Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Biography & Autobiography - General

Research shows that coaches believe mental attitude accounts for 50% of not only players' success, but also teams' success. However, this is often overlooked from both a coaching standpoint, as well as in individual training plans. Get Your Head In The Game not only offers insight into the relationship between mental attitude and the performance of soccer players, but will also assist both players and coaches who are aspiring to improve their mental game and motivate their teams.

Quotes and brief player profiles used throughout Get Your Head In The Game summarize...

At Grandfather Gandhi's service village, each day is filled, from sunrise to sunset, with work that is done for the good of all. The villagers vow to live simply and non-violently. Arun Gandhi tries very hard to follow these vows, but he struggles with one of the most important rules: not to waste.

How can throwing away a worn-down pencil hurt anyone? How can wastefulness...

Gary Paulsen is an adventurer who competed in two Iditarods, survived the Minnesota wilderness, and climbed the Bighorns. None of this would have been possible without his truest companions: his animals. Sled dogs rescued him in Alaska, a sickened poodle guarded his well-being, and a horse led him across a desert. Through his interactions...

A fun (and TRUE) children's story of the trials and tribulations of the Zinda family of 15 (13 kids ) and how they deal with sleeping quarters. Very colorful illustrations take the child on a journey of what life is like living and functioning with 13 brothers and sisters. Look for the other adventures of the Zinda Family coming soon

W. Nikola-Lisa explores new terrain--his childhood experiences growing up in south Texas during the early 1960s. Unlike his previous books, this is not a book for young children as the author explores the darker elements growing up in a harsh environment. Although the work feels like a memoir, it reads like a novel with the author's spare, unrelenting narrative a perfect accompaniment to the time, place, and underlying familial issues. If you like this book, then you might also like Shark Man, a novel for the middle grades, which picks up where the author left off in Dragonfly taking the...

Lilian is a seventeen-year-old girl from Hong Kong with an uplifting story to tell. From the outside looking in, Lilian is quite privileged. Her parents have great jobs, she lives in an amazing apartment in New York City, and she's attended the area's best private schools.

But privilege does not guarantee an easy life, and Lilian reflects with honesty, humor, and maturity on both her own difficulties and her relationship with her mother. In Lilian's own words, "I have experienced some rough ups and downs that taught me a lot. My darkest periods in hindsight might have been the...

Since the time Evan was two years old, he has been running all over the place. No one seemed to be able to keep up with him. His mom had to keep telling him, "Evan, slow down." Then one day, everything changed when Evan had his first competition.

W. Nikola-Lisa explores new terrain--his childhood experiences growing up in south Texas during the early 1960s. Unlike his previous books, this is not a book for young children as the author explores the darker elements growing up in a harsh environment. Although the work feels like a memoir, it reads like a novel with the author's spare, unrelenting narrative a perfect accompaniment to the time, place, and underlying familial issues. If you like this book, then you might also like Shark Man, a novel for the middle grades, which picks up where the author left off in Dragonfly taking the...