Pitch Notes Soccer Journal - Softcover

Kent PhD, Richard; Edwards, Amy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0986019127 ISBN 13: 9780986019128

Publisher: Writing Athletes / National Writing Project, 2013

Synopsis

For soccer players seeking the next level... Based on the training logs and notebooks of Olympians and other world-class athletes, Pitch Notes Soccer Journal provides a wide variety of reflective activities that can ultimately optimize an athlete's performance. The journal includes match analysis pages, writing prompts, and note pages.

About this title

About the Author

RICHARD KENT is a professor at the University of Maine. A former Olympic Development Program coach, Kent took 30 state of Maine teams to England in the 1980s and 1990s. The author of many books, including Writing on the Bus, The Athlete's Workbook, and Soccer Team Notebook with Amy Edwards, Kent works with teams, athletes, and coaches across the USA.

AMY EDWARDS is the Head Women's Soccer Coach at Gonzaga University and has been a collegiate coach since 1993. She started her coaching career working in youth clubs and continued in the Olympic Development Programs of Oklahoma and Missouri. Coach Edwards holds national coaching licenses from both USSF and NSCAA.

From the Back Cover

Praise for Pitch Notes Soccer Journal's companion book, Writing on the Bus: Using Athletic Team Notebooks and Journals to Advance Learning and Performance in Sports... co-published with the National Writing Project.


"If this book did nothing else other than lay out ... opportunities for reflective writing, it would be a useful guide for coaches. But the book is more than a set of suggested practices; it is filled with examples of Rich Kent and other coaches interacting with their athletes. We get excerpts from the writing of coaches at all levels, and from athletes--high school soccer players to world class skiers. And particularly through his own example, Kent teaches us how to read this writing--generously, thoughtfully, learning from the experiences of his athletes, even appreciating their goofy humor. He has the ability to pull nuggets of insight from writing that a less alert and sympathetic reader would miss. He is the kind of teacher who makes you feel smart."

Thomas Newkirk, Ph.D., University of New Hampshire
--from the Foreword


"Leading us outdoors and onto the playing field, Rich Kent offers a systematic approach to writing that has already assisted coaches to cultivate athletes' reflection, shared consciousness, and improved performance. What an athlete needs, he makes clear, is writing."

Julie Cheville, Ph.D., Illinois State University
Author of Minding the Body: What Student Athletes Know about Learning


"Writing on the Bus illuminates a largely hidden side of coaching and athletics, one where writing is increasingly a part of the cultural norms for coaches, individual athletes, and entire teams. Kent brings the powerful combination of sport and writing to life throughout the book by smartly weaving the literacy production of athletes into the discussion. Educators and coaches alike would do well to learn from the insights provided in this book..."

Jeff Duncan-Andrade, Ph.D., San Francisco State University
Author of What a Coach Can Teach a Teacher

From the Inside Flap

"Writing in a journal can help clear out negative thoughts and emotions that keep you feeling stuck." -Serena Williams, U.S. Tennis Champion

"Athletes should write down anything that they think is important... thoughts about their technique, goals, favorite foods... keep track of their aspirations and their passion." -Mikaela Shiffrin, U.S. Olympic Gold Medal Skier

"I enjoy writing in my journal when I'm sitting on the plane. I'm sureI'll go through a couple of pages and write down all the moments and experiences that I've had here in London." -Michael Phelps, U.S. Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer

"Writing is a way to process what is buzzing around in my head. When I put my thoughts on paper, I begin to see things more clearly." -Samuel Morse, U.S. Ski Team

"Keep a journal... This type of daily 'mental muscle' work will gradually improve your focus in practice and games." -Leif H. Smith and Todd M.Kays, sport psychologists

"We write not to say what we know, but to learn, to discover, to know. Writing is thinking, exploring, finding out..." -Donald Murray, writing teacher

"Writing organizes and clarifies our thoughts. Writing is how we think ourway into a subject and make it our own. Writing enables us to find out what we know--and what we don't know--about whatever we're trying to learn." -William Zinsser, writer

Edition details

• Publisher: Writing Athletes / National Writing Project
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0986019127
• ISBN 13: 9780986019128
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 142