It is claimed that athletic youth programs often fail their responsibility to be engaged in the personal development of their young athletes as many coaches dismiss this as an intangible factor which can't be measured, despite the associated connection between strength of character and performance outcomes. The purpose of this book is to investigate what profound character traits are needed in high performance soccer and how those characteristics can be expressed and cultivated. For this purpose, theories of achievement, motivation, and coaching are discussed and their application in sports...