competitors also work on the physical aspects of their game, and the gains are marginal, you will have the upper hand on all of them by becoming more mentally tough.

This unique program teaches you the theory and practice of visualization and, perhaps even more important, how to develop the trust and self-confidence to make it work for you! Discover what scientists, doctors, athletes and executives have proven: What you can visualize, you can have!

In December 2015, Zac Easter, a twenty-four-year-old from small-town Iowa, decided to take his own life rather than continue his losing battle against traumatic brain injuries he had sustained as a high school football player and which led him to develop chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). For this deeply reported and powerfully moving true story, award-winning writer Reid Forgrave was given access to Zac’s own diaries and was able to speak with Zac’s family, friends, and coaches.

Parenting a defiant teen can be a daunting, hair-pulling experience! It's tough to be a cool, compassionate parent when your teen is lashing out, lying, taking drugs, or otherwise engaging in risky behavior. Balancing your teen's need to grow into independence while providing them clear guidance can seem like an impossible task for a lot of parents. Help is here.

Unlock the Champion’s Mindset and Dominate Life. Do you want unshakable confidence, unstoppable willpower, and the mindset of a true warrior? Are you ready to conquer setbacks, embrace stoicism, and build the mental toughness of an elite athlete, alpha male, or sigma male? If so, this book is your blueprint to forge mental resilience, develop unbreakable self-discipline, and unleash your full potential. Whether you’re an athlete, entrepreneur, or anyone striving for peak performance, this guide will transform you into a powerful, unstoppable force.

No matter how many times you’ve failed before, you can awaken into the person you want to become. It’s easier than you think. In this audiobook, I’ll lay out the exact steps to transform you into the assertive, successful champion you’re destined to be.

Imagine if you had as much energy for your family at 8 p.m. as you have at the office at 8 a.m.? Whether or not you can hit a home run or run a marathon, this program will train you to perform at the highest possible levels in both your professional and family life.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Supporting Your Athlete Daughter and learn about nurturing your young athlete.

Parents shape their young athletes' mental strength through everyday interactions, creating the foundation for both athletic success and life skills. This comprehensive guide gives parents the tools they need to build resilience, confidence, and mental toughness in their young athletes.

Black Athlete White Athlete is a thought-provoking and insightful book that helps individuals clearly understand the situations that they are currently experiencing. This book provides solutions to overcome challenges in the various areas of life. This book also helps to enlighten, inspire, and nurture the daily tasks needed for mental stability now and in the future.

Athletic success comes from a strong mindset more than strong muscle power. You don’t have to be born mentally tough–you can develop this vital trait with hard work and consistency. Loaded with simple, actionable strategies, this guidebook will help you build mental strength, become resilient, and achieve the top spot in your game.

Through the guidance and tutelage of Sam Hoster's trainers and coaches, I went from blob to competitive powerlifter in just over a year. This book isn’t a memoir, but a motivational. Anyone can become stronger and healthier. All you need is guidance and a little push. That’s what we’re here for. Sam provides the guidance and I do the pushing. Kinda like in the gym.

Are you tired of watching your young athlete struggle under pressure or lose confidence after setbacks? The difference between those who thrive under stress and those who crumble isn’t raw talent—it’s mental toughness and discipline. This audiobook isn’t another shallow pep-talk or rehashed list of clichés. It’s a down-to-earth, actionable playbook packed with real exercises, relatable stories, and proven strategies for competitive young athletes.

How to Grow an Athlete: From Playground to Podium is every parent's dream 'go to' book to help maximise your child's growth and development and improve both sporting and academic performance. Exploring a wide range of health, food, sporting and academic advice, this ground-breaking book is by well-known dietitian and nutritionist, Lea Stening.

The Aware Athlete takes you beyond the definition of fitness as physical fitness only to the concept of life fitness which enables you to overcome obstacles, develop your potential, find inner strength, and live your dreams and redefine fitness. This audiobook takes you far beyond exercise and productivity to the process of developing your potential whether you are young or old, whether you consider yourself and athlete in the traditional sense or not.

Whatever your fitness goals are, the most important thing to do is set them before you start. If you don't know where you're going, how will you get there? There's no point in getting frustrated when a year down the line and all that time at the gym has yielded no results. Quit worrying about what other people's goals are. Worrying about other people's goals is a waste of time and energy! We're constantly bombarded with messages from advertisers, magazines, and social media telling us that their idea of beauty is the only one that matters—but it isn't true!

In The Parent Edge, former MLB player and certified mindset coach Chad Hermansen delivers a practical and heartfelt guide for parents navigating the emotional rollercoaster of youth sports. Drawing on his own experience as a pro athlete, father of four, and mental performance coach, Chad shares the single most powerful tool he’s ever learned, the CTFAR self-coaching model and teaches parents how to use it to shift from reactive to intentional.

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.