Coach to Coach: An Empowering Story About How to Be a Great Leader

ISBN-13: 9781119662198 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 208 str.

Martin Rooney

Recenzje

"For great performances in your profession and family. . . study this book!"Dan GableOlympic Gold Medalist in Wrestling, 3-time U.S. Olympic Team Coach15 NCAA Team Titles as Head Coach of University of Iowa Wrestling355-21-5 lifetime coaching record"Coach to Coach tackles the challenges and joys that come from a life of coaching. Use these simple coaching strategies and you will have no choice but to help more people."Phillip FulmerHead Coach 1998 BCS National Football Champion University of TennesseeCollege Football Hall of Fame"Coach to Coach is an important reminder of the power of a coach. If you want to help more people and make a positive impact on the lives of others, read this book!"Jon GordonBest-selling author of The Energy Bus, The Carpenter, and Training Camp"Some books you read for entertainment. Some you read for enlightenment. Coach to Coach will give you both."Coach Lou Holtz1998 NCAA Football Champions at Notre DameOnly coach to lead six different college programs to bowl gamesCollege Football Hall of Fame"Finding the right coach at the right time had an incredible impact on my life. In today's sports and business world, there has never been a more important time to have responsible and ethical people in place serving as coaches. Coach to Coach offers you practical and user-friendly tips on how best to be THAT coach for someone else."Shawn JohnsonOlympic Gold and Silver Medalist in GymnasticsWinner of ABC's Dancing with the Stars"Coaching is so much more than teaching someone how to play a sport. Coaching is about teaching them how to become great at life. What they learn on the field is what they do off the field. Coach from the heart with an open mind and find value in every player. . . form a synergy and watch the magic happen. Coach to Coach is your guidebook on how to help inspire someone to live out the story of their dreams."Rudy RuettigerThe inspiration for the blockbuster film Rudy"Coach to Coach is a great reminder of the simple coaching principles that produce results. Whether you are working with athletes on the deck at the Olympic Games or teaching young group swimmers foundational mechanics, coaches, mentors, and teachers need to practice the ideas in this book in order to offer our best coaching to the young people we are blessed to get to coach."David Marsh12 NCAA Titles as Head Coach of Auburn University Swimming2016 USA Olympic Team Women's Swimming Head CoachCoach of 54 Olympians from 21 different countries"Coach to Coach is a much-needed guide that will teach you how to inspire others. Martin trained me to be my best at the NFL Combine and has now made his coaching strategies into a simple philosophy for anyone. This captivating sport story will teach you how to be a better coach no matter who it is you lead."Chris Long2018 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year2-time Super Bowl Champion"Coach to Coach is a must read for anyone interested in being the best version of themselves as a coach, teacher, spouse or parent. Martin Rooney combines wonderful teaching points with an engaging story. I have read many books on leadership and feel Coach to Coach will be a classic for coaches from youth sports all the way up to the professional level."Mark KrikorianHead Coach Florida State Women's Soccer2014 and 2018 NCAA National Champions"Martin Rooney jukes right and then breaks left with Coach to Coach, and he scores again! As a coach, you are better after reading it. That's really all there is to it. This should be mandatory reading for all coaches at every level to learn to connect and contribute. Thank you for making me better, Martin."Gunnar PetersonHead Strength & Conditioning Coach, Los Angeles Lakers"Coaching is about doing everything in your power to bring out the best in someone else. Even the greatest coaches in the world need guidance at certain points in their careers. In his book Coach to Coach, Martin Rooney offers that guidance in a powerful story. With so many great relatable lessons in every chapter, this little book will help you be that coach your athletes will always remember for the right reasons."Liane BlynHead of Sports Performance, Arizona State UniversityMultiple-time World Champion and World Record Holder in Powerlifting"After 33 years of coaching, I have learned there is a lot more than the X's and O's of the game. It is also about who those X's and O's are and how you can grow them as both players and people. Having watched Martin coach for years, I know he always did both. Coach to Coach is a valuable resource that should be on every coach's bookshelf."Greg ToalHead Coach of 2009 and 2011 U.S. High School National Champion Don Bosco FootballLifetime 305-55-2 coaching record"To be a successful coach you must be likable, believable, and an example for all on your team. In each of these elements, as a coach and a leader, Martin Rooney has set the standard. If you enjoy inspiring stories with memorable characters that teach you simple wisdom, this book is for you. I highly recommend this book for anyone who considers him or herself a coach."Jeffrey GitomerBest-selling author of YES Attitude and The Little Red Book of Selling"There's more to coaching than the strategic, technical, and tactical aspects of a certain situation. Coaching also includes mentorship, leadership, and character development. A great coach instills the intangibles of discipline, resiliency, and fortitude to challenge individuals to be better than the day before. Coach to Coach can help you to make that connection."Joe KennCarolina Panthers Head Strength Coach2015 NFL Strength Coach of the Year"As a fighter, you rely heavily on your coaches for support and direction. Martin was always my coach who was able to help me by saying the right thing at the right time. Using the story in Coach to Coach, he masterfully teaches you how to better connect and communicate to help someone fight their next battle."Jim MillerFirst fighter to reach 30 fights in UFC historyMost career fights in the Octagon in UFC history"Coach to Coach provides an easily relatable view into the frustrating but equally exhilarating profession of coaching. This is a book I would recommend to anyone looking to improve as a coach regardless of sport."Tony VeneyHead Coach Track and Field and Cross Country, Ventura College2017 USATF Coach/Educator of the Year"For every coach who spends all their time investing in others, but feels like no one has time to invest in them, Martin Rooney hears you and Coach to Coach is lesson one."Nick Winkelman, PhDHead of Athletic Performance & Science for Irish Rugby Football Union"Coach to Coach was my reminder of why I wanted to coach. Every athlete will leave sport someday and need skills for real life. This book inspires coaches to be positive role models and do our job to instill these skills. Read this book and you will help more people succeed."Shauna RohbockOlympic Silver Medalist in BobsledUSA National Bobsled Team Assistant CoachPresidential Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition"Coach to Coach is about human development through sport. Martin Rooney gets it EXACTLY right in very clear ways: elite coaching is relationships, character development and accountability."Anson Dorrance22 NCAA Championships, University of North Carolina Women's Soccer1991 U.S. Women's Soccer World Cup Champions7-time NCAA Women's Soccer Coach of the Year and 1987 NCAA Men's Coach of the YearU.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame

Spis treści

Foreword xvIntroduction xvii1 The Tunnel 12 The Grind 73 The Showup Showdown 134 Cup of Coffee 195 Enthusiasm 296 Ultimatum 357 The Right Target 418 Eating Crow 499 The Real Definition 5510 The Golden Rule 7111 A Turning Point 8912 The Two Abilities 9713 Pointing Fingers 11114 The Secret Move 12115 The Holy Grail 13716 Do the Work 15317 Game Day 16318 Bag of Peanuts 175Acknowledgments 183About the Author 187

O autorze

MARTIN ROONEY is on a mission to make better coaches. He is a former U.S. bobsledder, Division I track athlete, and creator of Training for Warriors. He has consulted for Fortune 500 companies, including Nike and Prudential; coached the N.Y. Giants and N.Y. Jets; and instructed military organizations such as the Army Rangers and Navy SEALs. Having trained NFL, UFC, MLB, NBA, and Olympic athletes, Martin learned the most from coaching middle and high school teams.