Raising Athletic Stars - Softcover

Theodore S. Dance

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0615127355 ISBN 13: 9780615127354

Publisher: First Books Publishing Company, 2006

Synopsis

Learn how student athletes can become an Athletic Star.improve your child's play on and off of the field or court... Learn how two brothers with very awkward beginnings grew up the be the nations most sought after athletes, earning Division 1 scholarships. Learn how professional athletes and Olympians grew up to become Athletic Stars with little athletic ability. As a single parent who raised two boys into remarkable men, Ted calls upon first-hand experience to help you stress what is really important to raising your athlete to become an Athletic Star: i.e., developing attitudes and habits, skills and strength that build confidence and diminish diffidence, that develop a healthy love and respect that starts within and includes one's self. Parents appreciate Ted's advice on nutrition, proper training techniques that will improve your athletes skill levels, successful marketing tips for college recruiting and much more! Even if your child doesn't envision a sports career, Raising Athletic Stars is a great tool. It's chapters on learning. Playing, Teamwork, and Competing provide an easy framework that applies equally to non-sports related relationships.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

What is an Athletic Star?

Ted defines the characteristics that he believes all young athletes should possess and provides true stories and advive from coaches, amateur and professional athletes and sports professionals that support his message and will inspire readers.

Athletic Stars:

Works to develop extraordinary talent Gives their best effort Are knowledgeable about their sport Are good sports and teammates Respects teammates, competitors,umpires, coaches and fans Never uses drugs, performance enhancing or otherwise Loves their sport Never cheats Gives back to their sport and to their community Never gives up

About the Author:

Author’s Biography Raised in an impoverished single parent household in Erie, Pennsylvania, Theodore S. Dance didn’t have the best odds to start with. The eldest of four children, Ted credits his mother with instilling faith, strength, character, and integrity in him. Early in his youth, athletics became an important connecting point to his dedicated mother. Her confidence in him gave him the drive to succeed. As a youth, he mastered the discipline and hard work necessary to excel in competition and had the opportunity to pursue scholarship offers. His life, however, was to take a different path: he and his high school sweetheart were to become young parents. Rather than pursuing opportunities that would further his dreams, he dedicated himself to building and caring for his young family. Two beautiful sons and six years later, Ted was faced with raising his two young sons alone. Ted has often said that raising his sons, as a single father, is the most important job he’s ever had. Giving them the love, support, and guidance that they needed to succeed was the most important priority in his life. He worked hard to create opportunities to build a better life for his young family, and give his sons the best advantages he possibly could. Greatest among these, of course, is an active and involved parent. Imparting to them a love of athletics and a drive for academic excellence, Ted raised his sons to have every quality he had been given by his mother. With his help, his sons each received Division I scholarships to attend the universities of their choice. Their success is a marvel, and is directly drawn from their father’s hard work, conscience, ethics, and personal strength. Many people have asked Ted how he was able to raise his sons to be the tremendous young men that they have become. In response to this, the dedicated single father, and hard working professional, took on yet another role: that of author. Writing from his heart and life experience with the added expertise of countless experts, coaches, parents, and athletes at all levels of competition, Ted has created Raising Athletic Stars: How To Put Integrity and Character Development Back In Play to inspire and enlighten all those who dream of success for their children.

About this edition

• Publisher: First Books Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0615127355
• ISBN 13: 9780615127354
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200